I think, therefore, I am. In other words, I exist because I am able to think, to create ideas, to sort out the thoughts into logical sets. Maybe even attempt at making order out of a chaotic world. Now, what has that to do with pipe tobacco you might ask. Good question. If a...
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The SCHIP, or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, signed into law by President Obama back in February, expands by about 7 million the number of children who will be insured under the new law. The bill also adds about $60 billion to the federal budget. As anyone who has read a newspaper lately...
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Here is something I have wanted to explore for a while: where do the numbers come from for the 4,000 chemicals listed in cigarette tobacco? Got no idea? Well, I went to the web to look for some answers. I don’t trust everything I read on the web, of course, but it is a...
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A serious thing happened to tobacco on its way out the door. It ran into Congress, state legislatures, local and community governments and became as loaded down as a pack mule with taxes, more taxes, big time million dollar settlements and regulations. That’s because politicians like revenue streams as much as they love themselves....
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By Fred Brown Editor, Pipe Smokers Intelligencer Warning label: This is both fact and opinion. You, the smoker, are the final arbiter. Ok, this is not a pleasant subject, but here are the facts as stated by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga. If you study these figures for the states that...
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By Fred Brown Editor, Pipe Smokers Intelligencer Here is an item that should be of interest to all “users of tobacco” who are facing Armageddon with H.R. 1256, better known as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that is on the table of the 111th Congress. The May 7 edition...
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