I've heard a rumor that they are trying to pass a bill trying to ban cig. smoking in automobiles. Is this true?\nWould really like to know
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It has already happened (Arkansas)in one form. If you have a child in the car under 6. People are remarkable in their willingness to accept laws to take away anothers personal freedom in the name of ???? safety? The problem with that is it opened the door for taking away some personal freedom that you enjoy. It has gotten to the point that it just feeds upon itself and soon all our personal freedoms will be banished for fear of??????? so your answer is YES.
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yes...thats ridiculous...states should ban car exhaust also if theyre going to take that route...
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I totally agree with you. General society has made smoking taboo and have made it okay to critize and treat smokers as outcasts. Take what used to be the Winston Cup for Nascar. They changed the name because they didn't want to promote smoking or cigarettes, but it is totally okay to promote alcohol by still using the name Busch racing. There are plenty of polite and courteous smokers who won't smoke around others who don't. But tell me what drunk drivers are thinking when they get behind the wheel and kill a family of six. Ok. I'll step off my soap box now.\n\nTo the girl who answered above me, when a drunk driver kills your family, then tell me THAT bad habit doesn't affect you!!!!!!\n\nJen: That person sitting next to you having 500 drinks may not be an affect on you right then, but they will have an affect on every single person on the road when they get behind that wheel drunk.
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I am no smoker but if someone likes to smoke then that is their business, so long as they don't blow smoke over everyone else that doesn't.....let's see the idiots in Government concentrate on something more important such as Britains overpopulation problem for instance....This is never mentioned of course since they are shit scared of loosing votes......but it will at some stage however, return to bite them up the ass.
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Seems like that is a pretty timely question.  I found this News Article from last week where they say, "is the center of debate for many states who are now considering whether to legislate what people are watching in their cars. "\n\nCheck out the source below for more information
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I grew up in the 60s and 70s in a family that smoked and none of us, not even one of us has died or gone to hospital for smoking related illness.  There needs to be a compromise on this issue, but when the people with money and nothing better to do than try to force everyone to be like they are set an agenda, the rest of us pay.  Where I live, a ban on smoking was recently passed (by a 7% margin, by the way, out of only 30% of registered voters weighing in), because these whiny, holier-than-thou control freaks couldn't be happy that we already had an ordinance requiring restaurants to have separate smoking sections with separate ventilation systems.  Now all the restaurants that invested all  that money in those separate rooms and vent systems are going to have to give them up to these jerks.  Recent talk shows have aired the voices of business owners saying that their business has suffered from the bans, while cities around them report increases, as those of us who still appreciate the concept of a free country drive to less fascistic communities to dine out.  Restaurants are private businesses and if someone can't stand the chance of smelling cigarette smoke, they most certainly do not have to go into them.  This no compromise attitude is very un-American, in my opinion.  Sadly, people these days usually just roll over when new laws go through and they'll just say, "OK, you took that right from me, at least I can still smoke in my car and house."  I just wonder how long that will be true. Hail Oceania!
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Interesting, since I just heard on the news that there is some sort of German study that points out that trees do indeed create more greenhouse gases than automobiles.  Or something like that.  They pointed out too, how Reagan's quote is often found on liberal sites for dumb things Republicans have said; but that Reagan may have been more right than we realize.
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Yes. High Times and many other large magazine companies have been doing stories on this for years. Cig Co's were preparing for pot to be legallized like it should be and had the equipment ready for years, then they realized that the government would never legalize another drug so they put there investment into action with "lady" smokes. But they would have made pot smokes into all sizes, I have seen a few of these packs and they range from skinny to downright huge blunts. I will never understand why pot is illegal, and don't much care being I have access to an endless supply.
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I don't live in Texas,but I don't think it's fair to keep taxing cigarettes,they are high enough.Especially some of the programs they are supposedly trying to fund using cigarette tax money.If they are gonna tax something and make it equal taxation,then they should forget about just taxing cigarettes and tax bathroom tissue instead,that would be equal and fair because everyone wipes their butts.That way all citizens can pay some extra taxes and not just a few selected catagories.Seeing that some of the programs they will be using the money for has nothing to do with cigarette smoking.
