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[Missouri] VOTE “NO” ON THE TOBACCO TAX INITIATIVE – November 6, 2012 (PDF)

Many will argue that paragraph 13 specifically prohibits the funding of cloning. Unfortunately because of the passage of Article III, Section 38(d) in 2006, a prohibition on funding cloning does not prohibit the funding of all cloning
Missouri Right to Life
added Oct 26, 2012 04:10
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[Russia] MOENCH: Mormon Mitt in Bed with Big Tobacco

for a widely revered and high-level Mormon official who was already fabulously wealthy to condone and profit from tobacco investments and addicting millions of people to a destructive and deadly habit prohibited by his own beloved church is the Mount Ever
Truthout
added Oct 22, 2012 13:03
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[Russia] KILGORE: Merchants of Death

Need we add that Mitt Romney belongs to a church that has particular objections to tobacco use? Guess if it’s legal, it’s “wealth-creation,” right? And that’s always beyond questioning.
Washington Monthly
added Oct 17, 2012 12:20
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LETTER: To Russia with smokes

Talk about hypocrisy. Mitt Romney doesn't care about the American people, or any other people for that matter. He's a greedy opportunist, and we're merely something he can exploit in his never-ending quest for wealth.
Colorado Springs Independent Newsweekly
added Oct 17, 2012 12:11
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Islamists seize amulets from people at Mali market

resident of the northern Malian town of Hombori says that Islamist fighters have raided the local market . . . They also burst into shops and confiscated the cigarettes being sold, as well as the dried tobacco leaves that old women sell on the side of th
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 16, 2012 16:33
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[Australia] Blessed are the smokers for they are welcome in heaven

Religious billboards outside many churches in Sydney now preach: "Smoking won't kill you in the next life. Sin will." . . . "It's trivialising what is a major cause of death and disease and I think it's better to avoid merging the two issues frankly ..
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Oct 15, 2012 08:48
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EDITORIAL: Mali burning

A man told the Economist that the top of his ear was sliced off for smoking. “For drinking, they cut off your head,” he said. . . . What they will do with this prize is anyone’s guess, but it seems likely to become a bastion for extremists to train and t
The Washington Post
added Oct 14, 2012 03:28
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Oklahoma program targets tobacco use in black population

Guiding Right Inc. is working with ministers and businesses to discourage tobacco use among black Oklahomans.
The Oklahoman
added Oct 9, 2012 02:37
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[Nebraska] Judge denies order in Native inmates' lawsuit against prison officials

In 1972, Native American inmates filed a federal lawsuit that resulted in a 1974 agreement under which prison officials agreed to allow the inmates access to medicine men and ceremonial tobacco and to hold religious ceremonies, among other things.
Lincoln (NE) Journal Star
added Sep 23, 2012 18:52
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[South Dakota] Judge: SD prison tobacco ban curbs religion rights

Chief Judge Karen Schreier ruled that even if state officials had asserted a compelling governmental interest, they did not prove that the complete ban was the least restrictive means available to further that governmental interest.
AP - Associated Press
added Sep 20, 2012 01:19
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