The World as a Nanny State
The governments are telling us what we can and cannot do more and more.
Tobacco Health Warnings for World No Tobacco Day 2009
The WHO has recommended Pictorial warnings from World No Tobacco Day this year, Even in India, which has been way behind other countries with regard to tobacco warnigs, pictorial warnings are being implemented though on a much milder scale than the WHO framework recommends.
Elderly Person Sets Himself on Fire by Accident
Joseph Rusin, an American eighty-seven year old man, has died because his clothes caught fire. Joseph was riding his bicycle while smoking, when suddenly his nylon jacket caught fire.
As of April 1, 2009, Just 20 Cigarettes Will Cost an Average of $9.00
On April 1, the per-pack federal excise tax on cigarettes will rise from 39 cents to $1.01. This new federal legislation translates to about a 20% raise on retail cigarette prices. It may sound like a small tax increase, but that would raise the cost of a carton of cigarettes by over $6.00.
EU to Get Smoke Stop Rings on Cigarettes
Potty Eu politicians are doing the impossible, again. They are inventing the wheel for the umpteenth time and spending billions of tax money on it.
