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  • Can Smoke free Wisconsin tell the truth?

    Reciently Smoke Free Wisconsin made some wild claims. In July 2009 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a memo in support of smoke-free public housing. The memo intended to encourage local public housing authorities to designate some or all of their units as smoke-free. The HUD memo [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 4:34am EDT
    by Marshall

  • More B.S. from Smoke Free Wisconsin

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    As some of you are aware I was reciently diagnosed with cataracts. While some studies will suggest that it was due to my occupation as a broadcast engineer, the anti’s will claim that it was smoking that caused it. After all they have studies that clearly show that smoking causes [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • As I predicted

    Number of comments: 10
    As predicted the draconian tax that Doyle put on cigarettes has already promoted criminal behavior.  This is only the beginning. Cigarettes have suddenly become a hot item for burglars. More than 100 cartons of smokes valued at up to $7,500 have been stolen from businesses on Madison’s east side since Aug. 20, [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Velvet Glove, Iron Fist Blog

    Christopher Snowdon Author of Velvet Glove, Iron Fist now has his own Blog. [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 7:51am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin Are you smober yet!

    Number of comments: 3
    More B.S. from Smoke Free Wisconsin their latest blog Are you somber yet. It is ironic that the same day that smoke free posts this blog entry. Science Daily’s Article “Doctors fear asking mentally ill to quit” might bring attention to a vulnerable population who could also be helped by the [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 12:33pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin is at it again.

    Number of comments: 1
    Smoke Free Wisconsin is at it again! Spreading lies and misinformation. On their site that the tobacco companies are fighting the FDA regulations and are trying to block the regulations from being enacted. Of course this comes compleate with a picture of a half man half devil. As expected R. J. [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 2:16pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin=Big Pharma=Astroturf

    Number of comments: 5
    Over the past few months Smoke Free Wisconsin has been campaigning to restore taxpayer funding to Tobacco Control. Over the last few weeks I have been showing their ties to Big Pharma! I showed their ties to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) . I also showed their ties to [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Pfizer busted!

    Number of comments: 1
    WASHINGTON – Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The department said the $2.3 billion settlement included a $1.2 billion criminal fine, the largest criminal fine in U.S. history. The agreement [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • An interview with big brother

    Number of comments: 4
    I know I have posted the following before but it needs repeating [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 11:01am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Tax increase comes with big lies!

    Number of comments: 5
    The Marshfield News-Herald has a column that is so full of lies and disinformation that it is almost laughable. On Tuesday, the price of a pack of cigarettes jumps another 75 cents. That new tax, added to the federal tax increase in April, makes total taxes on a pack of cigarettes [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:44am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Tea Party!

    With the next cigarette tax looming it is time for each and every one of you to join a tea party or send a teabag to each of the remember these legislators mentioning the cigarette tax and taxation without representation. Here is an excellent tea party commercial! [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 3:09pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Tobacco control = big pharma

    Number of comments: 4
    Anyone who has been on Smoke Free Wisconsin’s blog knows that they are celebrating the draconian tax on cigarettes. Ignoring the fact that this is nothing but an attempt at social engineering by Comrade Doyle and his socialist brethren look at the true force behind the taxes and the ban. Smoke [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:13am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Expose tobacco control and big Pharma

    Has anyone noticed with the next draconian cigarette tax coming next week that there has been a massive increase in Chantix commercials in the last two weeks even though an anti smoking site admits it is ineffective. Groups like Smoke Free Wisconsin like to bring up how much the tobacco [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 12:33pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Beat the tax

    Number of comments: 1
    As Smoke Free Wisconsin gloats about the draconian tyax increase there are measures that one can take to beat the tax and make these self righteous do gooders pay their fair share. SmokeFree Wisconsin supported these increases because research has shown that significant increases in the cigarette tax will deter young [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2009, 4:28pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Politics-Health Care

    Number of comments: 1
    I normally try to keep other political issues out of my posts on this blog but it has gotten to the point where they are inseparable. Most smokers already feel that it is politically correct to discriminate against smokers. After all it has become politically correct to discriminate against us [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • It’s Official, Comrade Doyle won’t run

    Number of comments: 4
    It’s official Comrade Doyle will not be running for reelection. “I personally would like to have put this decision off for another three or four months to see if I feel differently then. I know I will regret the decision many times over the coming year, but I am not going [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Ohio- The rest of the story.

