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2009/9/24

Subconscious Recovery from nicotine

Endlessly hammered by flavor, aroma, pleasure, friendship, adventure, rebellion andaffordability marketing, our subconscious was the nicotine addiction industry’ssubliminal message board. Twice the traveling hypnotist sold me a couple of days ofunbelievable hypnotic bliss before I tested it and relapsed.
But looking upon our subconscious mind only in terms of being the playground ofothers cheapens and makes it look dumb, while ignoring our conscious ability toretrain it. Even here, if so dumb, why can our subconscious see subliminal messagesinvisible to the conscious mind or feel the influence of tobacco marketing that ourconsciousness thinks has been ignored? Why can it react to triggering cues writtenupon it by hypnotic suggestion, cues meaningless to conscious awareness?Dumb? When typing on a keyboard, what part of the mind and level of awareness isthinking about, locating and striking the correct key? While operating a vehicle, whois really controlling which foot needs to push on which peddle and how hard, or doingthe driving as we read billboards, talk on the phone or daydream?Our conscious mind has unknowingly aided in teaching our subconscious skills andhow to perform activities, including using nicotine.
Now it’s time to knowinglyteach it how to function without it.Whether referred to as our subconscious, unconscious or preconscious, science is stillin the early stages of discovery in understanding the scope of its involvement in dayto-day life. But it’s every bit as real as the never seen portion of an iceberg. Think ofDisney World and awareness of the magic above ground, while an unseen city beneathbrings the magic to life.

2008/7/4

Cigarette tax jumps $1 per pack

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@ 05:26 AM (16 months, 26 days ago)
BOSTON - The tax on a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts will jump by a dollar under a bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick.
  The tax, one of the highest in the nation, goes into effect immediately. Patrick signed the bill Tuesday, a day after House and Senate lawmakers rushed to approve the bill by the start of the new fiscal year.
  The increase brings Massachusetts' cigarettes tax to $2.51 per pack. New York has the highest cigarette tax in the nation at $2.75 per pack. Supporters say the tax increase would help raise $174 million in revenues. They say the extra money will go to help cover the cost of the state's landmark health care law.
  They also defended taking up the final version of the bill one day before the tax was intended to take effect. Opponents say the measure unfairly targets one group of people and will hurt small Massachusetts businesses that sell cigarettes close to the New Hampshire border.
  The House approved the measure by a 93-52 vote after a brief debate and sent the bill to the Senate, where it was also approved by a 26-9 vote Monday. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:j9gx7WvROX7tmM:http://www.chinatraderonline.com/Files/Gifts-and-Crafts/Toys-and-Games/Shocking-Toys/Shocking-Cigarette-2342092568.jpg
  Neighboring states are also eyeing higher cigarettes taxes, though not as dramatic an increase. Vermont's cigarette tax rate climbs by 20 cents to $1.99 per pack effective Tuesday, a jump that follows a 60-cents-per-pack increase in 2006.
  New Hampshire's cigarette tax, now $1.08 per pack, is slated to jump to $1.33 in October if it doesn't generate at least $48 million in revenues between July and October. Some Massachusetts stores had begun collecting the tax earlier in the day on Monday anticipating that Patrick would sign the bill into law.
  Anti-smoking advocated hailed the new tax. "Increasing the tobacco tax is one of the most effective tobacco control strategies with the impact on our youth undeniable," said Marc Hymovitz, spokesman for the American Cancer Society. "The effect of this tax increase will be an estimated 25,000 smokers quitting and 46,000 youth never starting to smoke."