Posted on 08/30/2002 4:16:56 PM PDT by SheLion
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:37:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Paul Ansolabehere is a nonsmoker and marathon runner who regards smoking as "a terrible habit.
But he's prepared to sue Eden Prairie or move a 350-worker manufacturing facility from the city if it approves a proposal that would ban smoking in private businesses.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
I think any anti who tries to dismiss the findings of the U.S. Department of Energy labs at Oak Ridge, should be confronted with the question: "Are you saying that DOE researchers committed scientific fraud and that their findings on ETS exposure are untrue?" I'd like to see what any anti would say in response to that question.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Study
One man said: "Same with NYC. It used to be home to the majority of Fortune 500 company corporate headquarters. Not anymore. The anti-business policies and exorbitant taxes have been pushing them away for years."
I like the quote...
"Some hotels are already smoke-free. Some are half and half. The beauty of the free market is that they are catering to their customers," Day said. "They don't need to be told what to do by the City Council."
| In 1970, Bob and Jim each smoke 3 packs of Marlboros a day. Jim decides to quit and instead invest his cigarette money in Philip Morris stock, and never sell. Bob keeps smoking. By 2001, how much more money does Jim have than Bob? | ||
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| $45,000 |  5% |
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| $145,000 | 12% |
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| $245,000 | 18% |
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| $400,000 | 20% |
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| $600,000 | 42% |
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Hey Joe. Did you see the thread yesterday about the lawmakers in PA going after the Internet Cigarette Buyers?
Don't sound so depressed, Joe. It will be ok...
Not depressed, just realistic.
The country is so far gone that there is only one thing that will pull it out, and that ain't gonna happen any time soon.
By not programming your collectivist, socialist "conscience" that it is somehow your job to tell your employers how to live their lives.
Oh yeah, you have 75% of the populace IN FAVOR of banning smoking, and now that somehow becomes some friggin' cross to bear if you're a politician?
HA!
One more upcoming nail in the coffin for private business owners.
Further, you do realize that by giving financial advice without the proper credentials you can get your ass sued right off??
Stay safe; stay armed; smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Changing tactics. How?
Web posted Monday, June 17, 2002
Eden Prairie smoking ban debate heats upEDEN PRAIRIE (AP) -- The lung cancer death of Mayor Jean Harris and her unfulfilled last wish for a smoking ban in workplaces, including restaurants, are providing the impetus for an emotional campaign in this growing Twin Cities suburb.
If a proposed ordinance is passed, Eden Prairie would join three cities and one county in the state with such a ban, and it would be the first in the metropolitan area.
As with earlier debates about indoor smoking in Minnesota and across the country, the city is confronting issues that go beyond the long-recognized health risks of secondhand smoke.
"It's easy to be anti-smoking," said City Council member Sherry Butcher. "But the questions are bigger than that."
The intensity of the debate was clear at a forum the city council held last Tuesday. For 3 1/2 hours, about 100 people heard citizens talk about personal choice, competition, fairness, regulation and how far the government should go to protect the citizens' health. In all, 38 people spoke in favor of the ban, 19 opposed it.
The five-member council and Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens have not decided how they will proceed. Supporters and opponents expect any vote would be close.
Harris, who never smoked, had blamed her cancer on other people's smoke.
Before she died, she was interviewed for a video in which she described the years that she spent as a public-health physician in Virginia in smoke-filled board rooms and offices. It was shown to the City Council after her death.
"She used to say, 'I've never smoked -- but then I have, too, because of exposure to secondhand smoke,"' said her husband, Les Ellis.
Smoking-ban supporters have $200,000 to spend on campaigns in Eden Prairie and other Hennepin County communities thanks to a grant to the American Cancer Society from the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, a nonprofit group established with funds from the state's tobacco lawsuit settlement.
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