[Just another Joe]

This weeks smoking related threads.

U.S. Senators offer bill regulating tobacco by FDA/I Knew This Was Coming....
Bangor to consider park smoking ban Nurse urges panel to adopt ordinance/Give Me A Break!
Lawyers Licking Chops over Food Fight
Restaurants prepare to go smoke-free in 3 weeks
Lawmakers rethink cigarette tax boost
Bar owners may get jail time for allowing smoking
Smoking Ban Puts Restaurant Profits Up In Smoke/They Finally Admit It!
A Jury Awards $5.5 Million in a Secondhand Smoke Case
U.S. firms buying stolen tobacco?
Second-Hand Smoke Causes Cancer: WHO Panel reviews past research, decides risk is significant
Junk science about obesity
Waitsfield employer won't hire smokers/VT
Now There's A Headline About Taxing Tobacco/This guy is a joke, right?

[Just another Joe]

The Lounge is open!
Opening a little early today because I will be out of contact this afternoon.

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy, Ya'll !

[doubled]

Hiya, Joe. The sun is over the yardarm somewhere and the internet is everywhere so how about a draw of something cold and amber.

Ya know, when I heard Zacarias Moussaoui had chosen to defend himself, I thought, "great - now we can get rid of a terrorist AND a
lawyer."

[Bella_Bru]

Hiya, Joe!

Just wanted to stop by and post this.

Smoker's Creed

I smoke because I like to smoke.
I smoke because I want to smoke.
Smoking pleases me.
My life is better because I smoke.
I accept responsibility for all of my actions.
I want the freedom to choose to smoke.
I can choose how to make myself happy.
I own myself.
Smoking is my choice.

Ahhh...I thikn I'll have a drink. A bloody mary, heavy on the Tabasco, please!

[sawsalimb]

Am sort of busy,so will bump,and bookmark for later perusal. Sorry for my dereliction the last several months-will do better.