The websites Jeremy Hanson listed (see snips of his post below my sig) are a wealth of information about this issue.
I urge list members to check these sites out for vital information regarding the way that big tobacco sets up front groups for lobbying and manipulation of public perception (or, more simply put, lying and deception). I also urge our Mayor and City Council and reps to the State Legislature to resist the inevitable armtwisting, intimidation, and seduction which will come from the big tobacco industry as it fights for its life as a purveyor of mass death and disease through addiction to its toxic products. -- looking out at some blue sky! -- Gary Hoover -- Kingfield Jeremy Hanson writes, in part..... (snip) > the tobacco companies have lied and tried to do > anything possible to convince business owners and the > broader public otherwise. For a fantastic web site on > this, check out www.tobaccoscam.com and read all about > it. Right here in Minnesota, the tobacco companies > work hand in hand with the state restaurant > association to fight smoking bans. Check this out at > www.smokefreecoalition.org/truth and see for yourself. (snip) > Check out www.cleanairminneapolis.org for more. > > I can't wait to breathe smoke-free air at First Ave, > Fine Line, Uptown Dinner, or other places to see great > local bands. It's time we join Ireland, New York, > Lexington (KY), and hundreds of other cities and get > this toxic pollution out of our public places and work > sites. My right to breathe smoke-free air trumps any > so-called right to smoke. I want the freedom to go to > any bar or club and not risk lung cancer or smell like > crap afterward. I want people with lung disease or > heart disease to have the same rights and freedoms. > The right to breathe and the right to smoke are > mutually exclusive and we need to choose. I vote for > breathing. (snip) REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
