First Nations, the anti-Tobacco agenda, and Extraterrestrials

Tobacco used to be appreciated as both a medicine and as something of a great spiritual significance. You may have, for example, heard of the use of the Peace Pipe among First Nations. Now, through cigarettes, it has become synonymous with a nasty habit, and a...

Anti-smoking head's awkward cigar

"When Antonio Nunes had a smoke at a New Year party in Portugal, he appears to have been unaware he was defying a new ban his agency has to enforce. The President of the Portuguese Food Standards Agency was pictured having a cigar at a casino on the outskirts of Lisbon, after...

Anti-smoking pill may help curb drinking

"WASHINGTON - A single pill appears to hold promise in curbing the urges to both smoke and drink, according to researchers trying to help people overcome addiction by targeting a pleasure center in the brain. The drug, called varenicline, already is sold to help smokers kick...

Spitzer Goes Into Schools, Homes to Build 'Healthiest State'

"Spitzer Goes Into Schools, Homes to Build 'Healthiest State' ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Schools, homes and workplaces will become the site of new efforts to make New York the "the healthiest state,'' under proposals by Gov. Eliot Spitzer scheduled for release Monday. The efforts,...

Cigar Smokers vs Islamists

"Whether he was trying to curry favor with islamic supremacists by asserting his will against the kuffir, or simply trying to snuggle up to the anti-smoking nazis, freshman Representative Keith Ellison (M-MN) set a new record for “being a complete Jerk” by calling the...

Smoking Bans Hurt Business

"Two interesting blog posts on the impact of smoking bans in Canada. In Edmonton with the most draconian smoking ban in Canada bingos have lost $6 million dollars reports Surreality Times. . Werner Patels takes up the issue of the Quebec smoking ban; Québec bar...

As I predicted

"See my Smoking At Home Will Be Banned I was doing a humble Johathan Swift imitation when fiction became fact; Landlords using Quebec's new smoking ban to weed out smokers"

Butt Out

Smokers may face fines for dropping butts Already forced to huddle outside doorways just to get a hit of nicotine, the much maligned tobacco connoisseur could soon be subject to a new burden -- heavy fines. The result of forcing smokers to throw out butts in the trash would...