A Knight in Dragonland

On a note of personal disgust, all the local council and mayoral candidates apparently think it’s OK to violate the personal liberties of non-smokers and expose innocent bystanders to toxic chemicals.
Shame on them all! I think I’ll go buy a can of mace and start randomly spraying people in the face with it. [...]

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Today was the 30th annual Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society. To all those who took the opportunity to stamp out their last butt, I salute you and wish you strength.
Flush ‘em if ya got ‘em.

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It doesn’t look like Steve Riedl and the ILBA have the votes on the Springfield City Council to push through a bar exemption to the Springfield indoor smoking ban.  Here’s the story in the State Journal-Register.  Score one victory against Big Tobacco propaganda.
A state-wide public smoking ban for indoor public places has also been proposed [...]

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The Illinois Licensed Beverage Association, brought to you in part by PhilipMorrisUSA and RJReynolds (just check out their sponsors on the website), is attempting to quash the Springfield smoking ban by a horrific misuse of statistics. Based on what’s said in this article, the ILBA is using revenue statistics from two very narrow time [...]

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A recent Copley News Service poll reported in today’s Journal Star indicates that 54% of Illinois voters favor a statewide indoor smoking ban that includes bars & restaurants. Thirty-nine percent were opposed and 7% were undecided. I’m sure once an education campaign begins, those numbers will swing even more strongly in favor of [...]

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Oh … my … GOD. Never underestimate the tobacco industry’s power to come up with new ways to spread their evil. Yes, our favorite mass murderers are at it again! Massachusetts has been testing nicotine content in cigarette brands since 1998 and recently compiled the data from 1998 to 2004. They’re [...]

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One of the topics I’m really going to promote is local indoor clean air legislation and a comprehensive smoking ban in all public areas. Sorry Libertarians, this is one you really should pull back your claws on.

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