    Number of comments: 2
    Today Smoke Free Wisconsin posted the following about the the ongoing lawsuit in Ohio. A little background on the case would be helpful. In 2000, the Ohio state legislature placed their $230 million Big Tobacco settlement into an endowment, specifying that the money could only be used for tobacco prevention and [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 1:11pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • More lies and missinformation from Smoke Free Wisconsin

    Number of comments: 1
    Smoke free is at it again. Making claims that just aren’t there and what little truth is there is exaggerated massively. In July, the FDA finally dispelled the rumors that e-cigarettes could be safer than regular cigarettes by releasing an analysis of the new product. The FDA’s results: What they fail [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Yet another classy anti.

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    Leandro Reyes, 21, and Hannah Miller were outside the tavern having cigarettes along with others from the establishment, when Arneson, who knows Reyes as a schoolmate from Madison Area Technical College, came by. Arneson, the criminal complaint against him says, told another female smoker, “You really shouldn’t be smoking.” Reyes later told [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Astroturf?

    The phrase Astroturf has been used recently to discribe groups such as ours that fight against the nanny state and against excessive taxes. It is a term that has gained quite a bit of popularity as of late but it is not anything new. From a 1998 Tobacco Control document. Historically, [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 3:15pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • You’re too stupid to run your own life

    Great article on the nanny state. Think you know best how to run your life? Nope. Turns out, you’re too dumb to control your own destiny. That’s the message of the Nanny State, as revealed by its various laws, prohibitions, regulations, bans, ordinances, statutes, guidelines, policies, and so forth. We have smoking [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:09am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Who your nanny, the government if the antis get their way!

    Signs of the nanny state gone wild. A COUNCIL has become the first in Wales to impose a blanket ban on smokers adopting or fostering children. Anti-smoking campaigners last night welcomed the move by Merthyr Tydfil council, but critics have pointed out there are already not enough foster parents in Wales. They fear [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 6:28am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Great guest editorial?

    Smoke Smoke Free Wisconsin is still whining about the cuts to a lobby group funded by the very people they are lobbying against. They point to a guest columnist Marilyn Voeltner from Green Lake County of course what they fail to mention is that she is one of them. she [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 4:57pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Tobacco control, the big lie

    Number of comments: 10
    Anti smoking advocates are really grasping at straws now days, They now attack safer smokeless forms of nicotine, they don’t try to show how these products are dangerous to the user much less those around them. They constantly attack e-cigarettes claiming that they are a ploy by big tobacco to [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 2:23pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Liar in Chief!

    Number of comments: 1
    Like Comrade Doyle, Obama promised that our taxes were not going to go up. Comrade Doyle increased the taxes on cigarettes by $1.75 per pack in the last two years! The liar in chief said that he has only cut taxes on those making less then $250,000.00. He conveniently forgets [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 8:03pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Property rights, what are those?

    Number of comments: 1
    To those that attempt to claim that smoking bans are not about property rights, here is your wake up call. It’s not just indoor public places in Eau Claire where lighting up is prohibited. Now residents of a south side, owner-occupied housing complex will have to snuff out smoking in their [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 8:49am EDT
    by Marshall

  • From the mind of Tobacco control

    Number of comments: 3
    A boy of 14 collapsed after chewing 45 sticks of nicotine gum – equivalent to 180 Marlboro Light cigarettes – in just 25 minutes. Aiden Williams overdosed on the Nicorette gum, designed to help smokers quit the habit, after it was handed out by counsellors at his school. The teenager’s mother today [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2009, 11:52am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Finally an admission of censorship

    Number of comments: 7
    All of these anti-smoking groups set up blogs giving the illusion that they are making an effort to have an open and honest discussion on the issues which is the whole idea of a blog. But if you actually look at their blogs they are nothing but a marketing tool. [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2009, 12:42pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Military, Your nanny is after you!

