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Vaccine breaks out of the pack

Hopefully, this company tested the drug on more population samples than Pfizer did for Chantix. Since it, like Chantix, blocks the pleasure zone in the brain, this sounds utterly terrifying. Although I am sure that the drug company is very anxious to "make as much as $500 million from the deal with GSK if the company meets a number of developmental and marketing milestones in the coming years," what is the cost to smokers and their families? That figure doesn't include royalties the company would earn if the product makes it to market. Will this drug, like Chantix, lead to suicide ideation, suicide, psychotic breakdowns, and multitudes of other physical and emotional problems? Seriously, folks, playing with pleasure zones in the brain and giving people chemical lobotomies simply to satisfy the drug companies' addictive thirst for untold wealth is a very risky business.  (5 hrs ago | post #1)

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Smoking-ban foes cite new evidence of fraud | The Columbus Disp...

21. Put grapes inside your mom's favorite slippers. 22. Go to McDonald's and order lobster. After they explain that they don't serve lobster, storm out, shouting, "I should've gone to Wendy's!" 23. Approach a total stranger and ask, "Are my ears wiggling?" making no attempt to wiggle them. As soon as the person walks away, ask, "How about now?" 24. Whistle the pesky Chipmunks' Christmas song all day. Don't stop until it's stuck in five people's heads. 25. Tell a friend that she has something on her face when she doesn't. Keep telling her to wipe harder. 26. When you go to pick someone up, lean on the horn as you pull into their driveway. Don't stop until they're in the car. 27. When your brother or sister's dates are over, break out baby pics of them "going potty". 28. Lock the passenger side car door when your friend is trying to get in. Yell, "Take your hand off the handle!" Then unlock it and lock it again when they try to open it. Yell, "Take your hand off the handle!" Repeat. 29. When the lights go out at the movies, make barfing noises. 30. Sing the wrong words to songs at the school dance. 31. Point your fingers at a friend in the shape of a gun, make a clicking sound, and say, "Take it sleazy!" 32. Request no MSG on your food-- everywhere you go. 33. While on vacation with your family, suddenly scream, "Did anyone remember to unplug the iron?" 34. At a party, keep telling one of your friends she has bad breath. No matter how many mints she eats, say, "God, did you eat tuna for lunch?" 35. When anyone says, "Can I ask you a question?" say, "You just did." 36. In class, keep telling your bud that her bra strap is showing. 37. Make up a joke that takes 10 minutes to tell and has no punchline. 38. When answering the phone, say, "Yellow? " 39. Go to a store, buy a bunch of things, and pay for them with pennies. 40. While driving in your friend's car, insist that you smell dog poop. Enjoy as she sniffs around. 41. Give the person walking in front of you a flat tire. Apologize profusely. Then do it again. 42. Next party, go into the bathroom, steal all of the toilet paper, and listen for the cries of terror. 43. In the cafeteria, pretend you dropped something and bend down to get it. While under the table, tie your friend's shoelace to her chair. Then ask her to go get you a napkin. 44. Keep asking everyone at the bus stop, "Cold enough for ya?" 45. Tell a friend you'll tape Buffy for her, and purposefully stop taping 10 minutes from the end. 46. Go to the library and play your Walkman loud enough so that everyone can hear your headphones. Stay there for the entire day. 47. While someone's taking a shower, steal their towel. 48. Spend an entire day speaking with a really fake British accent. 49. When you're in the passenger seat and the driver changes lanes, scream, "Watch out for that truck!" 50. Blow kisses at everyone you meet at the mall.  (19 hrs ago | post #1342)

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Smoking-ban foes cite new evidence of fraud | The Columbus Disp...

I like those. Here are some more. Next concert you go to, yell out "Mmmbop! " between every song. 7. Whenever someone asks you a question, say, "What?" As soon as they start to talk again, cut them off with another, "What?" 8. When someone asks to borrow paper, say, "Do you think paper grows on trees?" Then laugh hysterically. 9. Give yourself a really big milk mustache at the breakfast table and refuse to wipe it off. 10. Send emails to your friends with subjects reading, "You're never going to believe this!!!" Then leave the message part blank. 11. Tell the same joke over and over and laugh as loud as you can at the punchline every single time. 12. Ask someone to borrow a tissue, pretend to blow your nose and stick it back in their pocket. 13. Put garlic powder inside the showerhead in the bathroom (after you take a shower, of course). 14. Anytime someone says something, respond, "Yeah, so's your mom." 15. Leave smelly socks on your brother's pillow; blame it on the dog. 16. Tell your friend's crush that she wants to marry him. 17. Break into your favorite celeb's house and try their clothes on. Wait patiently to be arrested. 18. Fill your mouth with Saltines, then talk to everyone at the table. 19. When someone speaks to you, flinch like they're going to hit you. 20. Pretend your Call Waiting beeps every two minutes while you're on the phone. Keep checking it.  (19 hrs ago | post #1341)

