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June 11, 2010 
ALBANY, STOP GROPING OUR BUTTS
 
March 10, 2010 
FDA TOBACCO ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 6 JOKERS IN A STACKED DECK
 
February 1, 2010 
NYC'S SMOKING BAN:  SORRY MR. MAYOR, IT'S 7 YRS LATER AND THE ISSUE IS NOT DEAD 
 
July 31, 2009 
SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP OFFERS SIGNS TO STORES THAT CHALLENGE GRAPHIC ANTI-SMOKING SIGNS
 
May 17, 2009 
DECEIT AND WASTE INVOLVED IN NYC'S NICOTINE PATCH GIVEAWAY
 
January 16, 2009 
SCHIP: CONGRESS GETS IN LINE TO TREAT SMOKERS AS NON-PERSONS
 
March 30, 2008 
PUNITIVE CIGARETTE TAX HIKE NOT ACCEPTABLE 
New York State Smokers Look to Senator Bruno to Keep His "No Cig Tax" Promise
 
January 1, 2008 
FREE SPEECH COMES UP LEMONS AT ILLINOIS CASINO 
65 Year Old Woman Roughed Up For Smoking Ban Protest-by-Post-It Note
 
October 10, 2007 
RANGEL VS RANGEL ON TAXING SMOKERS (SCHIP)
 
September 27, 2007 
STUDIES CONFIRM:  
SMOKING BAN DID NOT REDUCE HEART ATTACKS IN NEW YORK
 
July 6, 2007 
SMOKERS’ RIGHTS GROUP SPONSORS LAWSUIT: 
SPITZER-INSPIRED TOBACCO SALES BAN AT NYS FAIR IS “PROHIBITION”
 
February 5, 2007 
NYS DEPT. OF HEALTH ADS MALIGN SMOKERS. 
SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP SEEKS THEIR WITHDRAWAL AND APOLOGY
 
September 17, 2006 
NYC C.L.A.S.H. JOINS COUNCILMAN WEPRIN 
IN OPPOSING THE CITY'S "HEAVY-HANDED" COLLECTION OF BACK TAXES
 
June 30, 2006 
SECONDHAND SMOKE: THE DEBATE ISN'T OVER
 
April 3, 2006 
ANTI-SMOKE CRUSADERS CONDEMN MAJOR US HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 
Campaign Seeks to Lower Scientific Standards by "Popular Demand."
 
January 27, 2006 
RESEARCHERS BLAST CALIFORNIA EPA REPORT: 
SECONDHAND SMOKE FINDINGS BIASED, FLAWED 

(NYC C.L.A.S.H. RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD DECLARING "SECONDHAND SMOKE" A "TOXIC AIR POLLUTANT") 

History 
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) of the Cal-EPA and the Scientific Review Panel of special interest activist scientists held a kangaroo court 
From the onset they had no intention of "finding" anything other than their preconceived conclusion -- that "cigarette smoke outdoors posed a hazard."  
Official objections by experts were submitted as requested and CARB's answers were essentially "we don't care." 
 
Prominent tobacco control scientist Dr. Michael Siegel had already criticized his colleagues for promoting baseless outdoor smoking bans for the damage it causes to the tobacco control movement's credibility:  
"...when the hazard is neither serious nor unavoidable (such as it is with smoking on most streets and sidewalks), we should not have any part in promoting smoking bans, and in fact, should be speaking out against the idea. 
It is going to be increasingly difficult to convince policy makers that we are anything other than fanatics if these kind of policies start to go through." 
Read more of his opinions on outdoor bans
 
September 30, 2005 
SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP PLEADS WITH COURT TO BE HEARD 
IN CASE OF U.S.A. v. PHILIP MORRIS, ET AL 
 
May 5, 2005 
SMOKING BAN TARGETS TO ACS: BUTT OUT. 
FUNDRAISING/ DONATIONS TO CEASE
 
April 18, 2004 
NYC C.L.A.S.H. REMAINS COMMITTED TO FIGHTING 
THE STATE AND CITY SMOKE BANS
 
July 23, 2003 
SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP SUES 
NYC, NY STATE OVER SMOKE BAN
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