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    As you fight for freedom around the world your nanny wants to take your freedom of choice away. U.S. soldiers are trained to handle deadly weapons and smoke out enemies but they may soon find that they aren’t allowed to handle cigarettes and light up a smoke. Pentagon health experts are pressing [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 1:59am EDT
    by Marshall

  • The mind of an anti Stop smoking or get beaten

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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 9:31am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Scientific McCarthyism, the mind of Tobacco Control

    While I don’t always agree with Dr. Siegel, he is at least one that tries to present facts and not follow the cult movement.  It is high time that people ,{especially polticians)  wake up to the fact that these laws are based on a cult of eletist groups and not [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:15am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Reason Friday funnies

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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:55am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Velvet Glove Iron Fist book launch

    Number of comments: 5
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    Posted: July 06, 2009, 11:10am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Kohl sponsors protectionist bill

    This is old news that has reared it’s ugly head yet again, this time with an anti-terrorist twist. Of course I am talking about internet sales of tobacco. Senator Herb Kohl today reintroduced the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009 to provide law enforcement with the tools they [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2009, 6:45am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Voting as a group!

    Number of comments: 2
    It has been suggested by a Democrat that we are a partisan group and that we favor one party over another. From the remember these legislators page. Lenny Hand, on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 am Said: As a long time member of the Racine city tavern league it was rare [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 5:07pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free bragging

    Smoke Free Wisconsin is bragging about the $0.75 tax increase on cigarettes putting us at the fifth highest in the nation. They know that the smoking ban is going to be devastating to the Tavern industry, the fact is they don’t care. Just as they don’t care that excessive taxes [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free whining again

    Smoke Free Wisconsin is whining about the budget cuts, Due to the fact that they have been caught in more lies then I care to count and the fact that tobacco control is a lobby group pushing to strip property owners of their property rights and therefore stripping the people [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 6:21am EDT
    by Marshall

  • American Cancer Society lies yet again

    Number of comments: 3
    Dr Michael Siegel points out in his blog The rest of the story that the ACS is caught in yet another lie. As we know, the truth is that Philip Morris – the largest company within Big Tobacco and the company with the overwhelmingly highest amount of lobbying expenditures in Congress [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 6:09am EDT
    by Marshall

  • South Dakota organizer successfully delays statewide smoking ban

    Number of comments: 8
    Larry Mann, who represents the Video Lottery Establishments of South Dakota and at least 16,776 petitioners provided enough signatures to delay a new smoking ban which was scheduled to be implemented July 1, 2009 until voters can decide the issue on the November 2010 ballot. [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 5:10am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Yup no economic harm

    Sales have been hurt by the spread of indoor smoking bans, which have forced people to go outside to smoke. TAMPA – Tampa will lose part of its cigar heritage in August when Hav-A-Tampa shuts its factory near Seffner and lays off about 495 employees, closing a factory that has been [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • X rated cartoons

    Popeye to be given 18 certificate for smoking pipe Films featuring the cartoon character Popeye could be given an 18 certificate because he smokes a pipe. NHS managers at Liverpool’s Primary Care Trust says its plan to ban the promotion of smoking in films, including cartoons, could mean problems for the spinach-loving [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 8:17pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Majority Does NOT Support Smoking Ban: Gallup Poll

    Number of comments: 2
    PRINCETON, NJ — By 52% to 46%, more Americans disapprove than approve of the new law expanding the federal government’s power to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products. Opposition is especially strong among smokers. Implications Even as fewer Americans are smoking today than in the past, and as those who [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 9:07am EDT
    by Marshall

  • American Cancer Society Lies to American Public About Effects of FDA Tobacco Legislation

    Number of comments: 4
    Dr Siegel strikes again. Also Deceives Public About Big Tobacco Opposition to Bill Telling the Truth Would Have Required Admitting that the Bill is a Public Scam Which Does Little to Protect Children from Cigarettes But Lots to Protect Cigarette Sales In a communication sent to the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) network of [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 7:35am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Another Kool-aid drinker

    Number of comments: 1
    (Mark Peterson, a West Bend resident and University of Wisconsin Washington County philosophy professor, is a blogger who publishes at www.the-motley-cow.blogspot.com.) Had this to say about us. Some of the Ban-the-Ban pundits and politicos are still stuck in denial but Wisconsin’s Tavern League – the folks most affected by the [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 11:25pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

    Michael J. Mcfadden does a very good review of Christopher Snowdon’s book  Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. While not as strongly focused on Antismokers’ psychological language tricks and dubious scientific deceptions underlying smoking bans as my own Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains, Chris Snowdon does not neglect these areas and on the contrary has done [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 10:32pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Steve Kagen

    Number of comments: 6
    http://kagen.house.gov. Dear Mr. Keith, Thank you for allowing me to listen to your concerns about smoking. I appreciate you taking time to share your views with me. I have spent my entire adult lifetime as a physician, and have always discouraged patients from smoking.  [...][...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Reality check for tobacco control!

