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One more reason to Quit

Kinda seems like common sense that cancer sticks are deadly to more than just humans.... more

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Fake Cigarettes Filled With Rabbit Feces?

http://forbezdvd.com/blog/2009/11/18/fake-cigarettes-filled-with-rabbit-feces/ More... more

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Plastic Tax!

If cigarettes can now have an additional sin tax why should plastic bags be exempt... more

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Electronic Cigarettes: The Unbiased Facts

The FDA has been a trusted, government-run agency that regulates the health and safety... more

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Fightback smoking

Hard hitting new campaign filmed by renowned directors Rankin and Chris for NHS... more

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FDA bans flavored/clove cigs to "protect public health."

As of September 22nd, 2009, all flavored and clove cigarettes will become a fond memory for those smokers with a more expensive taste. As part of the Food and Drug Administration’s new authority to stringently regulate tobacco products, they have imposed a ban on all but menthol flavored cigarettes. Claiming that flavored cigarettes are geared more towards underage smokers, the Administration is now considering regulations on menthol cigarettes and even flavored cigars.

As an individual of legal smoking age who enjoys a Black on occasion, this comes as an outrage. A quick perusal of the FDA’s flimsy research polls[1] and somewhat vague explanations begs the question, “What’s next?” We all remember how prohibition worked out. Am I the only one who feels like the government is overstepping its bounds and being a touch too parental in this situation? The only way to completely stop underage smoking is to ban all tobacco products, plain and simple. Is that the next step? We all know the health risks of the products we choose to consume, whether it be tobacco or alcohol or even caffeine. We can read the warning labels. I feel the FDA has insulted the intelligence of the American people.

A few days ago I made a trip to the local tobacco shop to grab a couple packs before the ban. The owner told me he’d gotten a letter stating that the cigarettes would be considered contraband from the 22nd on. The FDA’s website warns that anyone caught with cloves can be subject to seizure, fines, etc. Distributors who fail to comply with the ban will receive a Warning Letter before the “FDA may take enforcement action to protect the public health,” (see their FAQ on Flavored Tobacco[2]).

Personally, I don’t need the government to protect my health. Djarums are still available online, much cheaper than they were in the shops. Many of the websites are questionable, but hopefully it will still be possible to ship from overseas without being scammed, (or caught).

[1] FDA >> http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/FlavoredTobacco/default.htm
[2] FDA >> http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/FlavoredTobacco/ucm183228.htm

Associated Press >> “FDA ban on flavored cigs takes effect“ >> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKdYE3UEXb9ZfiXoS43vCQyzBUgAD9ASGH6O2
FDA >> “Flavored Tobacco“ >> http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/FlavoredTobacco/default.htmAs of September 22nd, 2009, all flavored and clove cigarettes will become a fond... more

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Electronic Cigarettes: The Best Alternative

Technology is moving forward to take over every aspect of our lives, but this... more

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YouTube - Extreme Anti-Smoking Ad

Extreme reasons not to smoke!

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The -est List! Die Hard (Part 2 of 3)

"It's a movie about growth." The -est List is a new, weekly movie talk show web... more

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Malaysian Anti-Smoking Commercial (Quit Smoking Now)

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What's Obama Have In Common With Joe Camel?

In June, President Obama signed America's strongest anti-smoking bill ever and praised... more

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Tobacco Makers Sue Over New FDA Powers Claiming Harm To Free Speech

When President Barack Obama signed anti-tobacco legislation into law in June, giving the Food and Drug Administration for the first time the authority to regulate tobacco, experts said the law was likely to be challenged in the courts. And today it was.

Tobacco makers sued the federal government Monday, saying the law violated their First Amendment rights to communicate with their customers.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was one of several manufacturers that joined a retailer in filing the lawsuit.

In a press release, the company said:

"This suit does not challenge Congress' decision to give the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products, nor does it challenge the vast majority of the provisions of the new law," said Martin L. Holton III, senior vice president and general counsel for R.J. Reynolds. "However, the law contains provisions that severely restrict the few remaining channels we have to communicate with adult tobacco consumers and, in our opinion, cannot be justified on any basis consistent with the demands of the First Amendment."
Holton adds, "The law also contains provisions that chill our ability to participate in the broader public policy dialogue over the future of tobacco products in this country. Reynolds believes that governments, public health officials, tobacco manufacturers and others can and should play a role in providing adult tobacco consumers with accurate information about the various health risks and comparative risks associated with the use of different tobacco and nicotine products. This suit seeks to confirm that Reynolds' ability to participate in that important dialogue has not been shut down."
The tobacco industry is clearly hoping its arguments are embraced by federal courts which in recent decades have trended towards granting more protection under the First Amendment to commercial speech.

In Lorillard Tobacco Co v. Reilly, the Supreme Court in 2002 ruled as unconstitutional a Massachusetts ban on outdoor tobacco advertising within 1,000 feet of a school or playground and on point-of-sale advertising lower than five feet from the ground.

The ban was meant to keep protect children from advertising but the high court found that it was too broad.

The majority opinion said:

"A speech regulation cannot unduly impinge on the speaker's ability to propose a commercial transaction and the adult listener's opportunity to obtain information about products."
With the Supreme Court lineup still appearing to favor a five to four conservative majority in such commercial-speech cases, the tobacco industry is clearly looking for another First Amendment victory similar to what it achieved in the Lorillard case.When President Barack Obama signed anti-tobacco legislation into law in June, giving... more

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Shisha 'as harmful as cigarettes'

Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of... more

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The slight non-sense of banning clove cigarettes

Come this September 21st i will no longer be able to purchase or own my weekend indulgence of Djarum Blacks, a popular brand of Kretek Cigarettes. HR 1256, a bill basically written by the major American tobacco companies themselves, has been signed by President Obama in an effort to stop the younger generations from starting smoking.

This makes sense in the fact that smoking is not at all good for anyones health. however the part about this that does not make sense is that why this isn't a bill that bans all tobacco products.

At no point in my life or any point in the lives of the people that i know have known Kretek's to be the main reason kids start smoking. Throughout my whole life everyone that i know who has started smoking started on Marlboro Menthol or Marlboro Lights. The majority of underage kids that wants ciggerettes usually sits outside a gas station or 7-11 and waits for a of age person to purchase a pack of smokes for them. Of all conveinent stores or gas stations i have ever been to i have never seen a pack of cloves for sale. In order to purchase any kind of flavored cigarette you must go to a tobacco shop, and the price of these flavored cigarettes is usually more expensive than a regular pack of cigarettes.

Another funny thing about this bill is that it did not include Menthol. Most likely because Phillip Morris alone makes 30% of its profit from Menthol Cigarettes and the big tobacco companies being part of the more powerful America what do they give a care about Indonesia, it will be just one more competitor left in the dust.

Im interested to hear if anyone else thinks that this bill was created for other purposes other than getting younger people to not start smoking.

Below is the only other article that i found that has not been brainwashed by the non-sense behind this bill. Non sense being the fact that it is not flavored Indonesian cigarettes causing children to smoke but tobacco itself.

http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/kretek-industry-faces-big-losses-as-us-moves-to-ban-clove-cigarettes/311915Come this September 21st i will no longer be able to purchase or own my weekend... more