PROPAGANDA- is the deliberate, systematic attempt to share perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist.

Oligarchy- Is a form of government where political power effectively rests with a small, elite segment of society.

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THE TRUTH: Simply stated there is NO KNOWN CAUSE FOR ANY TYPE OF CANCER. With all the testing that has been done with every type of chemical, gas, inert matter, and substances that have been altered through exposure to heat or chemical reaction, nothing has been PROVEN to cause cancer. NOTHING! In some instances specific substances, in massive quantities, have been administered to laboratory rats. In these cases many of the animals might developed a cancer. These sorts of tests may be considered JUNK SCIENCE in that they have NO relationship to REAL LIFE SCENARIO. The W.H.O. (world health organization) ran one of the MOST EXHAUSTIVE tests on SHS (second hand smoke) ever done. After YEARS of meticulous record keeping of all the data, their ultimate findings showed NO MEASURABLE RELATIONSHIP of SHS to ANY FORM OF CANCER OR ILLNESS.

THE TRUTH: Smoking bans have almost exclusively been started by organizations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, A.S.H., the Heart, Cancer and Lung Organizations and major pharmaceutical corporations.  Over one BILLION dollars, from the Master Tobacco Settlement has funded the activities of many of these organizations for the past 5 years. Promoting smoking BANS is big business for these organizations, especially the drug companies who are REAPING HUGE PROFITS on their almost worthless smoking cessation products.

THE LIE: Second hand smoke is a public health issue.

THE TRUTH: It is impossible for SHS to be a public health issue for the simple reason there is NO proof that SHS has hurt anyone. The smoke haters like to point our that the Health Departments have the right to control smoking issues for the same reason they have the right to check on health conditions in restaurants and bars. This is a specious argument primarily because TRUE health issues in food service establishments relate PRIMARILY to microbes and organisms that have an absolute direct effect on health and sanitation. It is the Health Departments' sole responsibility to see to it that health standards are maintained. If individuals are concerned about SHS a SIMPLE notice stating that smoking is allowed is all that is needed for the PUBLIC to make a decision about patronizing that establishment. This concept is called, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over ANY member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. "HIS OWN GOOD, EITHER PHYSICAL OR MORAL, IS NOT SUFFICIENT WARRANT! This is the basic premise of the political philosophy of the founding fathers.

THE LIE: Smoking BANS are good for business.

THE TRUTH: Of all the nonsense put forth by the smoke haters this concept is nearly the most ridiculous. There is NO basis in fact for this idea when originally stated. Now that the financial results of the BANS are being felt in MANY different cities it is becoming painfully obvious that many businesses are being IRREPARABLY HARMED. Many of the smoke haters who not only are experts on SHS would also have you believe they are experts in the field of accounting. They site tax records and other data to prove the business of bars and restaurants are up since the BANS were imposed. Their numbers however are egregiously manipulated and include figures from establishments that normally WOULDN'T be part of such a survey. The FACT of the matter is the anecdotal evidence is far more realistic. There is hardly a restaurant or bar that hasn't been adversely affected by these BANS. Business HAS dropped off from between 20% and 50%. Many businesses have been forced to close. Jobs have been lost, a lifetime of work in building a business has been lost, and city tax revenues have been adversely affected.

THE LIE: Restaurants and bars are public businesses.

THE TRUTH: All restaurants, bars, and any other businesses that have been set up by an individual or group of individuals are PRIVATE ENTERPRISES! There is no getting around this fact. It is carved in granite. Our Constitution mandates the rights of private property as one of the most important rights we have! The fact that anyone would THINK they have the right to abrogate the tenets of our Constitution demonstrates a colossal ARROGANCE that we can NOT afford to have in this country. When a small group of people attempt to force their own jaundiced views on the citizenry it is called OLIGARCHY. Our "elected" officials ARE OUR SERVANTS! They are in office for only ONE purpose and that is to see to the needs of ALL the people.

THE LIE: 3,000 lives a year are lost due to SHS.

THE TRUTH: A Federal Judge by the name of Osteen ruled the 3,000 deaths attributed to SHS by the E.P.A. (environmental protection agency) told a LIE foisted on an unsuspecting public. Judge Osteen determined the number of 3,000 deaths was NOT attributable to SHS and that the E.P.A. told this LIE in the expectation to harm the legitimate business pursuits of the tobacco industry. Judge Osteen COMPLETELY VACATED the findings of the E.P.A. So that there is no misunderstanding as to this decision, it should be noted that another court partially overturned Judge Osteen decision for purely judicial reasons. THEY DID NOT, in any way, repudiate Judge Osteen's basic premise concerning his comment about the E.P.A. or their motives. 

THE LIE: Most people approve and support smoking BANS.

THE TRUTH: Most people who do not smoke really don't care one way or the other about the smoking issue. It is ONLY a very small but well FUNDED group of smoke haters who want to see these BANS invoked. When these BANS are ultimately passed and the true effects of them is fully realized, then people start to speak our against them. In New York a poll was taken to see how the people felt about the BAN. 86% of those polled stated the BAN went way too far. At this point in time there is reason to expect the New York may be rescinded in part or in full. Canada, one of the most strident nations in attempting to enforce a smoking BAN nationwide, is currently facing wide spread rebellion against their Draconian measures. The reports of businesses being financially ruined run rampant. POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORTED THE BANS ARE BEING VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.

THE LIE: Smokers and smoking impose a heavy cost on society.

THE TRUTH: Of all the LIES told by the anti smoke haters this one has to be the most ludicrous. For example, IF smoking kills people well before their time, the SAVING of Social Security and Medicare benefits would be significant. The extra medical costs to the "STATE" are more than exceeded by the OUTRAGEOUS TAXES currently paid by smokers. Furthermore, it has been a policy of long standing that insurance companies assess smokers a higher rate for insurance premiums. This has been done in spite of a LACK of any definitive PROOF that smokers, because of smoking, contribute to higher medical costs. It is astounding that an otherwise healthy person who watches his weight, exercises, eats a healthy diet, and drinks only in moderation if at all, has to pay a higher insurance premium that an obese person who eats and drinks to excess and doesn't know the meaning of the word exercise, but does not smoke.

THE LIE: Smoking statistics do not lie.

THE TRUTH: In this World there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Never has an argument been won based on statistics alone. They can serve only as a point of departure. In a free and open society people must be allowed to operate as free agents without the fetters of the doomsayers. Life is a risk, but it is that risk which gives it zest. When we allow ourselves to SACRIFICE OUR FREEDOMS FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY, WE DESERVE NEITHER SAFETY NOR FREEDOM. Accepting statistics at face value will lead us down the garden path. There are many statistics that can be cited that make the danger of smoking seem mild by comparison. About half of the smoking population has quit over the past 30 years, yet there has been NO comparable increase in life expectancy. The smoke haters will quickly tell you this is because of the effects of second hand smoke. The FALLACY of their argument is that if there has been smoking there has also been second hand smoke. Cigarettes and/or smoke have about 4,000 identifiable chemicals. Your daily diet has about 10,000 such chemicals.

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