Here is the thing about U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Memphis who wants to increase by more than 700 percent the price you pay for pipe tobacco: He regularly gets few bills passed and this year the majority of your tax money he squirreled away in “earmarks” went for projects outside his...
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By Zacque Hitchcock PSI Writer The United States since its conception has been dependent on tobacco. It has been an integral part of the overall country’s economy and the relaxation of its citizens. For a period of time, tobacco was actually used as a viable form of payment in the colonies. In addition, a...
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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress- Mark Twain I just finished reading the latest issue of Pipes & Tobacco Magazine, one of my favorite publications. This edition had only a mention of the so-called “Tobacco Tax Parity Act,” or House...
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Well, I am visiting Colorado, and it has been interesting to see what goes on here in the way of health. I mean, like everyone here in Boulder seems to be a health nut. They all look like little pieces of gristle to me. And, they all want to make this fat boy skinny. It...
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THOUGHTS FROM A SMOKING STETHOSCOPE JANUARY 15, 2010 I am a pipe smoking family physician as well as a pipe carver (DR BOB PIPES) and I am appalled and angered by the anti-smoking propaganda that we pipe people have to labor under these days. I plan to have articles like this one appear in...
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I have been reading a very interesting book, “In Defense of Smokers!” written by Lauren A. Colby of Frederick, Md. Colby wrote the book in 2003, so I contacted him via email to see if he continues to support his findings and his book. “If I had time to re-write the book, I’d be...
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So, you think California is a nut job state? Check this out from Florida. A duly-elected democratic representative from St. Petersburg, Fla., has put forth a new tax bill that will, if passed, hit at the heart of pipe smokers. Rep. Darryl Rouson has written and placed in the Florida House hopper a tax...
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I am somewhat behind on the states and their new laws governing smoking. But here is one that you need to read. Maine has outlawed smoking outdoors! As of Sept. 12, 2009, smoking is prohibited “in an outdoor eating arena where food and drink is served to the public for consumption on the premises,...
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All right, already. Both ends of America’s coast, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, have joined up in a nutty fruit bar experiment. Now, New York wants to ban cigarette smoking in parks and on its beaches. California went that route sometime back. Let’s see. We can no longer smoke in restaurants, bars, public...
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There they go again! In New York, some health wingnuts have convinced the New York Department of Health to run advertising that shows a hand pouring globules of fat from a soft drink bottle. The idea is to get folks to stop drinking heavily sugared soft drinks, right? Guess again, amigo. The ultimate aim...
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