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Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

Apple's no-smoking warranty nonsense November 23, 2009 http://www.pcadvis or.co.uk/blogs/ind ex.cfm?entryid=320 7091&blogid=4 I'm not a smoker. I don't enjoy being in the presence of cigarette smoke. But I still had mixed feelings about the UK workplace smoking ban: you can't argue with the health benefits, but I am not a fan of Whitehall telling people what they can and cannot do in the comfort of their own pub. And now Apple wants in on the health fascism. According to The Consumerist, Apple repair centres in the US have recently refused to mend at least two laptops because their owners were smokers. (The full story is here: Apple 'won't repair machines belonging to smokers'.) Typically, Apple hasn't commented on the story. (I believe the Pope remains dedicated to Roman Catholicism.) As such, it's difficult to ascertain the true reason behind the anti-puff stance but, according to The Consumerist, Apple justified the decision to the customers by saying that the amount of residual cigarette smoke inside the computers makes it dangerous for staff to work on them. Which is up there with 'the dog ate my homework' in the excuses stake. (For the record, The Consumerist is part of a group of respected US consumer organisations known as the Consumers Union/Consumer Reports. Think Which? in the UK. So while it's not PC Advisor's story, it's from a credible source.) Although the story broke only late last week, The Consumerist says it has been on Apple's case about it for months, and the complaint has been raised as far as the big boss: Steve Jobs. All to no avail. Is Apple justified in this stance? Well, no. And not least because there's nothing about smoking in the Apple warranties that these products are, in principle, covered by. Apple repair workers absolutely have the right to work in a smoke-free environment. Of course they do. But Apple customers who purchase a product and warranty in good faith have an equal right to see that agreement adhered to without the goalposts being shifted. Are we really to believe that Apple, in all of its technological splendour, is unable to provide a safe way of repairing machines with a bit of cigarette smoke hanging about? And how much smoke are we talking about here, really? (Have they never heard of fume cupboards or, get this: gas masks? My decrepit old school boasted both more than 20 years ago. And we had no computers.) If a company such as Apple feels justified in denying customers repairs under warranty because of health issues, it opens up a significant can of worms. Apple has sufficient clout that if this becomes its standard process there's nothing to stop other companies following its lead. Smokers could become the second class citizens of the tech world. And if the presence of cigarette smoke is enough to void a warranty, we should all be worried. What's next: warranties being rendered useless because a PC has been been kept in too warm or damp a room? Or used by someone deemed incompetent?  (20 hrs ago | post #30)

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Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

I will take a look. My mother is 85 and in assisted living. Unfortunately, for her, she has some money. Unfortunately for her, at a cost of nearly $5000 a month, that will soon be gone. What will happen to her then when they have bled her dry of her last penny and she still needs care?  (Yesterday | post #28)

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Smoking-ban foes cite new evidence of fraud | The Columbus Disp...

In the case of the ACS, it is not an accusation. It is a proven fact, backed with documented evidence.  (Yesterday | post #1317)

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Pa. hospital system won't hire smokers

I have a friend who is head nurse in a local large hospital. She is a wonderful nurse. Recently, another friend of mine saw her and thanked her profusely for the care she had provided for his 86 year old father. His dad had suffered a series of strokes and had to be transported from Arizona back to Ohio by ambulance plane ($17,000)five years ago. No one thought he would survive even the plane ride. He did. Under the care of great doctors and nurses like Michelle, he not only recovered but also went home after a few weeks and some minor surgery. My friend was so grateful for the kindness and skill of this fine nurse, for she not only made his father have hope and try very hard to survive; she also gave hope to his loving family. Michelle is a smoker. My friend and his father are non-smokers. I am sorry for this hospital and the families that will suffer from the loss of such wonderful caretakers. Perhaps, in such circumstances, my friend's father would have passed quickly. They might have a nurse like this one. http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=SNg4s KqsP50  (Yesterday | post #28)