    Anti-smoking activist have tried to blame everything movies to cartoon characters like joe camel for smoking amongst the young. Here is a reality check. It is the bans, it is the allure of the forbidden fruit that attracts the young. Did you people learn nothing from the failure of prohibition? [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 2:47pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free WI goes after the patio provision

    Number of comments: 6
    I don’t know how many people didn’t see this one coming, but our dear, sweet friend over at SFW, Maureen Busalacchi, is already attacking the outdoor patio provision. As stated in the WI State Journal: “Busalacchi believes the patio provision pushed by the Tavern League of Wisconsin may hurt more than it helps. [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 1:27pm EDT
    by Ryan

  • FDA your new nannie

    The President is due to sign into law granting the authority to regulate tobacco to the FDA. If you look at the string of e coli outbreaks and the fact that they have become little more then a rubber stamp for Big Pharma Critics have questioned whether the FDA is ready [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 9:19am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Yet another death by smoking ban

    Number of comments: 3
    Even though tobacco control has yet to prove one single death caused by second hand smoke, yet the deaths caused by the smoking ban continue to pile up. This time it was a young man who volunteered to serve our country and fight for freedom, a commodity we are losing [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 7:19am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Vicki McKenna skewers the TLW

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    Listen to the last part of this segment when Vicki addresses the smoking ban and how the TLW bent over and grabbed their ankles. It’s great and really reflects how we’re all feeling about these guys right now… [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
    by Ryan

  • Doyle and promises

    “I will present a balanced budget – one that is balanced the old-fashioned way, with real numbers, not with tricks or gimmicks,” Doyle said. “No inflated revenue estimates – and no tax increase.” “I have said time and again that we are not in this fiscal mess because taxes are [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 10:53am EDT
    by Marshall

  • District bar owners look to remove Waukesha area’s only Democrat

    WAUKESHA - State Sen. Jim Sullivan, D-Wauwatosa, has become the first recall target in the wake of a potential smoking ban in Wisconsin. A group of tavern owners from West Allis is planning to file recall exploratory committee papers against Sullivan as early as today for [...][...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 1:40am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Remember these Senators

    Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, chief author of the bill, said the prohibition creates fair competition throughout the state and would save both lives and taxpayer dollars on health care expenses. A state Department of Health Services fiscal estimate attached to the bill said the measure would save about $754,000 in [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 12:16am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Good Article

    Jim Mass of the LPWI wrote a fantastic column for the Wasau Daily Herald on how the smoking ban is mob rule. He has asked that people read it and then click “recommend” at the top to help get the story to the front pages. http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905120621 [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 7:00am EDT
    by Ryan

  • Food for thought

    Food for thought, for those out there who think that it is perfectly ok to strip property owners of their rights to satisfy the majority perhaps need a lesson on the principles our government was founded on. [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 11:18am EDT
    by Marshall

  • The Tavern League sellout letter

    Number of comments: 10
    Dear Tavern League Member: As I am sure you have already heard an agreement has been reached regarding a Statewide Smoking Ban. We have all worked long and hard on this very important issue and I believe the final package represents the best outcome we could have attained. Over the past two years [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2009, 8:44pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Shills

    Smoke free is at it again. We have all tried to post a decenting opinion only to be censored. Now they use shills to selectively pick apart our arguments. If the majority truly wants a smoke free environment they will vote with their dollars and let the owners know that, [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 4:58am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Bad news on the so-called “compromise”

    Number of comments: 10
    It looks like the tyrants in Madison have come to a compromise. Actually, the only compromise that they implemented was a 2010 implementation date instead of 2009. This is what Amy had to say… Bad news. I just heard on Belling tonight that they have reached a compromise on a ban and it [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 8:10pm EDT
    by Ryan

  • Smoking ban gets hearing with little notice

    Number of comments: 8
    We can thank Amy for this one. Madison – State Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Waunakee) has given the public barely 24 hours notice before holding a hearing on a bill to ban smoking that is suddenly racing through the Legislature. The ban on smoking in workplaces, including restaurants and bars, stalled in recent [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • My letter to my rep.

