Comments on: Iowa Moving Forward On Smokefree Workplaces http://iowaprogress.com/2008/02/14/iowa-moving-forward-on-smokefree-workplaces/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Chris http://iowaprogress.com/2008/02/14/iowa-moving-forward-on-smokefree-workplaces/#comment-24695 Chris Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:50 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2008/02/14/iowa-moving-forward-on-smokefree-workplaces/#comment-24695 So Rants took $6000 dollars...care to disclose how much money the drug and insurance companies pumped into the Democratic coffers to ram this legislation through? And how much from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation? Funny how the advertisements for the stop smoking aids (from the drug companies) are everywhere, along with the ads from Iowa Department of Public Health. You stuck it to the smokers last year with the additional dollar tax. Now lets's stick them again. If you really cared about the public health regarding smoking, you'd ban them. Oh I forgot, someone offered an amendment to do just that last year. And it was defeated....by the majority party. It's all about the M-O-N-E-Y. You've lost me and my vote folks, I'll be changing my party affiliation soon. So Rants took $6000 dollars…care to disclose how much money the drug and insurance companies pumped into the Democratic coffers to ram this legislation through? And how much from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation?

Funny how the advertisements for the stop smoking aids (from the drug companies) are everywhere, along with the ads from Iowa Department of Public Health.

You stuck it to the smokers last year with the additional dollar tax. Now lets’s stick them again.

If you really cared about the public health regarding smoking, you’d ban them. Oh I forgot, someone offered an amendment to do just that last year. And it was defeated….by the majority party. It’s all about the M-O-N-E-Y.

You’ve lost me and my vote folks, I’ll be changing my party affiliation soon.

]]> By: Iowa Progress » Legislature Passes Smoking Ban http://iowaprogress.com/2008/02/14/iowa-moving-forward-on-smokefree-workplaces/#comment-25005 Iowa Progress » Legislature Passes Smoking Ban Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:19:48 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2008/02/14/iowa-moving-forward-on-smokefree-workplaces/#comment-25005 [...] worth noting that the Iowa General Assembly finally passed an indoor smoking ban this week. This bill had been working its way through the legislature all session and ping-ponged between the House and [...] […] worth noting that the Iowa General Assembly finally passed an indoor smoking ban this week. This bill had been working its way through the legislature all session and ping-ponged between the House and […]

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