The Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative has launched a campaign to raise taxes on all cigarettes for sale products in Maryland. Cigarette prices would increase by $1 per pack, and other cheap cigarette online taxes would increase at a corresponding rate.More than 150 faith,...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Famous Actors Part VII
Celebrity Actors Smoking Part VIIHere we have the seventh part of selected pictures with Hollywood Famous Actors smoking cigarettes. Enjoy the collection of photos with Celebrities Smoking Cigarettes.1. Jean Claude Van Damme Smoking CigaretteCelebrity Jean Claude Van Damme Smoking...
Surgical Anaesthesia as a Metaphor for Liberalism
The invention of surgical anaesthesia is an incredibly gloomy story in which ordinary scientific squabbling over who gets credit for a discovery was raised to an abnormally high pitch, until practically everyone involved had met a tragic and in some cases rather gothic end....
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Health Groups Urge N.J. To Spend More On Smoking-cessation Programs
A coalition of health groups is urging New Jersey to dedicate more cigarette tax revenue to programs that help people quit smoking cigarettes.The groups say less than 1 percent of the billion dollars a year New Jersey gets in cheap cigarettes revenue from taxes and as part of...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Risotto with Meatballs and Not-So-Great Pumpkin
The grocery store had two kinds of pumpkin: with jack-o-lantern face painted on, and without. I got one without, but even those were stocked next to bouquets of flowers on one side and candles on the other, which raises the question of whether the pumpkins were being sold as...
The Death of Manolete, the Death of Bullfighting
Barcelona has held its last bullfight, so now seems like a good time to consider A Matador's Mistress (2008, dir. Menno Meyjes; original Spanish title Manolete).How can it be that this film sank without a trace? I pay some attention to Adrien Brody's career, and I know for damn...
Statewide Program Helps Mental Health Consumers Quit Tobacco
UNC researchers tested the implementation and impact of a model curriculum (“Learning About Healthy Living”) to promote wellness and motivation to quit cheap cigarette online use in psychosocial rehabilitation clubhouses. Results published in the September issue of BMC Public...
Monday, September 26, 2011
When I'm in Your Neighborhood, You Better Duck
That's not a very pretty picture. The Canadian gentleman who concocted the recipe -- duck quesadillas with cherry chipotle salsa and goat cheese -- has a much better one. But what my dish lacked in aesthetics, it made up for in amazing taste. This recipe is delicious, and even...
You Can Give Everybody Money, But You Can't Make Everybody Rich
From "The Secret History of Soviet Fashion," a book review:The Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was invited to open the Dom Modelei in Moscow, and was bewildered by the outfits on display: 'I was of the opinion that the clothes of the working people should be simple...
Nine Indicted In Maryland For Cigarette Smuggling
Maryland officials on Thursday announced the indictments of nine people accused of cigarette smuggling in connection with a stepped-up effort to cut down on the illicit cigarettes online trade.In the last fiscal year, Maryland’s comptroller’s office arrested 115 people for cigarette...
Intoxicated Witnesses Are 'Better Than Their Reputation'
Does being intoxicated make you a less reliable witness? Apparently not. Does this come up a lot? Apparently so: "According to law enforcement, many witnesses are intoxicated either at the time of the crime, the interview, or both." Whether you abhor sobriety or just hate eye-witness...
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Maldives Are Quite Low to the Ground
The set-up:The average elevation above sea level is four feet. I'm told by someone who was present that the former British Foreign Office minister Jeremy Hanley was on an official visit to the Maldives and asked what the highest point of the archipelago was. The head of the...
Illegal Cigarette Sales To Minors
It's a big problem for many states -- stopping the illegal sale of cheap cigarettes to minors. Wednesday, Arizona's attorney general gave us an update on how the program is doing.Underage kids set up clerks to hand over cigarettes illegally as part of a sting operation called...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Arizona Underage Smoking A Problem In Rural Areas
A statewide inspection of retail discount cigarette online outlets found that on average, employees are selling to minors nearly 15 percent of the time, authorities said Wednesday.The state Attorney General's Office released the numbers in a press conference Wednesday.In Apache,...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Selling Tobacco To Minors
Retail outlets are failing when it comes to selling tobacco products to minors.Wednesday, Attorney General Tom Horne released the latest results from statewide inspections.For fiscal year 2011, nearly 2,000 outlets were inspected for possible violations. 14.6%, 288 locations,...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
They Had Theology, We Have Zoning
In 1735, Anne Hutchinson and her husband started a home Bible-study group, which started small but grew to include about sixty people. This was noticed first by their neighbors, then by the state, neither of whom liked the idea of unlicensed preaching going on in a private home....
Famous Actors Part VI
Celebrity Actors Smoking Part VIHere we have the sixth part of selected pictures with Hollywood Famous Actors smoking cigarettes. Enjoy the collection of photos with Celebrities Smoking Cigarettes.1. James Stewart Smoking CigaretteCelebrity James Stewart Smoking Davidoff Gold...
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