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3/7/2008 - Cuba: Cigar Sales Increased by 7%
Havana Cuba - Cuban cigar sales rose 7 percent to $402 million in 2007, Habanos S.A., the government-run tobacco compan... read more
1/24/2008 - Cuban Cigar Violations: Waived?
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, a unit of the Treasury Department, is the enforcer of the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. In the past, it dep... read more
12/13/2007 - Bush Vetoes SCHIP Expansion Bill
President Bush Vetoes SCHIP Expansion Bill For The Second Time
Inadequate Support in Congress for Veto Override
Pres... read more
10/18/2007 - Veto Override Vote Fails!
Finally, this critical vote failed to pass the House of Representatives in a floor vote today. The final vote was 273-156, short of the two-thirds maj... read more
10/10/2007 - Rep. Bill Shuster - One of Pennsylvania's few courageous Congressmen
The Tribune Democrat, Johhnstown, PA 10/4/2007 - CIGAR TAX ALERT 9/20/2007 - SCHIP Update 9/20/07: 8/21/2007 - S-CHIPping Away at the Cigar Industry Perspectives on the largest single excise tax in the history of the Internal Revenue Code. 3/21/2007 - Governor Rendell's Approach to a Cigar-Free PA! 2/3/2007 - Demagoguing Denizens of Douchebaggery 1/30/2007 - Cigar Prohibition is Here 12/11/2006 - Good News for Vegas Cigar Scene? 11/9/2006 - Prop 86 - Defeated! November 8th was a great day for Californians. As you turned the pages of the LA Times to go over current ballot results, things were looking... read more 10/21/2006 - 911 Emergency - Someone is Smoking! 10/11/2006 - Columbia City Initiates Smoking Ban 10/2/2006 - Nevada Smoking Ban 9/28/2006 - Proposed Ohio Smoking Ban Law 9/18/2006 - Prop 86 In August 2006, Senator Susan Collins (R, ME) introduced a bill to the Senate of the 109th Congress (2d Session, Bill# S.3816), innocuously referre... read more
Published: October 09, 2007 02:19 pm
Dems use kids as pawns in health-care plan
Contact your Congressman today!
On Wednesday, October 3 President Bush vetoed H.R. 976, legislation enacted by Congress to fund a $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health... read more
Presidential Press Conference Excerpt
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 20, 2007
PR... read more
As you know - but in case you’... read more
Governor Ed Rendell has recently discussed seven new tax increases proposed for all Pennsylvanian residents totaling an estimated 2.3 billion dollars!... read more
Demagoguing Denizens of Douchebaggery: Politicians and Cigar Taxes
Recently Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania announced ... read more
Anti-tobacco legislation has posed yet another huge threat on our right to purchase and enjoy premium, handmade cigars. Currently, twenty-two states h... read more
On November 7th of 2006, voters approved a smoking ban for all of Nevada that was suppose to go into effect December 8th. The good news for Las Vegas ... read more
Apparently Omaha, Nebraska decided that if someone is seen smoking indoors that it warrants enough of an emergency to dial 911. Following a recent ind... read more
The Columbia City Council - in a 4-3 decision that centered on the rights of smokers versus the rights of consumers not to breathe secondhand smoke - ... read more
Two proposed smoking ban initiatives will appear on the November ballot in Nevada. One (Question #4) is being supported by casinos, hotels, other busi... read more
Issue #5 - PROPOSED SMOKING BAN/LAW
(Proposed by Initiative Petition)
To enact Chapter 3794. of the Ohio Revised Code to restr... read more
California's proposition 86 (The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006) is slated to be on the statewide ballot in November. The new tax would virtually kill the ci... read more
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