Cigarettes on Townhall

• New York mayor wants to ban stores from displaying cigarettes Mon Mar 18
  Reuters News
• Smoke Gets in Your Rights Sun Mar 17
  Debra J. Saunders
  California Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, has introduced a bill to make it illegal for people to smoke in their own homes -- if they live in an apartment or a condo or a multifamily home. When last I wrote about Levine, he was pushing a statewide law to require grocers to charge for bags. Now he's after cigarettes -- but only the legal kind. ... more
• What the Future Holds for Tobacco Taxes Mon Nov 12
  David Williams
  This week, in Seoul, South Korea, government representatives from 176 United Nations (UN) member-states will meet to discuss proposals ostensibly aimed at curbing tobacco use worldwide. ... more
• Proposition 29 -- Forget Ballot Box Budgeting Sun Apr 22
  Debra J. Saunders
  The American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and American Lung Association wrote Proposition 29, the measure on the June 5 ballot in California to increase the state's cigarette tax by $1, to $1.87 per pack. ... more
• Court weighs graphic health warnings on cigarettes Tue Apr 10
  AP News
• England bans big stores from displaying cigarettes Fri Apr 6
  AP News
• Cigarettes and Compulsion Sun Mar 4
  Steve Chapman
  The legendary Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said the most important element of the Constitution "is the principle of free thought -- not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." ... more
• Going Down in Flames Mon Dec 5
  Dan Holler
  It is easy to see why one-in-five small businesses list regulations as their biggest obstacle; just look at Tampa-based J.C. Newman Cigar Company. At 116 years old, it is America's oldest family-owned premium cigar maker. In 1895, J.C. Newman borrowed $50 and started a cigar company. At the time, he was an unemployed cigar maker eager to achieve the American Dream. ... more
• FDA Kills Smokers Wed Nov 16
  John Stossel
  My intuition makes me grateful that the FDA is there to protect me -- to make sure that every drug is proven both safe and effective -- but "protection" kills people. ... more
• A Deep Breath For Free Speech Sun Nov 13
  Jeff Jacoby
  The FDA's gruesome new labels are not designed to provide consumers with useful information about the hazards of smoking. After 45 years of mandatory Surgeon General's warnings, every non-comatose American knows perfectly well that cigarettes are a noxious health risk. ... more

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