[Just another Joe]

Time for another installment.

American Lung Association of Minnesota Honors Ginkgo Coffee for Going Smokefree/BARF Alert
County tackles ban on smoking/telemarketing use to influence county administrators/MN
Cigarette taxes
Smokers Fed Up With Prices Take to Cyberspace
Hospitals moving to bar psychiatric patients from smoking/Don't go nuts in Maine
The UNITED PRO CHOICE NEWSLETTER
Smokers: Take Back Your Dignity/Sign This Petition/FREEPER Action Alert! MUST READ!
TV puff battle heats up
Conway Bans Smoking In Parks - Ban Applies To Athletic Fields, Beaches (to protect families & kids)
Florida's Proposed Anti-Smoker Amendment
Advocates target food chains, seek 'fat tax' - Tactics resemble antismoking effort
Maui may be next to ban smoking
Draft of W.H.O. Treaty Would Ban Cigarette Ads
Smoking taxes burn some holes
Less Than Zero: The Real Cost of Smoking
Where Did Tobacco Settlement Funds Go?
Smokers: Take Back Your Dignity/Sign This Petition/FREEPER Action Alert! . . . This is THE must read thread!
Study Says State Cigarette Taxes Deter Smoking
Brooklyn Tobacco Party: Smoke-Filled Rooms ["Irv, you haven't kissed me in ten years."]
Study Says State Cigarette Taxes Deter Smoking/I KNEW THEY WOULD SAY THIS!
NYC COUNCILPROPOSES MORE SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
Abnormal action -- Plan to slur tobacco pushers Orwellian in the extreme
Maine ranked first in nation for anti-smoking programs/More spin and lies
Health Groups Urge Congress to Pass Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
Stop the Great American Smoke-out! . . . Ironic thread of the week
Mass'One of the Most Disappointing States'Tobacco Prevention Funding; ME Replaces as Top State
Need a Laugh? CDC: 7 in 10 Smokers Want to Quit
Fewer of 5% of smokers quit for good, CDC says
Burning Money
Tax increase not slowing down smokers/Saturday Funnies

[Just another Joe]

Maybe it's time for a joke.

A certain zoo had acquired a very rare species of gorilla. Within a few weeks the gorilla, a
female, became very hornery, and difficult to handle. Upon examination, the zoo veterinarian
determined the problem: she was in heat. What to do? There was no male of this species
available.

While reflecting on their problem, the zoo administrators noticed Mike, an employee
responsible for cleaning the animals' cages. Now Mike, it was rumored, possessed ample
ability to satisfy any female, and he wasn't very bright. So the zoo administrators thought
they might have a solution. Perhaps they could entice Mike to satisfy the female gorilla. So
he was approached with a proposition: would he be willing to screw the gorilla--for five
hundred bucks? Mike replied that he might be interested, but would have to think the matter
over.

The following day, Mike announced that he would accept their offer, but only under three
conditions:

"First," he said, "I don't want to have to kiss her," and "Second, I want nothing to do with any
offspring that may result from this union."

The zoo administration quickly acceded to these conditions, but what could be the third?

"Well," said Mike, "You've gotta give me another week to come up with the five hundred
bucks."