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Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=SNg4s KqsP50  (Yesterday | post #24)

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Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

Amazingly though, smokers' lungs and other organs are still accepted for transplant. They will take our body parts. They just won't let us smoke in a bar or live in an apartment, or get a job, or become foster parents. Perhaps the search for body parts is what this UK medical professional really meant in this recording.http://w ww.youtube.com/wat ch?v=SNg4sKqsP50  (Yesterday | post #23)

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Smoking ban: Ban on smoking in Wisconsin facing intense debate ...

This guy, the ultimate anti-smoker, thought he was king of the world. Look at him now. Look for the ACS officials who committed fraud in Ohio to join him. http://www.huffing tonpost.com/2008/0 6/27/dickie-scrugg s-gets-5-yea_n_109 731.html Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who became one of the wealthiest civil lawsuit attorneys in the country by taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe a judge. Scruggs, 62, nearly fainted as the judge scolded him for his conduct, and people in the courtroom gasped as he swayed side to side. He had to be seated for a time before the sentence was read, but later stood back up. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. called Scruggs' conduct "reprehensibl e" and fined him $250,000. Scruggs will also lose his law license. The judge handed down the full sentence requested by prosecutors despite arguments from the defense for half that time in prison. "I could not be more ashamed of where I am today, mixed up in a judicial bribery scheme," Scruggs told the judge. "I have disappointed everyone in my life."  (Yesterday | post #184)

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Smoking ban: Ban on smoking in Wisconsin facing intense debate ...

They will eventually be outed and jailed. It cannot come soon enough.  (Yesterday | post #183)

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Court: Smokers at fault, not bars | The Columbus Dispatch

Some of "us" you say. My point is made there. You consider yourself doing a deed that is for the common good when all you are doing is doing something for yourself. That takes balls. You have forced a policy to have neighbor turn neighbor in just so you can go into a place that you really have no interest in going whether it is smoking or non-smoking. You have forced families out of businesses that have been passed down through generations just so you don't have to smell smoking. You have embraced a social policy that divides us all, that markets itself with catch phrases like "smokers are low class, uneducated trailer trash" and in so doing have emphasized the division of classes in America just because you don't like smoking. You have encouraged businesses to not employ smokers through this movement, encouraged apartment owners not to allow smokers to rent places to live, and have clapped because you want smokers to stand out by the dumpster as the symbol of that trashiness you attribute to smoking. As a part of anti-smoking, you encourage a SNITCH line with anonymous calls encouraged in a system where everyone is supposed to have the right to face his accuser. I don't think most of you ever considered the unintended consequences of FORCING a law that divides us all, brings economic ruin to families, and turns each side into rabid dogs just so you can go into a local dive and not smell smoke. Just because you didn't have the foresight to think of all that can go wrong when you try to legislate personal behavior does not excuse you from doing it. There is no common good here, just personal preference, so hiding behind that coat is cowardly.  (Yesterday | post #2403)

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Pa. hospital system won't hire smokers

No, they do not. The hospital is a PUBLICLLY supported organization with taxes paid by all citizens, especially by smokers. The people of PA are the owners of that hospital and should be very afraid to go there now that the hospital itself has said that top candidates for jobs may be ignored if they happen to smoke. VERY FRIGHTENING.  (Yesterday | post #26)

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Smoking-ban foes cite new evidence of fraud | The Columbus Disp...

No, obviously you are not thinking straight. Why would someone call the police if they walked into a bar and saw someone smoking? Why wouldn't they just walk out? Why would they stay inside a smoke-filled room with all that danger that might immediately cause a heart attack in a previously physically healthy but clearly unstable person? I didn't see any meat in your argument.  (Yesterday | post #1314)

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Smoking-ban foes cite new evidence of fraud | The Columbus Disp...

There is NO police enforcement of the Ohio smoking ban. Read the rules. It is a civil matter with enforcement by the ODH only. As for people reporting violations, it happens. In fact, it has happened over 40,000 times in Ohio. Some bars have special funds to pay the fines when that happens.  (Yesterday | post #1297)