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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:55 AM Original message |
Obama to sign anti-smoking bill in Rose Garden |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe he figures this is the only way he'll manage to quit. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LOL! I took it that way too. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Actually he is signing it |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. What a contrast between Obama |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Canada has this already |
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raystorm7 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Regs on Smoking is easy...how about them guns Obama? or we need more deaths this year =/ |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And what are your suggestions for gun regulations? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. There's no specific Constitutional right to Marlboros. nt |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Seriously. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. The "no light cigarettes" part is what confuses me |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Many will use color words. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Probably Marlboro Gold |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The "Rose" designates an ultra light. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If you are referring to Marlboros, |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I think the poster is referring to Mistys |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just heard an in-person report on the signing ... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Another misleading AP headline |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Yes, it bans cloves and other non-menthol flavored cigarettes. |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hope that "candy flavoring" ban.... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Exactly. I actually think this law is dumb. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Same here. Ex-casual smoker here, and I think this bill is horrible. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. +1. |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. I agree as well |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. That would make me very sad as well |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. WONDERFUL |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Great, yeah, ban more stuff. Oh, but back DOMA. blech. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Some of us don't |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Clove cigarettes are banned now? Sorry, but this is ridiculous. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. But...but...but...think of the CHILDREN!!! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Because you're not just putting it in your body. You're exposing everyone else to it to. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. A lifetime non smoker, I used clove cigarettes when I needed to smoke on |
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newinnm (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Its only bad |
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Sweet and Spicy (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. I urge people not to smoke |
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newinnm (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. Keep the Government out of my life |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Except when you want single payer healthcare |
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newinnm (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. What about over eaters |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. They're all okay |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
39. I hope the Candy flavoring ban doesn't extend to rolling papers |
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