Fight, fight, fight!  If you don't speak up we will have a smoking ban in Virginia.

Call, write, email or fax your legislator.  If you don't know who your legislator is click here.

All the antismoking groups are heavily funded, by your tax dollars or the pharmaceutical companies.  You have no one speaking for you!  Second hand smoke does not harm nonsmokers and it has been proved again and again. To view the data yourself visit www.forces.org.

Don't think it will never happen in Virginia, it will, the only question is when.  Unless you become active and shut down these hateful organizations, they will be back next year and the year after that until they win. They have the funding to wage war against you for years.

The Pharmaceuticals have invested a great deal of money to make you quit smoking and use their devices. They have billions to make and they are determined to demonize and demoralize every smoker by whatever means necessary.  They don't care, if you become unemployable simply because you smoke, lose custody of your children, lose your health insurance or be confined to your house to smoke.  Many states have already adopted laws that prohibit smoking within 25 feet of a doorway.  Smoking has been banned on public beaches and in private cars, if you have children riding with you who are under 18 years old.  One state has encouraged their residents to call 911 if they see a smoker who is less than 25 feet from a doorway.  Excuse me but what country do we live in?  That kind of behavior cannot be tolerated in America, the home of the free and the land of the brave.  We don't snitch on our neighbors!  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE THAT CIGARETTE SMOKE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE IS DANGEROUS TO ANYONE'S HEALTH.

The anti's started with air travel.  First, it was no smoking in flights under 4 hours, then it went to a total ban followed by a smoking ban in the airports. 

The World Health Organization Global Tobacco Treaty's aim is to ban the sale of tobacco products by the year 2010.  That is three years from now.

Smoking was just the first target.  The second is fatty foods and the third but not last will be alcohol.  The tactics of the antismoking movement will be adopted to just about every aspect of what "they" deem as "naughty behavior."

We need to send a clear message that Virginian's and  American's all across the country do not want a nanny government. We are perfectly capable of making our own decisions.  Our grandfathers, fathers and sons have fought for our freedom and we aren't about to give it away to greedy corporations and to organizations who deem what is "politically correct" and what is not. 

ASC, ALA, AHA, mind your own business and stay out of Virginia!

Karyn Kimberling