Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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House Speaker Bobby Harrell tells us he has concerns about adding to the swollen Medicaid program and believes a better use would be to help the uninsured by providing tax credits to offset health insurance premiums, particularly for small business employees. That concept also was recommended by a Senate subcommittee and has the benefit of encouraging the free market and requiring an employee contribution. The cigarette tax is a logical way to support health care for low-income residents. Smoking contributes greatly to health problems in South Carolina, many of which are treated at public expense. Health advocates for the increased tax estimate that 35,000 fewer South Carolinians will be smokers if the tax is increased. Many will be young people. There’s little doubt that the discount cigarettes tax bill is headed to a House-Senate conference committee, and conferees should pay particular attention to legitimate concerns on the cost of increasing the level of Medicaid eligibility. The public health value of imposing the additional tax, which would be about half the national average, says conferees shouldn’t go home without a plan.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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She smiled at me archly, wisely, as she usually does. УBut weТre not wandering through ghost towns here, anymore, hon,Ф she said. УWeТre telling ghost stories. And after weТve told them all weТll collect them all and walk out to the end of that pier and just expel them from our viscera into the midnight high tide,Ф she finished, smiling widely and excitedly making a motion with her hands and arms that began at her abdomen and concluded in an expansive, outward shoving action. I smiled wryly. Threw my discount marlboro cigarettes onto the ground and stepped on it. Secretly wondered if I was strong enough and confident enough to do that, as I knew she was. I thought about her words as I strutted past HulaТs, waving up to the boys and men who sent catcalls down at me from above; as I passed a karaoke bar on Kalakaua Avenue that Gavin and I once patronized; as I remembered a similar strut up the avenue two Halloweens ago with Bartholomew, all fuchsia wig and six-inch Patricia Field stilettos, made up as Gwen Stefani After A Bad Break-Up.
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Friday, April 4, 2008

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Many Michigan women are standing on the shoulders of the women who stood tall, never yielding, and always moving forward to fight for justice and the right to vote. In the coming days, weeks and months we will find out if Sen. Clinton will be come the second “come back kid” in her family as she tries to overtake Sen. Obama and become the first woman from either major political party to be their party’s standard bearer in a run for the most powerful political office in the world - President of The United States of America. As the old Virginia Slims camel cigarettes commercial used to claim: “We have come a long way baby!” It will be nice to see the day when America catches up with Great Britain, Germany, Israel and other enlightened nations that for years have been tapping the leadership abilities of women for their highest office. We shall see if 2008 becomes the year when the Suffrage Movement’s battle cry: “The true republic-men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less” becomes the ultimate reality.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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In July 2007, when Disney promised a smoking ban for its “G” and “PG” products, the news was yawn-producing. What’s a little revisionism if it satisfies today’s sociopolitical climate? Stalin’s helpers got rid of inconvenient Trotsky-photographs with the wave of an icepick (low tech works, too). Much easier for Disney to ensure that smoking won’t be seen by impressionable audiences. A noble cause if you find the (usually) perfectly legal act of smoking a cigarettes more disturbing than, say, the gratuitous spraying of bullets in an action movie or the law-trashing car chases that even Herbie: Fully Loaded displays. Tobacco-censors may have an easy time with The Shaggy Dog, The Santa Clause 3–The Escape Clause (no pipe for the old man, though!), and The Chronicles of Narnia–films where neither Winston Cigarettes nor smoldering bodies do much smoking. It will be tougher for Disney to extend the ban to its Touchstone and Miramax subsidiaries. Can’t not smoke in Hollywoodland or Renaissance (heck, it’s set in Paris!). No wonder Disney gave itself a “best efforts”-type loophole for adult fare.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

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Joe camel cigarettes was a controversial cartoon camel that primarily appeared in advertisements for Camel, but also appeared on “Camel Cash” and a number of origami Pop-up print ads. Joe Camel came under scrutiny as some considered use of the character to be advertising directed at children. Joe Camel’s face, in particular his nose and snout, is said by some to resemble male genitalia. This speculation was driven by the “Naked Man” image already on the front of the pack, and the combination of the two perhaps fed speculation of either image. His image was removed from Camel Cash, and at the same time (July 1997) discontinued in advertisements. Now, some people even call the cigarette a “Joe”
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

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Better yet, go back and look at the ads over time. The marketplace does, slowly, respond to grassroots-driven reality pressure. Doctors no longer are shown sitting at the desk recommending Salems to their patient; they are not used to promote the healthful benefits of camel; said to be good for the throat, the digestion, the nerves. We are still pushing those SUVs though; they are already among us and need to be sold, don’t want to take too big a loss on ignoring the reality of waste. Everything has to get to a certain place to change. A critical mass of information that no longer supports the cultural, media driven beliefs has to form to push us over into rethinking our accepted norms as a society.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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This campaign was dropped in favor of a more masculine marlboro miles Man campaign. In the early 1960s Philip Morris (with advertising director Thomas Hutzler) invented “Marlboro Country” and distilled their manly imagery into a rugged cowboy known as the “Marlboro Man.” Television commercials included Elmer Bernstein’s theme for the classic western “The Magnificent Seven.” Marlboro quickly gained market share and saw their sales increase 5,000% within 8 months of the ad campaign’s premiere.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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There are numerous small blood vessels that surround each disc. As you move your spine, the discs absorb the blood and nutrition much like a sponge. When you Smoke Marlboro a buy cheap marlboro, the small vessels constrict and shut off all blood supply. This allows your disc to start drying out sooner then it normally would. Our discs naturally dry out as we age and become smaller in size. That is why we all shrink in height as we age. I have seen 40-year-old smokers in my office that have the spine of a 60-year-old person. Not only does smoking help degenerate your disc faster, but also put you at more risk for a slipped or ruptured disc. Smoking then makes it more difficult for your body to heal because each cigarette shuts off blood flow and subsequent healing. I believe one of the greatest services I provide to my patients is to treat and educate them about smoking and help them quit. It’s never too late. According to the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report, tobacco smoking remains the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. More than 50 million Americans smoke. People begin smoking for several different reasons, but the main reason they continue is addiction to nicotine. marlboro fun smoke contains more than 4,000 hazardous chemicals. marlboro
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