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Issue #577
Posted on Friday, July 23 @ 00:44:24 EDT by samantha |
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The Property Rights Newsletter
July 23, 2010 - Issue #577
"To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming
too many calories is like saying that the only cause
of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party."
- Adelle Davis |  USA: Department of Health and Human Services. HHS commits $10 million to curb tobacco use, obesity. Of the 10 organizations receiving $1 million grants, seven organizations will receive funding for obesity prevention and three will receive funding for tobacco prevention and cessation. A contract for $28 million recently was awarded to the Academy for Educational Development. This new media contract also will develop consumer materials for First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign aimed at preventing childhood obesity.
USA: Health Executive Order from The White House. Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council. Not later than March 23, 2011, the Chair, in consultation with the Council, shall develop and make public a national prevention, health promotion, and public health strategy (national strategy)...
Fatty foods may cause cocaine-like addiction. A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. When rats consume these foods in great enough quantities, it leads to compulsive eating habits that resemble drug addiction, the study found.
 A lawsuit to get toys out of Happy Meals? "McDonald's practice of dangling toys in front of children is illegal, regardless of what meal the child eventually gets. Not only does the practice mobilize “pester power,” but it also imprints on developing minds brand loyalty for McDonald's.
The Calorie Police. By Jason Kuznicki. Part of being free is being free to make bad choices, to take risks, and to bear the consequences. Part of being free is that you, personally, may decide what you eat or drink. It’s a liberty so elementary that our founders never even imagined that it would need protection, but today, it does. (These same founders also rioted when the British taxed their tea. Which I’m sure Parliament only did for their own good anyway.)
MORE: Obesity articles from The Property Rights Newsletter. GA: Roswell City Council considers outside smoking ban.
GA: Savannah's smoking rules may tighten loopholes.
MI: Smoking ban hurting the business at Michigan bowling alleys.
NC: IPCPR Urges Courtesy, Not Ban, at Bus Shelters.
NJ: Tobacconists Say Denville, NJ Ban Penalties "Over the Top."
NM: Judge rules a woman is allowed to smoke in her own yard.
NY: Catastrophic Industry Failure Linked to Cigar Tax Increase.
NY: Warn Bloomberg About Extending Ban to Parks, Beaches.
OH: The Havana Martini Club in Cincinnati is closed.
OK: Smoking to be allowed again in some Oklahoma prisons.
Canada: Dwindling membership sounding taps for Legion branches. | 
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