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We need Smoking Control Now!
« on: January 24, 2013, 11:39:06 AM »
Why shouldnt we limit cigarettes to 10 a pack?

Why does anyone need 20 in one pack? 20 is really harmful no one needs that many right?

Further - why should anyone be able to stockpile cartons of cigarettes knowing how harmful they are?  Maybe if we limit purchases of one pack per week per person we can ward off excessive consumption of these harmful and dangerous products that serve no purpose useful to society and humans.

We also need background checks on those buying cigarettes since those already in bad health are contributing to the lack of fitness and rising health care costs in the society.

We also need a national database so we can know who is smoking and encourage those who do register to smoke to quit since it will be better for everyone.

Smoking kills tens of thousands a year and now is the time to stop the carnage.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 11:51:39 AM »
Senseless killing!

People aren't responsible enough to know what's good for them.  Big tobacco is killing innocent people.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 11:54:20 AM »
Senseless killing!

People aren't responsible enough to know what's good for them.  Big tobacco is killing innocent people.

ATF can use the same database for gun owners and instead of the NICS check we currently have for guns we can have a new call in for stores called the NICOTINE Check system for those buying cigs and some govt employee can look over that persons' health record and see if its ok if they buy cigarettes. 

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 12:01:40 PM »
Ban Hi Cap Cartons now! 

A smoker can only smoke one cigarette at a time and does not need access to 200 cigarettes at a time. 

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 02:52:03 PM »
Ban Hi Cap Cartons now! 

A smoker can only smoke one cigarette at a time and does not need access to 200 cigarettes at a time. 

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 02:52:44 PM »
Why shouldnt we limit cigarettes to 10 a pack?

Why does anyone need 20 in one pack? 20 is really harmful no one needs that many right?

Further - why should anyone be able to stockpile cartons of cigarettes knowing how harmful they are?  Maybe if we limit purchases of one pack per week per person we can ward off excessive consumption of these harmful and dangerous products that serve no purpose useful to society and humans.

We also need background checks on those buying cigarettes since those already in bad health are contributing to the lack of fitness and rising health care costs in the society.

We also need a national database so we can know who is smoking and encourage those who do register to smoke to quit since it will be better for everyone.

Smoking kills tens of thousands a year and now is the time to stop the carnage.

Hysterical. NOT.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2013, 02:53:24 PM »
ATF can use the same database for gun owners and instead of the NICS check we currently have for guns we can have a new call in for stores called the NICOTINE Check system for those buying cigs and some govt employee can look over that persons' health record and see if its ok if they buy cigarettes. 

Great idea. NOT.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 02:56:09 PM »
Ban Hi Cap Cartons now! 

A smoker can only smoke one cigarette at a time and does not need access to 200 cigarettes at a time. 
I think you're just potentially giving them ideas with this.  They might just put extremely high taxes on the sale of guns like they have on cigs.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2013, 03:03:01 PM »
Haven't large sodas, and trans fats been banned in NYC?

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2013, 03:08:01 PM »
Why shouldnt we limit cigarettes to 10 a pack?

Why does anyone need 20 in one pack? 20 is really harmful no one needs that many right?

Further - why should anyone be able to stockpile cartons of cigarettes knowing how harmful they are?  Maybe if we limit purchases of one pack per week per person we can ward off excessive consumption of these harmful and dangerous products that serve no purpose useful to society and humans.

We also need background checks on those buying cigarettes since those already in bad health are contributing to the lack of fitness and rising health care costs in the society.

We also need a national database so we can know who is smoking and encourage those who do register to smoke to quit since it will be better for everyone.

Smoking kills tens of thousands a year and now is the time to stop the carnage.

yet another stupid attempt to compare something unrelated to guns

keep up the stupid work

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2013, 04:11:44 PM »
yet another stupid attempt to compare something unrelated to guns

keep up the stupid work
holds as much water as the idiocy your pushing...

whats funny is you call this stupid but dont see that your doing the same stupid shit.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2013, 05:57:05 PM »
holds as much water as the idiocy your pushing...

whats funny is you call this stupid but dont see that your doing the same stupid shit.

what exactly are you referring to?

here is what I said we should start with:

we can start with the ones that have large support among NRA members and go from there

Here is a poll from July 2012 (and conducted by Frank Luntz)

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/poll-07-24-2012.pdf

• 74 percent of NRA members and 87 percent of non-NRA gun owners support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun.
• 79 percent of NRA members and 80 percent of non-NRA gun owners support requiring gun retailers to perform background checks on all employees - a measure recently endorsed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry.

