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02-04-2005, 10:39 AM | #1 |
Herf Meister
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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NC smokers--legislative action needed
get in touch with your congressman--House Bill 76 is set to be taken up on Monday. It will ban smoking in public restaurants (as opposed to private clubs). This is the next step of an all out ban.
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillL...005&BillID=H76 after this, we need to pressure them to reign in the tobacco tax increase. I don't think we can even hope to keep it at it's present low level, but they're talking about going from 5 CENTS a pack to over a dollar. I wish I had numbers to show that they may increase revenue from this tax on paper, but they will loose out on sales tax as people buy less and from other places.
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My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.--Winston Churchill |