Comments on: Could Culver’s infrastructure plan spell doom for smoking ban? http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: NoBlowingSmoke http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-24403 NoBlowingSmoke Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:41:15 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-24403 NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors... <br><br>EXCERPT:<br>Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business<br>What happens in Vegas? <br>by Glenn Goulet <br>John E. Thomas <br><br>January 2, 2009 <br>According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago. NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors…

EXCERPT:
Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business
What happens in Vegas?
by Glenn Goulet
John E. Thomas

January 2, 2009
According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago.

]]> By: CarolAST http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-24404 CarolAST Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:10:39 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-24404 More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm</a><br><br>The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm</a><br><br>And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html</a> More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.

http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm

The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.

http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm

And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.

http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html

]]> By: NoBlowingSmoke http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-20278 NoBlowingSmoke Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:41:15 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-20278 NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors... <br><br>EXCERPT:<br>Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business<br>What happens in Vegas? <br>by Glenn Goulet <br>John E. Thomas <br><br>January 2, 2009 <br>According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago. NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors…

EXCERPT:
Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business
What happens in Vegas?
by Glenn Goulet
John E. Thomas

January 2, 2009
According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago.

]]> By: CarolAST http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-20279 CarolAST Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:10:39 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-20279 More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm</a><br><br>The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm</a><br><br>And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html</a> More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.

http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm

The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.

http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm

And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.

http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html

]]> By: NoBlowingSmoke http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-15195 NoBlowingSmoke Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:41:15 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-15195 NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors... <br><br>EXCERPT:<br>Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business<br>What happens in Vegas? <br>by Glenn Goulet <br>John E. Thomas <br><br>January 2, 2009 <br>According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago. NOTE: Opponents blame smoking bans for revenue decreases yet Nevada allows smoking on the gaming floors…

EXCERPT:
Int'l Gaming & Wagering Business
What happens in Vegas?
by Glenn Goulet
John E. Thomas

January 2, 2009
According to published reports, 2008 Nevada gaming revenues, through October, were down nearly 26 percent compared with 2007. Talk to any casino executive and they will likely tell you the operating environment is going to remain challenging heading into 2009. In fact, the 2008 decline was the biggest since the state began compiling data 25 years ago.

]]> By: CarolAST http://iowaindependent.com/10890/could-culvers-infrastructure-plan-spell-doom-for-smoking-ban/comment-page-1#comment-15194 CarolAST Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:10:39 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=10890#comment-15194 More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm</a><br><br>The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm</a><br><br>And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.<br><br><a href="http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html</a> More than 50 studies show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.

http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm

The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.

http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm

And it's a lie that passive smoking causes heart disease. AMI deaths in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban.

http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html

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