Posted on 06/09/2008 5:36:57 PM PDT by mondoreb
Present-day anti-smoking forces are following the same blueprint that Adolph Hitler used in his hopes for a smoke-free Nazi Germany. Smoke Nazis' quest for control and regulatory power closely mirror the original National Socialists of 1930s Germany.
We list the Nazi anti-smoking accomplishments alongside of those of the Smoke Nazis.
* The Nazis banned tobacco advertising and financed huge public relations campaigns to propagandize people into giving up smoking.
In April 1970, Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio starting on January 2, 1971. The Virginia Slims brand was in the last commercial shown, with "a 60-second revue from flapper to Female Lib", shown at 11:59 p.m. on January 1 during a break on The Tonight Show.
* The first modern, nationwide tobacco ban was imposed by the Nazi Party in every German university, post office, military hospital and Nazi Party office, under the auspices of Karl Astel's Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research, created in 1941 under direct orders from Adolf Hitler himself. Major anti-tobacco campaigns were widely broadcast by the Nazis until the demise of the regime in 1945.
In 1975, the U.S. state of Minnesota enacted the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, making it the first state to ban smoking in most public spaces. To begin with, restaurants were required to have No Smoking sections, and bars were exempt from the Act. As of 1 October 2007, Minnesota signed into law a ban on smoking completely from all restaurants and bars throughout the state. This is the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007.
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You could goosestep fascism through the streets of Washington DC, wearing armbands and jackboots, and most Americans wouldn’t recognize it.
We are living in the Age of the Idiot.
Some said earlier today, if you want to really see what they are concerned with, walk into a gay bar in NYC and light a cigarette.
When you see the word freedom used to sell a law, beware, someone may be losing theirs.
Excellent warning!
Yup agree with that.. Its why they call areas “Smoke Free”. I say, dont call something free when you are not FREE to do something.
I’m not a tobacco Nazi, but I remember all those cigarette ads and even a few cigars. At prime time they had enough to drive you nuts.
Ping for your lists :)
Yup. And there are some anti-smoking, sanctimonious, Nazi idiots here.
Hitler liked dogs too. Does that mean that anybody who likes dogs is a Nazi?
The graphic tampon commercials during dinner time are much better.
Everyone who has ever had a glass of milk will die someday. Ergo milk is a killer that needs to be banned.
Makes as much sense as your post.
Yup.
ping
This won’t be the last for sure. Red meat, I suppose, will be the next big one, or maybe alcohol. SUV’s are in there somewhere, too.
The sanctimonious smoke haters will not be laughing when their favorite ‘vice’ is on the hit list.
You can rest assured this nanny state activity will increase, as successful as the tobacco vilification campaign has been.
Yeah....it's so much better now with the Viagra and male enhancement ads......... :^)
Let us not forget the *real* annoying ads... Those for "ambulance-chasing" personal injury lawyers...
the infowarrior
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