The United Pro Choice Smokers Rights Newsletter

Issue # 22: 07/02/99 Brought to you by:

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In this issue:
1. Philip Morris U.S.A. Withdraws Support for National Smokers Alliance
2. You Are Being Told What To Do In Your Own Home
3. Boston Firm Eyeing Multibillion-dollar Tobacco Settlement Fee
4. Cigarettes cheaper for Hill lawmakers
5. Mr. Smith Emails The Media
6. "The Tobacco Dance" By Felt Lair
7. Master Settlement Agreement
8. We Are Everyday People
9. 800 # For Local or State Law Information

1. Philip Morris U.S.A. Withdraws Support for National Smokers Alliance: Yahoo! Philip Morris U.S.A. today announced that it is withdrawing future financial support to the National Smokers Alliance (NSA) in reaction to an ethics complaint filed against Senator John McCain (R-AZ).

2. You Are Being Told What To Do In Your Own Home: In Pursuit of Smoke-Free Living Space, Apartment dwellers fear health risks from neighbors' cigarettes. By Bernadette Tansey. The movement that has banished smoking from California workplaces and bars is spreading to the last bastion of freedom for some smokers -- their own apartments or condominiums. - AND - Health Central. Smoke-free homes help smokers quit. Smokers who live in smoke-free homes may be more likely to kick the habit than smokers who can smoke freely in their place of residence, results of a new study suggest.

3. Boston Firm Eyeing Multibillion-dollar Tobacco Settlement Fee: SF Gate. Five law firms could pick up more than $2 billion for their work on the national tobacco settlement that is expected to net Massachusetts $8.3 billion. Gov. Paul Cellucci has called the figure ``obscene'' and Attorney General Thomas Reilly has said he will fight such an award.

4. Cigarettes cheaper for Hill lawmakers: By Barbara J. Saffir. The Washington Times. Members of Congress and other Hill insiders can buy cigarettes in the House and Senate without paying the District of Columbia's hefty cigarette tax or its sales tax.

5. Mr. Smith Emails The Media: Infosearch Inc. This site provides a graphical user interface for sending email to members of the media. Publications may edit your letter for length & clarity. Please be aware that you need to be using a forms capable browser for this page to work correctly.

6. "The Tobacco Dance" By Felt Lair: Read the book free online! This book offers a helpful overview of some of the more significant and informative aspects of the conflict over tobacco.

7. Master Settlement Agreement: Smokers United. We need to let our elected officials know that the 'sleeping giant' has awakened. We are 50 million strong, and if we can't make some noise, no one can.

8. We Are Everyday People:
*** Center for Personal Freedom: by Linda Gorman. Where will the responsibility for managing an individual's life reside? With the individual, or with the state?
*** The Government Still Wants Your Bank To Spy On You: Defend Your Privacy! We believe that the government has no business spying on our bank accounts. Know Your Customer rules, no matter how they are "repackaged" have no place in a free society and must be repealed immediately.
*** Post Office Stamps Out Privacy: Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk More is loony at the post office than just cartoon stamps.
*** Postal Watch: The Watchdog of the US Postal Service: We need your help! Two Million Americans will be put in danger by the US Postal Service.
*** Tobacco Ties Get Oreos Blacklisted: By Anita Wadhwani. Good-bye Oreos. So long Jell-O. San Francisco's school board has become the first in the nation to ban the sale of foods made by companies owned by the tobacco industry.

9. For information about your local or state laws, call the Smokers Rights Action Line at 1-800-333-8683.

Please send your used cigar bands to Neil Skilling, c/o Skilling Enterprise, 450 Lakeville, Suite A, Petaluma, CA, 94952. There are a group of kids putting together a great art project for a cigar smoker, who happens to be the best teacher in California. Please help.

"After all there is but one race -- humanity."

George Moore, 1900.

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