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• Should firefighters have put out the blaze at Gene Cranick's home even though he hadn't paid the fire fee?

  Tue Oct 5, 2010
  • It is the right thing to do and minimizes risk to other structures in the immediate area.

• Now that health care changes are beginning, are you in favor of the new law?

  Thu Sep 23, 2010
  • If the insurance companies are privately owned, government should not be involved in their policy making process.

• Secondhand smoke may be hurting kids' grades

  Thu Jul 29, 2010
  • Total twisting of the facts. And, like I heard someone else say one time, none of us are getting out of this thing alive! All I can say is that if the money that was spent on fighting smoking was spent on creating new jobs, etc., our economy would be in much, much better shape.

• Secondhand smoke may be hurting kids' grades

  Thu Jul 29, 2010
  • This seems like a woefully inadequate study to say the least.

• Aging population behind rising cancer costs

  Mon May 10, 2010
  • I didn't get it either - earlier in the article is actually said that the portion of care paid out of pocket by the insured had decreased significantly. Perhaps the costs they are concerned about are the ever increasing cost for medical insurance. Don't know.

• Aging population behind rising cancer costs

  Mon May 10, 2010
  • Cancer is a big money maker for the medical industry. I really believe that many breast cancer patients do not escape death - they just die later from some other form of cancer.

• 'Smoking killed me' marks hearse, grave

  Wed Mar 3, 2010
  • I have researched mortality statistics for quite a number of years. Smoking is down, lung cancer mortality rates are close to the same. Why? Gastro-intestinal mortality cancer rates are right behind lung cancer mortality rates and will surpass them within the next 5 to ten years.

• Obama signs sweeping anti-smoking bill

  Mon Jun 22, 2009
  • Jamie, take the time to really understand the larger picture. Below are excerpts from an article about polution and the effect it has on our environment. The number one source of polution in this country is from vehicles.

• Debate over bar smoking ban rekindled

  Tue Jun 16, 2009
  • Here you go Nipper and GrlDisappearing. Just because I've taken this side on this argument, doesn't mean I can't read or understand things. Here's your chance to understand my side. It ain't legal.com or whatever, but it is a pretty good source of info. U.S. Supreme Court

• Debate over bar smoking ban rekindled

  Tue Jun 16, 2009
  • Please be aware also that in the state of Illinois, if an individual runs a business out of their "home", they are under the constraints of the smoking ban. It doesn't matter if you only run an office out of your home or not.