Flavoured tobbaco ban? - Page 2

greylynx · #31 05-31-2015, 07:25 PM

This tobacco stuff also gives a bunch of useless snivel servants a job. Jobs that would reduce our taxes if special interest groups were not involved. Has anyone seen the books of the Hagan dog and pony outfit that seems to harass smokers on a constant basis. How much public money is this dude getting?

For liberals reading this post. I do not consume tobacco in any way or manner.

Donkey Oatey · #32 05-31-2015, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

Take a breath man. Are all you Dippers angry???
I didn't see anyone say it was an NDP boondoggle.

It's getting so everytime there's a screwup the default setting is NDP.

It is a gubmint dumb idea. Are you ok with that?

Just sick and tired of the BS on the forum with the political bum picking.

Personally I am not sure I could care any less than I do right now about tobacco flavoured or other.

BTW lots of "Notley should quit smoking..........her caucus is so young they can ride the rides" sure makes it seem like boondoggle talk.

crownb · #33 05-31-2015, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

Well it could if she quit and told her staff to quit as well. A lot of them are too young to smoke. Heck some of them are too small to get on some of the rides at the Stampede.

Again how many kids look up to politicians and think, hmmm if they didn't smoke I wouldn't either.

guywiththemule · #34 05-31-2015, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rugatika

Good point.

Anything else you figure needs to be banned for the good of the populace??

Maybe guns,hunting,fishing,or thinking ? All these should be banned because kids might hurt themselves too !!

xxclaro · #35 05-31-2015, 07:31 PM

But its for the chiiiiiiiildren! How can anything be bad if its for the children? We just need to ban enough things so that nothing bad can happen to anybody.Ever. Who could possibly be against that? If you are then you must want bad things to happen to people,making YOU the bad person. Are you a bad person?

rugatika · #36 05-31-2015, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crownb

Again how many kids look up to politicians and think, hmmm if they didn't smoke I wouldn't either.

The only reason I started drinking was because of Ralph Klein.

doetracks · #37 05-31-2015, 07:32 PM

I don't smoke. Tried it in high school, made me sick.

This just makes me angry, though.

Mandel may have started the flavored tobacco thing but it is the current minister that made the decision on menthol (as I just read).

crownb · #38 05-31-2015, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rugatika

The only reason I started drinking was because of Ralph Klein.

Wow
You sure went down the wrong train track.

Redfrog · #39 05-31-2015, 07:37 PM

We wouldn't need these laws to protect children if we had retroactive birth control.

Instead off trying to fight pot use, why not just flavor it and include it in this law?

guywiththemule · #40 05-31-2015, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

We wouldn't need these laws to protect children if we had retroactive birth control.

Instead off trying to fight pot use, why not just flavor it and include it in this law?

YOU are a thinking man !

crownb · #41 05-31-2015, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

We wouldn't need these laws to protect children if we had retroactive birth control.

Instead off trying to fight pot use, why not just flavor it and include it in this law?

Do you really think there is going to be dealers with jackets full of flavoured tabacco waiting at the bus stop?

pinelakeperch · #42 05-31-2015, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 79ford

Less access to tobacco etc for the populous is probably better, less smoking or tobbaccy chewin' is really only doing people favours.

Theres this summer student that chews and cant get laid, him not chewing tobacco will probably help him get laid and he wont have to spit and chew all the time.

Not smoking well, its fairly obvious its a good thing.

I'm sure it's more than that. It never hampered anyone I know

FishingMOM · #43 05-31-2015, 08:09 PM

The facts on the ban

“This is about protecting youth,” said Sarah Hoffman.
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She said four per cent of adult smokers use menthol products while one-third of youth smokers do.

The menthol ban will come into effect after Sept. 30, 2015.

On June 1, the sale of other kinds of flavoured tobacco will be banned in Alberta under the Tobacco Reduction Amendment Regulation. Cigars that cost more than $4 each and weigh five grams or more and pipe tobacco are exempt.

“We cannot allow tobacco companies to dictate public health and health policy in Alberta,” said ASH executive director Les Hagen. “In other words, we must keep the fox out of the hen house.”

“There are 40,000 youth tobacco users in Grade 6 to 12 in Alberta and over half of them are using flavoured tobacco products,” he added.

dmcbride · #44 05-31-2015, 08:10 PM

Does anyone actually think that this is going to stop young people from starting smoking? If someone decides to try smoking it isn't because it is flavoured.

