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The Property Rights Newsletter May 11, 2012 - Issue #663 "So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied." - Niccolo Machiavelli
"SMOKING" WEBSERIES ONLINE PREMIERE. From Flower Sun Productions. The show focuses on an eclectic group of Angelinos in the entertainment industry who are tied together by bonds of friendship, family, proximity and their shared addiction to nicotine. (Caution, strong language.) CO: Watch Joyce Shaffer Video: Takin' Back Our Country. If it doesn't sound good to you, let us help you pack. GA: Norcross bans smoking in public spaces. "I really think it could take some of the business out of town," said McElroy, who said he isn't a smoker. "I just don't think we have a need for this." MA: Northborough municipal deal blows off smokers. D.J. Wilson, tobacco control director for the Massachusetts Municipal Association, said he hasn't come across another municipality in the state that bans smoking, and doubted any town in New England has a similar provision. MA: Worcester Outdoor Tobacco Ad Ban Ruled Unconstitutional. A federal judge ruled that Worcester, Massachusetts' outdoor tobacco ad ban is unconstitutional in that it effectively bars tobacco companies from advertising their products to adults who may legally purchase them. NM: Las Cruces Property Rights. City is threatening to cut off water, gas and sewer service over unpaid red light and speed camera tickets. NY: Four hurt as party floor caves in. The party, featuring DJ Fruit Loop, at the Slave Theater on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant ended at 10:30 p.m. after the victims fell 10 feet into a cellar. NY: Smoke Screening. What's next in the war on tobacco? Will the government outlaw smoking in your apartment? City officials say they have no plans to ban smoking on sidewalks. They point out, quite reasonably, that the mere fact that they're polling the question doesn't, by itself, mean they're going to try it. But they wouldn't be polling the question if they weren't thinking about it. The Smoke Report Video: The Death Penalty for Smoking? Those graphic cigarette ads the FDA tried to push on tobacco companies recently had a day in court. Ireland: Irish Health Minister James Reilly says he will ban outdoor smoking in parks and on beaches to stop children seeing adults smoking. He also intends to ban smoking in cars with children present. Korea: More firms pressure staff to stop smoking. A non-smoker will be chosen over a smoker with similar evaluation scores for promotion, which means it will be nearly impossible for smokers to become executives, a Samsung official said. Voice of Russia Radio Program: Stripping Cigarette Packs Of All Branding. VOR, London's Juliet Spare and a panel of guests debate the government's consideration of stripping cigarette packets of all branding. World: Smokers Blogs. Watch instant postings to your favorite blogs.
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Issue #662

The Property Rights Newsletter

May 4, 2012 - Issue #662

"The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center.
So does a person."
- Norman Vincent Peale

NICOTINE BENEFIT: Tobaccos restorative effects on self control: "Our goal was to study whether tobacco smoking affects an individual's self-control resources," said study leader Bryan W. Heckman. "We hypothesized that participants who underwent a self-control depletion task would demonstrate less persistence on behavioral tasks requiring self-control as compared to those with self-control intact, when neither group was allowed to smoke. However, we also hypothesized that we would not find this performance decrement among participants who were permitted to smoke." The findings supported the investigators' hypotheses - smoking did have a restorative effect on an individual's depleted self-control resources.

NICOTINE BENEFIT: Parkinson's disease: Study Confirms Long-Term Smoking Protects Against Parkinson's. - Parkinson's disease update. - Smoking may lessen the risk of Parkinson's disease. - New research suggests that nicotine treatment protects against the same type of brain damage that occurs in Parkinson's. (More)

NICOTINE BENEFIT: Alzheimer's disease: The anti-tobacco fanatics are in a tough spot. Reliable scientific research has turned up the horrible news that tobacco smoke is good for your health. Alzheimer''s, Parkinson''s, Tourette's Syndrome, even schizophrenia and cocaine addiction are disorders that are alleviated by tobacco. There is even evidence that tobacco helps to prevent colon and prostate cancer. - Nicotine might be Public Enemy No. 1 for the bureaucrats who run America's local governments, but it's also a miracle drug that fights memory loss in old folks facing Alzheimer's Disease. (More)

DRUG WARNING: Buproprion: Not long after, though, something else changed. Biking home from work across the Williamsburg Bridge or riding the subway I'd start to have these horrible thoughts about what would happen if I threw myself in front of a train or down into the river. In the studio I was using power tools and thinking about cutting my hand off. It was really freaking me out. My mind was spinning out these very full, detailed and dark narratives, which I was simultaneously watching happen from another, walled off perch in my brain. One day I was coming home from work and my wife was out on Long Island and I sent her a text message saying that I wanted to kill myself.