• 75 percent of NRA members believe concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who have not committed any violent misdemeanors, including assault.

• 74 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who have completed gun safety training.

• 68 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who do not have prior arrests for domestic violence.

• 63 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants 21 years of age or older.

• The NRA rank and file also supports barring people on terror watch lists from buying guns (71 percent) and believe the law should require gun owners to alert police to lost and stolen guns (64 percent). The NRA's Washington office strongly opposes both measures
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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2013, 06:00:44 PM »
yet another stupid attempt to compare something unrelated to guns

keep up the stupid work

Who said anything about guns?

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2013, 06:03:27 PM »
Who said anything about guns?

so this is not another lame attempt to conflate gun violence with some other non-related issue like hammers, swimming pools and cars ?

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2013, 06:08:07 PM »
what exactly are you referring to?

here is what I said we should start with:

and you feel that an "assault weapons" ban is a valid piece of legislation as well.

again its no different than the stupidity your pushing either.

yes your pushing things not related to banning any types of guns but lets not be ignorant here and say youre not for banning certain types of guns if not all guns.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2013, 09:26:14 PM »
and you feel that an "assault weapons" ban is a valid piece of legislation as well.

again its no different than the stupidity your pushing either.

yes your pushing things not related to banning any types of guns but lets not be ignorant here and say youre not for banning certain types of guns if not all guns.
Are you mad today?

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2013, 09:40:47 PM »
Who said anything about guns?
don't be a fucking asshole, you know why you posted this.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2013, 11:24:58 PM »
don't be a fucking asshole, you know why you posted this.

he enjoys being an asshole

he revels in it

he has been good enough to admit this and feels no shame

so to tell him to stop being one is to tell your dog to stop licking his asshole

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2013, 01:18:28 AM »
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Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Obama’s health-care law, according to experts who are teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation.

The Affordable Care Act — or “Obamacare” — allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies up to 50 percent higher premiums starting next Jan. 1.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2013, 07:24:56 AM »
what exactly are you referring to?

here is what I said we should start with:




I'm surprised that many would be on board for  the terror watch list.  I don't know anybody who really knows how a name gets on there, how would you get your name off, etc.  Linking to NS lists is foolish.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2013, 05:01:28 PM »


I'm surprised that many would be on board for  the terror watch list.  I don't know anybody who really knows how a name gets on there, how would you get your name off, etc.  Linking to NS lists is foolish.

what's an NS list?

the link I provided was conducted by a Republican pollster of gun owners (both NRA members and non-NRA members)

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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2013, 06:14:07 AM »
what's an NS list?

the link I provided was conducted by a Republican pollster of gun owners (both NRA members and non-NRA members)
the link you provided is a powerpoint pdf...

it doesnt show anything other than the phrases and words youve used.

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2013, 08:49:23 AM »
the link you provided is a powerpoint pdf...

it doesnt show anything other than the phrases and words youve used.

It's the results of a poll conducted by Frank Luntz of gun owners
My post is a summary of the results

here's another one he did 2 years earlier of the same group of people

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/luntz_poll_slides.pdf

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2013, 08:55:45 AM »
It's the results of a poll conducted by Frank Luntz of gun owners
My post is a summary of the results

here's another one he did 2 years earlier of the same group of people

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/luntz_poll_slides.pdf

Who gives a shit?  Majority want a lot of things that the thugs in the govt never seem to care about too. 

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Re: We need Smoking Control Now!
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2013, 09:01:46 AM »
Who gives a shit?  Majority want a lot of things that the thugs in the govt never seem to care about too. 

Hey dumbass, it's a poll of what gun owners want