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1 posted on 08/29/2014 8:47:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yeah, get good luck with that one under this administration.


3 posted on 08/29/2014 8:51:28 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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The government has weaseled its way into the profiting of cigarettes.

They don’t want people to quit.


4 posted on 08/29/2014 8:52:29 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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sucks to be a smoker.


5 posted on 08/29/2014 8:53:38 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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“There is no evidence e-cigarettes are gateways to smoking, and in fact, for millions of Americans they are anti-tobacco taxes protects,” said Gregory Conley, the association’s president.

There, fixed that statement - the pink elephant in the room...

14 posted on 08/29/2014 9:18:42 PM PDT by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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You can always tell the direction of the wind at a train station. The smokers all go upwind to get out of each others smoke. Of course that inundates the non smokers, but who cares?

I hope the nanny state does something about the over use of stinky perfumes next, and then b-o. As long as we’re stuck with them, we might as well get something out of it.


24 posted on 08/29/2014 10:06:06 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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The question the CDC needs to answer is how many of those young people would have smoked regular cigs if the vapor cigs weren’t available? I would bet nearly all.


34 posted on 08/30/2014 1:42:30 AM PDT by Hambone02
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>> “ in fact, for millions of Americans they are anti-tobacco protects,”

And here you have the crux of the issue. The e-cig people are peeing in the cornflakes of multiple really powerful groups, including Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and Big Government. They aren’t going to let their cigarette gravy train take a big hit from e-cigs without a fight.


38 posted on 08/30/2014 5:47:15 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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