Comments on: Kansas governor proposes taxes, smoking ban, green energy projects

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:01:41 +0000

As a small business owner of 29 years, I am begging for the help of people who respect liberty, and the right to run your business, to help tiny tavern owners, pool hall owners, and Veteran’s Clubs, fight back against a statewide smoking ban. Many of us have been in business for decades. We serve, and hire ONLY people over the age of 21. We desparately need your help NOW. Since we have no money for lobbyists and ads in the media, and money to grease the politicos, ALL we have is many small voices asking for justice and truth. Businesses are CLOSING in Salina, and Emporia RIGHT NOW. These are tax paying, property owning citizens. The businesses that fought for the exemptions in Wichita are now in jeopardy. PLEASE email or call local Reps and let them know, that adults are NOT forced into neighborhood taverns, and NO ONE is promoting smoking around children. The money for this pro ban agenda comes from the pharma companies that sell nicotone replacement products. THe grant sponges, both in private, supposed non profit, foundations, and employees of the County and State, are all getting this pharma money to lobby for smoking bans. Small business owners cannot buy full page ads or buy off Reps. We PAY taxes, unlike the pro ban people, who suck up grants, like Hoover vacuums, and take money from tax payers for this agenda.

By: Larry Notes

Larry Notes — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:10:44 +0000

Just like in West Virginia, dreams never die, they are killed by people like Nick Rahall R-D WV.

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:54:43 +0000

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By: harleyrider1978

harleyrider1978 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:03:28 +0000

Note that the EPA report of 1992 on second hand smoke was tossed out as junk science by federal judge osteen.
Followed by 2 congressional comittees with henry waxman in attendance,both comittees also tossed the epa report as junk science………yet these same smoke free and govmnt health groups continue to make claims shs/ets harms people. Sg general carmona was asked to provide some names of the dead he claimed of 50,000 deaths to shs a year……..yet he couldnt name one and he declared the number was computer generated on the sammac system……….to this date there still are no names………note this too the relative risk factor of second hand smoke is a 1.1 while tap waters is a 1.24 and milks is a 2.4 yet we dont call these things carcinogens as the epa study of 1992 tried to claim…….then when we find not one smoke free group lists the true major component in second hand smoke is water vapor and air at nearly 94%…..surgeon general report of 1989 pg 80.

Then we have OSHA not making a rule of limits………..why because nano grams and femptograms are going to harm anyone………what we have here is a lie and mass propaganda by health officials andnon-profits out to secure profits for big pharma elling the cessation drugs….the guilty parties are the robert woods johnson foundation aka johnson and johnson along with the american cancer society ,hired out by RWJF to lobby for smoking bans…….note also that all state wide bans include tax dollars for smoke free droups and 300-500 million dollars for purchasing and paying for quit lines and buy cessation drugs from big pharma…………This story is bigger than the global arming hype from the climategate emails………..follow the money and you will find the world health orginization is heavily financed by big pharma and lets not forget the world anti-tobacco treaty where countries were blackmaled to sign the treaty or lose world bank loans………….Even the tobacco companies had there hands tied by the MSA deal to stay shut up about anything tobacco control may say in the future……….leaving tobacco control prohibitionists the ability to make any claim they so desired and see it rubber stamped by government agencies staffed with people from the same non-profit groups…look at obamas hhs secretary or the cdc director all from tobacco control back grounds even the new surgeon general comes from tobacco control in mississippi…………….colusion you bet.