The Lifestyle Nazis

This entry was posted on 2/20/2007 8:45 AM and is filed under Lifestyle,Smoking,Smoking Ban.

The Lifestyle Nazis


I just read an interesting article over at CigarAficionado.com . The article was about Capitol Hill Police being called by one congressman (Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)) to complain about the another's (Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)) cigar smoking in his private office.

Recently, the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi banned smoking in the Speaker's lobby, but smoking is still allowed in private offices. So what's the beef?

Colorado Republican congressman Tom Tancredo, who was not in violation of any law by smoking in his office, had this to say according to Cigar Aficionado's Gregory Mottola: "I have smoked cigars for 20 years, I've smoked in my office, which we are allowed to do, and I will continue to do so. In eight years I've never had anyone complain." He also commented that if freshman Congressman Ellison would have discussed this issue personally with him, they would have come to some sort of agreement. It was completely unnecessary to call the Capitol Hill Police into this matter.

He further made the following comments: "The lifestyle Nazis," rued Tancredo in reference to smoking-ban activists, "they're out there."

Ain't that the truth, the "Lifestyle Nazis". They are everywhere. First, it was no smoking in Airports and office building. Then it was sports arenas, and now bars and restaurants. How long before we are not allowed to smoke in cigar stores or even our private homes or cars? Where does it end? When do we say we've had enough of the "Lifestyle Nazis"?

We'd love to hear your comments on this one. Thanks!

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• 2/22/2007 2:37 PM frank van buskirk wrote:
  guys i hate to say it but we are faced with a fight not from non smokers but from big pharmaceutical companies they want to sell ship oads of nicotine replacements like nicorette they are the ones financing\=g these bans so they can make millions from mthe sales of their products we now need to get people that are in office that smokem to help us fight back the only way we can win and still use a legal substance like tobacco is fight and fight hard , these people are trying to instill a new prohibition on us , they dont want tobacco out lawed they just want excuses to make us pay nthru the nose to use a legal product , this country was founded on money from tobacco sales if it hadn't been for that money the united states wouldn't have been able to fight the english off , so now we need to use the same money again to fight off these big corporations we do have voting power and we need to use it and we also need to lobby the hell out of them . me for one am getting tired of being the first person states go to when they need more money then to have them tell me that i cant use what they want to tax me for using , when will they wise up if they lose us as a tax base then where will they go next for the money nthey need duh they will have to tax something that non smokers use like that big bottle of chardonnay ya think
  the only way to win is band together as we in washington state have we gopt the tax on cigars lowered by lobbing and protesting same in Oregon state
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• 5/17/2007 9:49 AM Guido wrote:
  Great read, but the truth is we face a situation close to what was faced during proabition. Soon Big Brother will step in and tell us how to live because it is good for us and we are incapable of clear thought. They rationalize that no one would choose to smoke a cigar unless they were incapable of weighing the risk factors. Frustrating to say the least.
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• 7/17/2007 5:08 AM Mcgill wrote:
  Tom being egoistical here. It's true that he's the reason right for being reluctant to give up smoking inside his office (he's got a life after all) but on ethical grounds it's not smart to smoke while you are holding an office of repute. Ellison shouldn't have called the police when the matter could have been settled with mutual understanding. We can't make environment just to keep up with our so called lifestyle. I don't support Tom's argument by the way.
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