DRUG WARNING: Chantix: Suicides and suicide attempts - FAA Ban of Chantix Use by Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers - Was linked to an increased risk of a heart attack, stroke or other serious ... - Chantix has been documented to have death as a serious side effect. (More)

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Tobaccos restorative effects on self control

The findings supported the investigators' hypotheses - smoking did have a restorative effect on an individual's depleted self-control resources.

Issue #661

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April 27, 2012 - Issue #661

"I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy."
- Michael Bloomberg

Public Enemy Number One

Trans Fat: No, the state says you may not choose. New York City banned so-called "trans fats" in all food service establishments.
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Salt: Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.
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Alcohol: Mr Bloomberg's office detailed plans to cut the number of drinking establishments as well as restrict alcohol advertising.
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- Food Police: Mayor Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless Shelters.
- Read More Food Stuff: - Mayor Bloomberg's grand vision to improve New Yorkers' health by severely limiting sales of high-calorie beverages on city property
- Banning soft drinks from folks on food stamps
- Passed new regulations forcing some restaurants to post calorie content for all the food on the menu board
- Ban on free doughnuts and sweets for seniors
- Mr. Bloomberg said governments should be using the law to mandate behavior when necessary. He said encouraging people to change behaviors through advertising campaigns is important, but is not enough. He quoted Mark Twain, saying, "Thunder is good. Thunder is impressive, but lightning does the work."
- He pushed for a revamp of school menus and by the start of the next school year, fat-laden meals were being replaced by healthier versions. That same year, 2003, the city began handing out free nicotine patches and Bloomberg won his crusade to outlaw smoking in bars and restaurants.
- In an appalling extension of the nanny state, New York is slated to become the first city to monitor diabetics' blood-sugar levels. It plans to register them like HIV or tuberculosis sufferers and nag them when their levels aren't healthy enough. Drop the cupcake; here come the sugar police.
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- Freedom: The problem is that Bloomberg's idea of public health, like the CDC's, does not distinguish between deadly diseases people catch and risky things they choose to do. In his speech he equated smoking, overeating, and failing to wear a seat belt with polio, cholera, and tuberculosis, wishing away freedom by pretending it doesn't exist.
- Smoking ban. First Mayor Bloomberg pushed through an indoor-smoking ban. Then yesterday, at his request, a bill was quietly introduced in the City Council to increase the fines of outdoor consumption of alcohol.
- Smoking ban in NYC parks and beaches.
- More NY Ban Damage: Damage to lives, bodies, business closed, jobs lost, violations, bribery, burglary, and more.
- Black Market: Fleenor, who continues to follow the relationship between tobacco tax hikes and crime closely, is amazed that despite the crime situation such lucrative trafficking has generated, New York continues to consider further tax hikes. Read More articles.
- Don't Tell Bloomberg: But New Yorkers can smoke at the U.N.
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Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates today announced joint efforts to combat the global tobacco epidemic. A combined investment of $500 million will help governments in developing countries implement proven policies and increase funding for tobacco control.
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WHO And Mayor Bloomberg Fuel Anti-Smoking Propaganda. The World Health Organization released a ridiculous report Thursday, financed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (NYC-R), claiming that up to a billion people could be killed by tobacco in the 21st century. The report included a six-point program for fighting the tobacco industry: including raising cigarette taxes, banning smoking in public places, monitoring tobacco use, warning people of the dangers, etc. New York City, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, has been among the strictest of bans against tobacco, with only 5% of the entire world having smoking laws like the Big Apple.
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Egyptians Rally Around: Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today the winners of the Bloomberg Awards for Global Tobacco Control and Egypt's Ministry of Finance was recognized because they raised taxes.
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And so much more!

WARNING to King Bloomberg, taking rights from his subjects, and now reaching across the pond. Nothing lasts forever.
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I used to rule the world - Seas would rise when I gave the word - Now in the morning I sleep alone - Sweep the streets I used to own. / I used to roll the dice - Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes - Listen as the crowd would sing - "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" / One minute I held the key - Next the walls were closed on me - And I discovered that my castles stand - Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand. / I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing - Roman Cavalry choirs are singing - Be my mirror, my sword and shield - My missionaries in a foreign field. / For some reason I can't explain - Once you go there was never - Never an honest word - And that was when I ruled the world. / It was the wicked and wild wind - Blew down the doors to let me in - Shattered windows and the sound of drums - People couldn't believe what I'd become. / Revolutionaries wait - For my head on a silver plate - Just a puppet on a lonely string - Oh who would ever want to be king? / For some reason I can't explain - I know Saint Peter won't call my name - Never an honest word - But that was when I ruled the world.

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