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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Monday, February 28, 2005. Winnipeg Sun Feb. 28/05. Butt out, Nanny State. Why did government allow sales which could have been prevented by prohibition? Is there a plan to return to users taxes collected through government pandering? Given government's power to control business, is it not tobacco companies who should sue government? Is the NDP also planning to sue the manufacturers of lottery machines? Plenty to ponder there. Posted by Samantha : 7:53 PM. Butt out, Nanny State.
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Tuesday, March 06, 2007. Http:/ www.derbydailyrep.com/articles/2007/01/25/news/opinion/edit2.txt. Smoking bans do affect businesses. How would you feel? The federal agency OSHA certainly refuses to. OSHA has found all the components in secondhand smoke are present at safe levels in the vast majority of public places. This is why you are being pressured to pass this ban, the antismokers know OSHA has said NO! Jeremy Richards, Ph.D.,. Posted by Samantha : 10:13 PM. Why did Mr...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Tuesday, May 04, 2004. To: letters@freepress.mb.ca. Date: Sat, 01 May 2004. Open letter to Alderman Lubosch! Instead of a' buffer zone' around doors where smokers now congregate, how about asking the non-smokers to hold their breath for about 3 seconds. I think it's about time that the non-smoker should 'move' instead of the smoker! Thunder Bay, Ont. May 1, 2004. I can see the headlines now, from the Manitoba Legislature. Smoking in parks 'downwind only.'. Thunder Bay, Ont.
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Monday, March 28, 2005. The Antis want 100 per cent smoke free without exceptions! This is exactly why anti-smokers require 100% government mandated smoking bans. They know all too well that many hospitality establishments will continue to permit smoking, if they are given the choice to do so. Consider this. How many children and teens under the age of 19 years, are allowed in bars, casinos or nightclubs? Posted by Samantha : 6:07 PM. Surely not the private hospitality busines...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Thursday, April 21, 2005. Http:/ www.brownsvilleherald.com/opinions more.php? Id=64739 0 11 0 C. Published in the Brownsville Herald April 20/05. Smoking ban effort isn’t a health issue. Some people consider that cigarette smokers impose their lifestyle on non-smokers. From a non-smoker’s point of view, if so, it is done honestly, although sometimes in a misguided manner, yet still honestly. This kind of government reaches back into the 1930s, 1940s Germany. It is far more imp...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Friday, September 30, 2005. Let owners decide smoking policies. August 7, 2005. By John Dant Special to The Courier-Journal. One has to wonder if Louisville Metro Councilwomen Tina Ward-Pugh and Ellen Call have been paying attention to all the testimony on the smoking ban issue over the last two years. Many of their conclusions are based on false premises. We can understand why some people may feel that smoking is their right. After all, smoking is an activity that has bee...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Tuesday, November 30, 2004. Thunder Bay City Council. Dear Mayor and Aldermen, Nov. 30/04. I have donated a book(via Rebbeca Johnson) to the Mayor and Alderman's(library) of the city of Thunder Bay. It is the only book on the market that tells the whole truth about Second-hand smoke and Smoking by-laws in North America. Dissecting Antismokers' Brains' is a 400 page book with over 600 references by the renowned author, Michael J. McFadden. Thunder Bay, Ont. One level of governm...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Wednesday, September 29, 2004. Prohibition not a crime! Prohibition of a legal product has no place in our democratic country. "Prohibition.makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln (December 1840). Posted by Samantha : 7:03 PM. Monday, September 27, 2004. Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:52 AM. CITY OBLIGATED TO PAY SMOKING BYLAW LOSSES. Must be accountabl...
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Sunday, October 31, 2004. Man bar owner angry over reprimand for allowing smoking. Posted by Samantha : 8:00 PM. Posted by Samantha : 7:55 PM. Smoking ban losses have begun! The Chronicle Journal Oct. 30/04. So, the charity casino has all but admitted that the smoking ban has hurt them financially ("Casino slot revenues slide," Oct. 22/04). Have they thought of the additional effect winter is going to have? Thunder Bay, Ont. Posted by Samantha : 7:50 PM. LETTER OF THE WEEK.
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The blog of Thomas Laprade. Monday, May 30, 2005. Protecting the Adults: Austin Bans Smoking - Written by Jan Larson. Monday, May 16, 2005. The voters of Austin, Texas, an island of blue in the sea of red that is the state of Texas, approved a wide-ranging ordinance that banned smoking in almost all public places including bars and live music venues. I don’t care to sit in smoke-filled rooms. I am troubled because, despite the rhetoric, I’m willing to wager that many that voted to ban smoking were not th...