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In a Plain Brown Package: Australia’s doomed effort to kill tobacco sales. [P. J. O'Rourke]
The Weekly Standard ^
| Dec 16, 2013
| P. J. O'Rourke
Posted on 12/09/2013 8:23:38 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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To: Drango
You are a great propagandist.
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:12:03 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
Here in Michigan that ding bat from canada that michigan put into the governors mansion slapped a 25 dollar a pound for loose tobacco...I ate all the food and my freezer and put about 30-35 pounds in the freezer before the tax kicked in.. Figured I'd quite in a few years when the tobacco was gone, but then my shop has the pipe tobacco that I use now and its less per pound than it was before the democrats raised the 25 dollar tax on ciggie tobacco. The shop also has a large walk in humidor for their cigars and I have gotten some beautiful wood cigar boxes from them...They usually give them to me free, but some they charge 1or 2 dollar per empty box. Some of those boxes are really beautiful.
To: Slings and Arrows
Love PJ O’Rourke but I see a market for snazzy little cigerette pack covers to hid all those Gawd awful pics.
To: Conservative4Ever
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:16:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Eric Blair 2084
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:17:01 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: goat granny
This Gov divide and conquer behavior modification is what offends me to the core.
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:17:22 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Conservative4Ever
like the ones grandma used?
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:17:35 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Conservative4Ever
Like an Iphone case. ☺
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:18:16 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Conservative4Ever
“...I see a market for snazzy little cigerette pack covers to hid all those Gawd awful pics...”
Believe it or not, they made them illegal!!
To: mylife
grannies had them
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:20:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: JoeDetweiler
They made these things illegal? Where?
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:21:35 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: goat granny
It amazes me that in places like Ca you are criminal for smoking a ciggy in your own home, but you can smoke a doobie in the park and it is celebrated.
Two guys can smoke each others poles in the park in front of the kids and it’s diversity..
This country has lost its collective mind.
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:22:19 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Drango
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:22:22 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:23:03 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Drango
Well, now if I hadn’t quit decades ago, I think maybe THAT poster would put me off smokes for good.
LOL
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:23:35 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
To: GeronL
I may be wrong here, but see this from January, 2013....
“TOBACCO companies that try to circumvent the government’s cigarette plain-packaging laws with branded tins or stickers that hide graphic health warnings will face legal action, the federal health minister warns.
“If people deliberately flout these laws, then we will consider and potentially take legal action against them,” Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said.”
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/govt-warns-about-ciggie-packet-cover-ups/story-e6freuy9-1226547068361
I don’t know if they have followed up on this or not...
To: JoeDetweiler
You know what I don’t understand about the statist nannies?
You could die at anytime from anything.
I bet more people die in car wrecks every year than from smoking.
We all know both are risky.
Why not ban cars or skydiving?
Whitewater rafting or motorcycles?
Guns?
Fires?
BBQ?
Beer?
I HATE STATIST NAZIS.
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:34:31 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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posted on
12/09/2013 9:37:36 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
california never had a mind to begin with and its gone down hill from there. Its got great weather if you don’t pay attention to earth quakes, canyon fires, mud slides and everything else mother nature makes you go through to enjoy the weather. Then she put democrats in charge to top it off. LOL MOther nature really doesn’t like California
To: mylife
“...I HATE STATIST NAZIS...”
I’m with ya, mylife....
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