Archive for August, 2008

Cigar Rights of America Freedom Tour on the Roll!

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Los Angeles, August 20 – The Cigar Rights of America Freedom Tour has begun in a big way, with a heavily-attended opening at Hudson Terrace in New York City on Tuesday night.
The tour is designed to promote membership in […]

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Let’s Make Smokers Criminals!

Well that’s what one politician in California wants to do! Bernard Parks, the former chief of police in Los Angeles, has introduced legislation that would criminalize smoking just about anywhere….on the golf courses, in smoking lounges….everywhere! 
Read the whole sad story here, courtesy of CigarCyclopedia!
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Cigar Rights of America Freedom Tour!

CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA LAUNCHES NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
WITH “CRA FREEDOM TOUR 2008” ON AUGUST 19
LOS ANGELES, July 30 – Formed to advance the interests of cigar enthusiasts across the nation, the Cigar Rights of America Freedom Tour 2008 will kick off the organization’s national membership drive with a five-state blitz beginning on August 19 in […]

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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Government Intrusion

This is still a free country, right? Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to more closely regulate the wages that firms pay workers and to more strictly regulate tobacco products by putting them under FDA supervision.
The Los Angeles City Council also approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a […]

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Is a mobile smoking lounge the answer?

When governments start to become obsessive with their restricitions, people tend to get innovative. Check out the article below courtesy of CigarCyclopedia.
“After winning the 2004 Stanley Cup before its home fans in the St. Petersburg Times Forum with a 2-1 win over Calgary in game seven, winger Stan Neckar remembered “half the team […]

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House Passes Bill to Allow FDA to Regulate Tobacco

In another effort by politicians to take away our rights to smoke legal products, the House of Representatives passed legislation today that would allow the FDA to regulate tobacco.  The bill still needs to pass the Senate and then be signed by the President to become law, but if passed, it could spell the end […]

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