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:45 The news from yesterday about things the American president said on Charlottesville.

1:46 On the Nazi's and tobacco control.

2:29 In tobacco control history a bit of apologism for the Nazi tobacco control ideology.

3:22 A link between lung cancer and smoking made by Nazi's in the 30's.

3:46 Arguments made by Stanton Glantz and people like him attempting to debunk tobacco control being fascism.

5:38 Tobacco control is coeresive.

6:36 Emmet Eldred blog post https://dunkerpunks.com/2017/08/14/we-havent-earned-the-right-to-call-white-supremacy-unamerican/

7:26 If we're going to denounce those visual maifestations of bigotry and racism then we should address the structual issues in this country,as Alex points out the racist drug war is a gigantic part of this.

8:50 Harm reduction as a means to change the world.

10:03 Bill in NY to stop smoking in a car with a person under 14.

10:32 TC policy disproprortionally affect lower income persons.

12:57 Activist scientists continue to push and generate biased journal articles suggesting that the staus quo (more of it and harder) will continue to lower smoking rates.

13:51 You can't tax and ban people into submission ,people don't work that way.

14:30 Australia: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/08/14/national-smoking-rate-on-the-rise.html

16:22 To get smoking rates below ten percent you have to look at harm reduction as a serious option.

17:29 New York just set the price floor at 13 dollars for a pack of cigarettes.

18:18 In Australia by 2020 you will pay $40.00 for a pack of cigarettes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-cigarettes-price-pack-smoking-tax-hike-how-much-do-they-cost-a7308381.html

19:33 A pack of cigarettes in Sydney Australia costs $27.00

https://www.expatistan.com/price/cigarettes/sydney

21:00 At this point we're talking about Park Ridge but I couldn't find the correct article until later. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-ecigarettes-tl-0817-2-20170814-story.html

22:05 Mankato: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/mankato-ordinance-would-criminalize-tobacco-possession-by-young-adults/article_d3aabce8-61c3-11e7-baad-8356eecd58b4.html

24:53 Lesur :

http://www.southernminn.com/le_sueur_news_herald/news/article_4a7e8591-8004-5032-82d2-69caffba3de9.html

26:27 Ohio (older article)

http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/28/this-ohio-city-council-wanted-to-make-possession-of-cigarettes-for-those-under-21-a-crime/

28:22 Criminalizing posession is not something CASAA supports.

30:56 New York talked about criminalizing posession and certainly more places are looking at the issue.

31:32 Minnesota continues to roll with tobacco 21.

31:50 Maine's legislature overuled the governor's veto of the tobacco 21 bill.

32:30 Governor Le Page's statement on raising the age to vote,get a drivers license and go into the miltary to 21..

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/10/maine-governor-paul-lepage-proposes-raising-age-vote-join-military-18-21

35:40 Five states have passed tobacco 21:Maine,Oregon,Hawaii,California and New Jersey.

35:58 More than a dozen states rejected tobacco 21 this year.

36:39 On fundraising.

39:30 FDA's minor break and bit of breathing room will cause the states and municipalities to come at us full force.

44:25 CASAA's donation page https://casaa.org/donate/