    Number of comments: 2
    Dear Mr Mursau, Your co-sponsoring the smoking ban is completely unacceptable. The small businesses in the Northwoods are hurting enough.  The so called science behind the ban is flimsy at best and pure junk at worst.  The statistical evidence the activist claim as fact would never stand up in court, as [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 3:24pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Dirty politics?

    Number of comments: 4
    Just to show how far smoke free Wisconsin have their noses up our politicians, well you know. Next Wednesday there is a public hearing on the smoking ban. You will find no notification on these hearings anywhere on the internet. Only smoke free had this information. Most of us are [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 9:10am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Back to basics

    Number of comments: 2
    Smoke Free Wisconsin has a new blog entry called back to basics It warns of the hazards of smoking. You will not find anyone here that disagrees that the act of smoking is a health risk. Where the problem lies is their support of yet another punitive tax meant to [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 8:06am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin caught again!

    Smoke free Wisconsin caught in another flagrant lie. Are they capable of telling the truth about anything????? E-cigarettes: the latest ploy by Big Tobacco to hook kids A recent call to our office prompted us to look further into the emerging issue of “e-cigarettes.“ The fact is this product is not marketed to [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 11:06am EDT
    by Marshall

  • More smoke from smoke free.

    Number of comments: 1
    Taverns Clearing the Air has nearly 100 members- tavern owners, along with some owners of restaurants, golf courses, lodges, and bowling alleys. They’re willing to stand up for our right to breathe clean indoor air! Well doing a who is reveiled very little. The domain is registered to NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 10:11am EDT
    by Marshall

  • New Bill

    Number of comments: 9
    It could very well be that all of your work has been paying off. There has been a lot of activity on Smoke Free Wisconsin’s Blog as of late. The latest is a new bill. They have lobbyist on the inside and now they are pushing for people to contact [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 5:23pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free cheering about money

    Number of comments: 1
    This just in from the Joint Finance Committee session this evening: Tobacco Prevention and Control Program funding has been restored to its current level of $15.25 million per year. (Vote: 12-4) This is good news for state taxpayers, our next generation of youth in Wisconsin, and tobacco users who need [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 4:56pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin Lobbies for more money!

    Number of comments: 2
    As it stands, the proposed budget for 2009 - 2011 has a modest cut in Tobacco Prevention and Control Funding. With the national increase in the tobacco tax and the proposed state cigarette tax increase, the financial burden will be heavier on low-income people trying to quit, which makes cessation [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Tea party? Cigarette tax, does it work?

    Number of comments: 5
    The tobacco control activists and the progressive/socialist who they have in their pockets claim that the goal of the cigarette tax is to get people to quit. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact that the S-CHIP program is being funded with it is proof that that is [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 8:07am EDT
    by Marshall

  • Nevada admits ban hurt business

    Number of comments: 1
    Nevada is in the process of relaxing the smoking ban that they enacted in 2006. The bill was passed with an overwhelming majority with only one dissenting vote. CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill that would ease the terms of a voter-approved measure that banned smoking in many Nevada bars [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smokers were betrayed by senators

    It is not the role of government to use taxes as a means of behavior modification. The role of taxes is to get people to pay their fair share of government. Taxing a minority group goes against everything that our country was founded on. John Adams defined a constitutional republic [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2009, 2:38pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • New study vindicates Dr Siegel

    We don’t hate to say I told you so.  But here it is in black and white. U.S. state and local governments are increasingly restricting smoking in public places. This paper analyzes nationally representative databases, including the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, to compare short-term changes in mortality and hospitalization rates in smoking-restricted [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Still think this is a fair fight

    Number of comments: 3
    This is from Forbes: Smoking ban survives early cuts to proposed budget Co-chairs of the Legislature’s budget committee on Tuesday released a list of items they were removing from the governor’s proposal because they dealt primarily with policy issues instead of directly involving raising taxes and spending money. Yet… The smoking ban remains. [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 10:19am EDT
    by Ryan

  • Giving up? Hardly

    Number of comments: 9
    This was a response I posted in a different post, but I think it needs to be out in the open so everybody gets an idea as to what’s going on… Thanks Marshall. You did a good job of summing that up… But I’ll break it down a bit more…. The only [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2009, 4:12pm EDT
    by Ryan

  • Survey by Smoke Free Wisconsin

    Number of comments: 5
    A new survey by the group Smoke free Wisconsin is probably going to start making headlines around Wisconsin: Polls Find Overwhelming Support for Smoke‐Free Laws (Contact: Maureen Busalacchi 608‐335‐0005) The report gives all sorts of statistics supporting their claim that Wisconsin residents support a smoking ban.   Looking at the last paragraph gives an insight into how the results were obtained.   Using their numbers [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
    by jeni4freedom

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin cheats again.