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issue 4 failed and 5 passed, which is what i think it should be.  if you go to the link below, scroll down just passed half way and you'll see the results.\n\nyeah sarah, and if you meet someone who thinks it's unconstitutional, you can think of it as a health code violation.  i mean, restaurants need to follow the cleanliness of floors, bathrooms, freshness of ingredients, etc.  now most pro-smoke people won't buy into the argument that smoke is invading their personal space and second hand smoke does kill, so apply it this way, how would people feel if someone coughed some contagious disease in their face, or on their food, or even on their kids?  same with smoke.
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Did you ever think that smokers are sick to death of being lectured about our choice to pursue a perfectly legal activity? \n\nI'll make this really easy for you to understand.\n\nThere are plenty of things that are bad for you.\n\n- Exhaust fumes, but I'm guessing that won't stop you from driving or riding in cars.\n- Fast food (cholesterol) but I'm guessing that won't stop you from eating it.\n- Salt, grease, fat, etc.\n- Caffeine ... drink pop or coffee lately? How about tea?\n- Alcohol .... kills your liver, alters brain activity, causes more deaths in a single year from drunk driving accidents than most small wars)\n- Hair spray, aerosol material, numerous other household products.\n- Most brands of paint\n- Inhaling dust particles\n\nGet the idea? \n\nIf a smoker chooses to smoke, as an adult, they have every LEGAL right do so without being hounded by hypocrites who preach about the dangers of smoking yet hop in their cars and pollute the air.
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I don't think that it should be a Gov't choice...It should be the owner of the property choice....I have yet to be somewhere where smoke bothered me because most places are non smoking...bars here in Ohio aren't most anyway...and that doesn't bother me at all...maybe the next day after smelling my clothes and hair but my breath probably stinks just as bad after a night of drinks.  This is just a way of people controlling and getting money...one of the issues on the ballot if you read closely says money for the "clean air fund"...if they band smoking why would you need a clean air fund...and what on earth are you going to do with that money?  I prefer my money to go to my child's college fund...but If this passes I won't have a choice will I?
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Why does it seem like the non-smokers of the world are trying to make cigarettes illegal?  No matter where you go someone is trying to or succeding in banning smoking...\n\nDo you not remember that tabacco was the first cash crop of the US?   Do you not remember that it is the smokers that are paying for your new stadiums?    Is it too much to ask that the owners of bars and resturaunts decide what goes on in their own stores?  Why do you worry so much about smoking when there is so many other more important things for you to worry with?  \n\nHow about worrying about the abused children?  How about taking care of kids with special needs...making sure they get the finest educations they can have?  What about your local schools..do they have enough text books?  Do they have adiquit heat in the winter?   Are there enough good buses to get your kids to and from school?\n\nWhy harrass me with my one bad habit in life.  It is my choice to light up.   I don't drink, do drugs, cat around on my husband...I work, pay taxes, volunteer with Girl Scouts and at school.  I also go to school myself...as well as take care of my family.  Why can't I smoke?   Is it too much to ask?   I don't smoke in a non-smokers home or car,  I don't throw my butts on the ground,  I'll sit in a non-smokeing section if I go out to dinner with you.  I respect your right to not have smoke in your world...why don't you LEAVE ME ALONE with my cigs?
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I'm a smoker and I don't like it but I'll deal with it. I just wonder whats next. Alcohol? Fast food? Mandatory weight reduction? Mandatory health insurance premiums?( most of your property insurance is already mandatory)\nUniform Statewide school funding.( its coming).
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I heard this was a rumor from his trip to Mexico. Apparently, however, the suit is still in court and is pending a verdict. The real truths will come out on the stand. Link below is to a TheSmokingGun article describing the suit with filed documents.
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Just another Nanny Culture scam!  The beaurocrats have decreed that we should be told, through advertisements that are costing someone, probably taxpayers, that alcohol and tobacco are bad for us.  I believe it is done through the taxes on the alcohol and tobacco.  Anyway, a bunch of advertising execs have gotten a lot of money, some models and photographers, and what have you got?  In-your-face ads that things you already know are hazardous and must be used in moderation are bad for you.  I don't smoke tobacco and I seldom drink alcohol, but do you believe any of this has been influenced by those idiot ads?
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It is undoubtedly a political decision, not a medical one.  Shame on them!\n\nAlthough THC can be delivered a number of ways, smoking is the most immediate means to get it into the body.  Very few people smoke enough of it for the ill effects of smoking to be a significant issue.