https://freerepublic.com/tag/stinkyhair/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:31:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992429/posts <p>As tobacco has become less socially acceptable and home buyers are more aware of indoor air quality, houses that reek of cigarette smoke are becoming a harder sell, experts report.</p> <p>"It definitely is a major turnoff," said Michael Wilson, a real estate agent with Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors in Brandywine Hundred. "Buyers immediately think about what they'll have to do to eliminate the odor. It's a real drawback and a real negative."</p> Wilmington (DE) News Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992429/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:31:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/844907/posts Anti-smoking advocates sure know how to hurl insults at those who defend smokers’ rights. In response to an opinion piece of mine that ran recently in a daily newspaper, I received an email from “Harry” in Milwaukee saying if “Bast promises not to smoke within ten feet of me, I promise not to poop on his salad bowl while he’s eating.” Only he didn’t say “poop.”Thanks, Harry. I hope the guys you have lunch with know about your curious habit.Defending smokers isn’t popular, but if you care about jobs, property rights, the rise of the Nanny State, and the use... The Heartland Institute https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/844907/posts#comment Mon, 17 Feb 2003 01:49:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/807915/posts ** PROTEST ANNOUNCEMENT ** CHARGE OF THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER BRIGADE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18TH AT 12 NOON CITY HALL (East Gate) (Time subject to change.  Please check back for confirmation ) The NYC Council will be voting on Mayor Bloomberg's sweeping smoking ban this date. Some council members can still be swayed NOT to vote for this bill (see latest news ) It's up to you to convince them once and for all that it's wrong, and not in their best political career interests, to support one man's personal war on smokers. Thousands of businesses and two million New Yorkers... NC CLASH https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/807915/posts#comment Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:26:50 GMT