Another loss of freedom because of the nanny state.

greylynx · #45 05-31-2015, 08:18 PM

I was discussing smoking and children with my 85 year old uncle this morning.

When my uncle was a child the parents were very scared of their children smoking.

Why? The child could burn down the farm or the crops placing the family into the poor house.

Solution: You want to smoke? There is the can of tobacco and papers in the kitchen. Roll your cigarette, smoke it and throw it in the slop pail. Problem solved.

BTW. Smoking never seemed to be big thing with my uncle until later in school.

And look what we have with all these people telling us how to live these days.

Sort of Sickening.

260 Rem · #46 05-31-2015, 08:28 PM

Go Sarah!!!

Sashi · #47 05-31-2015, 08:38 PM

We love you Nanny Notley. And so it starts. Shows you what this Set of ministers (from the shallow end of the gene pool) thinks their job is.

rugatika · #48 05-31-2015, 08:43 PM

Wonder when they're gonna ban dancing? Then we'll have Kevin Bacon up here lecturing us.

bison · #49 05-31-2015, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 79ford

Less access to tobacco etc for the populous is probably better, less smoking or tobbaccy chewin' is really only doing people favours.

Theres this summer student that chews and cant get laid, him not chewing tobacco will probably help him get laid and he wont have to spit and chew all the time.

Not smoking well, its fairly obvious its a good thing.

There's plenty girls that are heavy on the burgers and coke, it shows and i would not lay them if they paid me to

Wonder when they ban junk food,..it would really be better for peoples health.

lake side · #50 05-31-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bison

There's plenty girls that are heavy on the burgers and coke, it shows and i would not lay them if they paid me to

Wonder when they ban junk food,..it would really be better for peoples health.

Have you seen the new health minister? she has to be well over 3..There is no way she is going to do that.

L.S.

Redfrog · #51 05-31-2015, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by crownb

Do you really think there is going to be dealers with jackets full of flavoured tabacco waiting at the bus stop?

No of course not. That would be illegal.

Deo101 · #52 05-31-2015, 11:39 PM

If only they would have banned Craven A 100's when I was 13...maybe I would have never got started grabbing one of Grandma's every chance I could. Seems to me I would do anything I wasn't suppose to. Flavoured tabaccy was for the wimps...am I allowed to say "wimps" anymore?

Acesneights · #53 05-31-2015, 11:39 PM

Basically they banned a bunch of chewing Tabacco with fun sounding names like citrus, cherry etc. not sure about cigarettes but I cannot believe that in this country they just passed a law to ban flovoured Tabacco which is illegal for people under 18 to buy to ban these product so kids can't get ahold of them. Zero accountability in this country and I would love to see what would happen if they even tried to pass this in the states. Canada as a country is going downhill between zero accountability and rolling over for everyone who has an opinion. I feel sorry for the next generation. This goes far beyond Tabacco

Redfrog · #54 05-31-2015, 11:55 PM

So it is legal to drink alcohol, but not smoke a flavored cigar at 18 years old?

seems legit.

rugatika · #55 06-01-2015, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

So it is legal to drink alcohol, but not smoke a flavored cigar at 18 years old?

seems legit.

Just wait 'till the government folks find out that booze has flavour.

bison · #56 06-01-2015, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rugatika

Just wait 'till the government folks find out that booze has flavour.

Not if they binge on it themselves!

New Hunter Okotoks · #57 06-01-2015, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by lake side

Have you seen the new health minister? she has to be well over 3..
L.S.

3.. Hundred pounds??

Lucky for us that she is the Health Minister. With that title, she must be an expert on health and wellness and will show us the way.

Hagalaz · #58 06-01-2015, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sashi

We love you Nanny Notley. And so it starts. Shows you what this Set of ministers (from the shallow end of the gene pool) thinks their job is.

Yup, the first of many things the NDP will take away from the people no matter what they think of it.

connexion123 · #59 06-01-2015, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rugatika

Cigars?

I honestly feel popsicles are the gateway sugar.

If you look back popsicles have been involved in every major war, and people who enjoy popsicles smoke sometimes too.

Better ban em.

crownb · #60 06-01-2015, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

No of course not. That would be illegal.

Of course it's illegal so sell black market.

. Quit being a politician and answer the question without all the sarcasm.