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This is actually good new, if you read it closely. But that's not for me to
educate you on, as you will learn for yourself.

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Thanks for the tool!

Robert Broughton <rbronews@brou8ghton.ca> wrote in message
news:951jdo$41u$2@venn.bc.ca...
> In article <NNLc6.2363$lM.620562@news.uswest.net>,
> "Open FleshWound" <not@dont.email.me> writes:
>
> > What a depressing outlook for you pathetic tobacco addicts ....
> >
> > Tobacco Addiction
> > Epidemiology And Natural History
> >
> Here's more. I guess this is an example of the "job losses" we've
> been hearing about:
> -----
>
> National Smokers Alliance to Cease Operations
>
> Source: National Smokers Alliance, Thursday, 1/25/01
>
> Date Released: 1/25/01
>
> ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Board of Directors of the National Smokers Alliance
> (NSA)
> has voted to dissolve the organization.
>
> Thomas Humber, President of the NSA, issued the following statement:
>
> "For almost eight years, the National Smokers Alliance has defended the
rights
> of adult smokers with an intensity that has replicated dozens of
simultaneous
> political campaigns.
>
> "We began as a grassroots political organization, believing that the
political
> process was the answer.  However, the courts have supplanted the political
> process as the ultimate arbiter of most controversial public policy
issues.
> While we don't like that, we are realists, and the reality is that the
social
> war over smoking has changed drastically since we began.  We have had more
> than
> our fair share of victories politically, and in the courts, where the rule
of
> law supercedes the rhetoric.
>
> "I have no doubt that the decision to discontinue operations will be
> misconstrued.  The NSA is neither out of money nor are we defeated.  Yet
the
> long-term financial reality is quite simple:  The continuation of our
> activities would require too large a professional structure and a massive
> diversion of energy and resources to fundraising, making effective
commitment
> to our primary mission secondary.  That would serve no one, least of all
the
> adult smokers of America who have endured more than a decade of the
> anti-smoking movement systematically taxing, regulating and banning
tobacco
> products wherever they can.
>
> "The NSA has many members and friends who became politically active and
> organized through our programs.  We appreciate their support, and we know
that
> their activism will continue long after this organization is gone.  As
with
> most controversial issues, this is not one that will end.  We regret that
the
> NSA, as an organization, must end, but that does nothing to diminish the
> commitment to individual freedom that has driven the NSA.
>
> "The effort to disenfranchise and marginalize smokers is, in reality, only
one
> facet of a much broader assault on individual freedoms that has begun to
> infuse
> this society.  Consequently, upon dissolution, the NSA will contribute
some
> remaining assets to the Center for Individual Freedom, a 501(c)(4)
corporation
> that supports the constitutional freedoms that all individuals must
enjoy."
>
> The National Smokers Alliance was a non-profit grassroots political
> organization of adults from across the country dedicated to fighting
> discrimination against smokers and to supporting business owners who
wished to
> make their own decisions about their businesses without unnecessary
government
> interference. Founded in 1993, the NSA became the primary voice for adult
> smokers and was comprised of over 3 million members.  Financial support
over
> the years came in the form of contributions from Philip Morris, Brown &
> Williamson and Lorillard, from hundreds of small businesses and
corporations
> and dues and contributions from our members.
>
> --
> Bob Broughton
> mailto:bob@brou8ghton.ca (remove "8" to reply)
> http://broughton.ca/
> Vancouver, BC, Canada