    Number of comments: 10
    They have a new poll out of 400 residents of Appleton, and of course it was not done by an independant polling group but by a marketing group that advertises that they will find a way to skew the results to suit your agenda. Of course I am talking about the [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 10:08pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Hearing Updates

    Number of comments: 8
    Comrade Doyle slipped both a smoking ban and a $0.75 increase in cigarette taxes in his budget. You are encouraged to attend the following public hearings and put a stop to this madness. Sparta Monday, March 23 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. American Legion Hall 1116 Angelo Road Milwaukee Metro Wednesday, March 25 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. State [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2009, 11:10pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Second Hand Smoke B.S.

    Number of comments: 3
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 2:47pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Smoke Free Wisconsin another bogus poll

    Number of comments: 2
    Smoke free Wisconsin has come up with yet another bogus poll. “This is strong evidence the vast majority of people in Eau Claire, and especially the ones who patronize area bars and restaurants most frequently, prefer smoke-free air,” Katie Wilson, a member of the Tobacco Free Partnership of Eau Claire said. [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2009, 12:58am EDT
    by Marshall

  • IMPORTANT: THE SMOKING BAN IS HIDDEN IN THIS BUDGET

    Number of comments: 7
    I would like to thank Amy and Allen for putting this information together. This week, the Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison) and Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona) announced that they will hold six public hearings on Governor Doyle’s proposed budget, Assembly Bill 75. March 23: Sparta March 25: West Allis March 27: [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
    by Marshall

  • Reality Check

    Number of comments: 10
    Those of us that have actually looked at the studies on second hand smoke know just how weak their case is. They use fear and either fake or extremely weak studies to scare the sheep into following their cause. Don’t believe me watch the following video. [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2009, 7:38am EST
    by Marshall

  • Some food for thought

    Number of comments: 1
    This is from CEI’s Gregory Conko on the FDA: “…the agency’s seven-year delay in approving beta blockers in 1981 for the prevention of second heart attacks cost an estimated 45,000 to 70,000 lives. And its 1988 ban on advertising aspirin to the general public to prevent a first heart attack likely [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2009, 5:41pm EST
    by Ryan

  • Like a spoiled brat,Smoke Free’s tantrum!

    Number of comments: 5
    Like the spoiled little child Smoke Free Wisconsin is kicking and screaming and of course they are going to hold their breath until they get their way. It’s official! Today is the launch of the Holding Our Breath campaign. SmokeFree Wisconsin is joining with key health and business partners across the [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2009, 9:52am EST
    by Marshall

  • The End of a Legacy?

    Number of comments: 3
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the ongoing financial downturn and its effect on its long-term reserve funds, the American Legacy Foundation’s Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to shift its programs to population-based strategies for maximum impact of the more limited dollars spent. In accordance with this [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 9:06pm EST
    by Marshall

  • The hazardous smoke is the Constitution up in flames

    Number of comments: 2
    If Doyle gets his way we will be one step closer to Socialism and the abolishment of property rights. Don’t believe me, just look to the west and you will see that business losing property rights is just a stepping stone. We hope the attempt to ban smoking in cars where [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 10:52am EST
    by Marshall

  • Response to Amy

    Number of comments: 10
    Amy; Well, here it comes! What are we going to do about it? Smoking measures The smoking ban, which Doyle pushed unsuccessfully last year, would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces. It and the cigarette tax would take effect roughly two months after the bill is signed into law. Under [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2009, 6:15pm EST
    by Marshall

  • The Kremlin has spoken

    Number of comments: 9
    This is a red state not a blue as the leader at the red square proposes yet another tax increase on smokers and strips them of even more rights. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle will be in Milwaukee this morning to discuss his new budget proposal. He unveiled it last [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2009, 6:41am EST
    by Marshall

  • Anti-smoking crusade has hit new low!

