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by Darkseid on Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:11 am

Hub eyes new limits on tobacco

The Boston Public Health Commission is proposing an attack on tobacco
that includes banning the sale of cigarettes at drugstores and on
campuses, snuffing out smoking on patios and loading docks, and
eventually putting an end to puffing in hookah bars and cigar shops.

The measure has many steps left before it is approved, but it passed
unanimously at the commission's meeting yesterday. The public now has
60 days to weigh in, by calling, e-mailing or writing the board.

Board of Health spokeswoman Ann Scales said some members feel the
citywide workplace-smoking ban that went into effect in 2002 has too
many loopholes that are exploited, such as allowing people to smoke
on loading docks and restaurant patios, which she said still exposes
some workers to secondhand smoke.

"It's a policy-making board whose task is to create policy that will
protect folks from obvious harm," Scales said, noting that smokers
contract preventable, fatal illnesses. "It's clear we need to do
something."

That includes phasing out indoor smoking at upscale cigar bars as
well as eliminating trendy hookah bars. It would also ban the sale of
blunt wrappers that are often used to roll marijuana cigarettes,
while sharply increasing fines for stores who sell tobacco to minors

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by Cantiloper on Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:07 pm

Part of Boston's new law will ban smoking inside of ALL hotel rooms. As for the future....

{Leaked from the Boston Tourism Bureau: Ad campaign approach regarding future health regulations}

COME TO Boston!

Land of the Sex-Free Hotels !

Under a new program by the Boston Health Ministry, Boston's family-friendly tourist hotels will be going SEX-FREE ! No longer will your children be kept up late at night listening to "banging" noises and animalistic howls from the room next door. No longer will you find suspicious stains on inadequately cleaned bed sheets. No longer will you have to worry about your toddler finding a used condom under the bed and sticking it in his or her mouth!

Under the proposed new rules, evidence pointing to clear violations of the sex-free policies will result in violators being fined $500 and barred from future visits. Evidence may take the form of testimony from neighboring rooms, physical evidence such as used condoms or lubricant containers, and laboratory evidence of stains on sheets or UV fluorescence in tubs.

SPECIAL BONUS for diligent travelers: a $50 "finders fee" for confirmed reports of Bacchanalia. If you HEAR sex, you are AFFECTED by sex! Do not be bashful about reporting lascivious behavior or hints that a couple may be planning such behavior back in their room. The new "heat-flash" sensor technology that is replacing old fashioned smoke detectors in detecting even brief illegitimate smoking is currently being adapted for testing to detect the rapid increases in body temperature that accompany sexual activity. See:

http://www.catchasmoker.com/

IF YOU OWN A HOTEL... join the forefront of the new "Family Revolution" that is overtaking Boston! Come into the 21st century! There is no turning back: the future is inevitable!!

Contact the Boston Health Ministry today and help Bostonian tourists enjoy truly safe and happy sex-free vacations with their families!

End the "Sextel" industry!!!

{The preceding was co-sponsored by VHEMT <see> and ASH - Action on Sexing and Health}

Michael J. McFadden
Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains"
Mid-Atlantic Director, Citizens Freedom Alliance
http://pasan.TheTruthIsALie.com

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Newbie Joined: Jun 23, 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Philadelphia

by dumpstermcnuggets on Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:47 pm

Man, I seriously LMAO reading that! Thanks for posting that, Michael, as I sometimes need a good laugh like that, considering how scary and freakish some antis are in their ridiculous hatred of smoking, when they for once should use their DAMN brains to not enter areas where smoking is going on! And you think the increasingly common indoor, comprehensive bans are good enough for their arses....... *sigh*

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