    Number of comments: 4
    Many have asked how low can they go? Is kicking out the elderly low enough? SANTA CRUZ — Residents at San Lorenzo Park Apartments have 90 days to quit smoking or face eviction, which has come as a crushing blow to the handful of seniors who picked up the habit as [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2009, 7:39am EST
    by Marshall

  • Poor economy helping our cause

    Thanks to Amy for pointing this article out… Economic fears are snuffing out smoking bans In this economy, lawmakers are more willing to let people smoke ‘em if they got ‘em. As recently as last year, many states and major cities seemed ready to adopt complete indoor smoking bans. But the movement to [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2009, 8:08am EST
    by Ryan

  • Growing the Nanny State in Madison

    Number of comments: 8
    You folks in Madison have your work cut out for you… And from the looks of things, you had better fight this before things really get out of hand. Well, unless of course you don’t mind being watched by the nanny state while you drink at your favorite watering hole… And yes, [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 9:00am EST
    by Ryan

  • The nanny state in the stimulus bill?

    Number of comments: 3
    You bet! $75 million worth. I’m not sure how anti-smoking efforts have anything to do with stimulating the economy, but it’s in there thanks Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa. Of course, he claims it should help lower health care expenditures, but I find it verydifficult to draw the relationship between reducing [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 7:20am EST
    by Ryan

  • Letter submitted… Now it’s your turn

    Number of comments: 8
    On the advice of Sen Mary Lazich, I have submitted an open letter to the State Legislature to all of the major newspapers. It is the same letter that was previously sent to each Legislator; however now it’s going to be made public (assuming any of the papers publish it). [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2009, 7:23am EST
    by Ryan

  • Dude, where’s our website?

    Number of comments: 4
    Good question! I have been working over the past week or so trying to figure out where our website went. It looks like our domain name went dead; but as to why is a complete mystery to me. While I’m working on this technical glitch, the site can still be accessed [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2009, 7:14am EST
    by Ryan

  • Smoke free Wisconsin is at it again.

    Number of comments: 4
    Have they no shame? They took measurements of fine particulate (PM 2.5) matter last month in the Milwaukee area. And again they are applying the outdoor EPA/DNR standards. The correct method is to take continuous 24 hour measurements and average them out. They freely admit that the DNR takes 24 [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2009, 10:54am EST
    by Marshall

  • Reply from Sen. Grothman

    Number of comments: 4
    I’m not sure what this means regarding the smoking ban issue, but this was what he sent me regarding my letter: For Immediate Release January 5, 2009 Contact: Senator Glenn Grothman 1-800-662-1227 - Capitol 262-689-8421 – Cell Grothman Blasts Governor Doyle Begs Congress Not to Send Anymore Money to States MADISON: Today State Senator Glenn Grothman [...]
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    Posted: January 19, 2009, 6:31pm EST
    by Ryan

  • First letter sent

    Number of comments: 7
    I have sent a letter to all memebers of the WI state legislture asking them to reevalute their priorities in this era of economic problems, tax nightmares and sraggering budget shortfalls. I have laid out a demand that our legislators reevalute the amount of money and resources going into tobacco [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2009, 5:37pm EST
    by Ryan

  • The Plan

    Number of comments: 10
    Ok folks, I have receieved a wealth of information from some contacts in Madison that are involved in the lobbying industry… And I have an idea as to how we should proceed. It sounds like support for a ban is wavering thanks to the economy, and Risser and his friends are [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:48am EST
    by Ryan

  • John Crichton on consensus science

    John Michael Crichton, M.D. October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008 Occupation author, film producer, film director, television producer, medical doctor Here are his views on second hand smoke I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2009, 12:58am EST
    by Marshall

  • Finally Some Enlightenment to the Public!

    We’ve been saying this for some time here at BtBWI, but now we have a major newspaper actually reporting on the pay-off’s physician’s get when they back anti smoking drugs…is their can of slimy worms springing a leak? UW psychiatrist paid to speak about disputed anti-smoking pill Heiligenstein put in 14 [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2009, 8:37am EST
    by jeni4freedom

  • Do the activist even read the studies?

    Number of comments: 5
    Do the activist even read the studies before doing press releases? Recent articles are making some pretty wild claims. The Headline reads Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children - Published In Development And Psychopathology But if you read the actual article you will see the clear bias in the report. [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2009, 4:44am EST
    by Marshall
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