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2009/8/12

Forgotten Relaxation

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@ 04:39 AM (2 months, 27 days ago)
Is it normal to spend the balance of life under the influence of an adrenaline releasingcentral nervous system stimulant? Prior to climbing into bed to sleep is it normal toconsume a chemical that will make our heart pound up to 17.5 beats per minute faster,74that elevates blood pressure, restricts extremity blood flow causing the temperature of ourfingers to drop up to seven degrees,75 that accelerates our breathing, dilates our pupils,perks our senses, shuts down digestion, and triggers the release of glucose and fats fromour body’s energy stores?Two million years of evolution prepared us well to flee or stand and fight the now extinctsaber tooth tiger.
Our body’s response to sensing danger or sudden stress is activation ofthe “fight or flight” pathways of the sympathetic nervous system. In addiction tostimulating the release of dopamine, nicotine also activates these pathways. Nicotine’s arrival in the brain causes the release of noradrenaline (norepinephrine), which in turncauses more than 100 neuro-chemicals to prepare the body to run for its life or fight. Yetnicotine addicts will tell you that they need nicotine to relax!
Fight or flight is anything buta state of relaxation. We’ll talk more about this later.For now, try to imagine what it is like to go hours or an entire day without havingadrenaline being pumped into your bloodstream. What’s it like to stop beating a tiredhorse, to stop responding to non-existent saber tooth tigers, to again know full andcomplete relaxation for extended periods of time?

2009/8/5

Little bit addicted

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@ 06:04 AM (3 months, 4 days ago)
The bottom line is that being a “little bit addicted” is like being a “little bit pregnant.”While normal for light smokers to rationalize that they are somehow superior or better ableto control their addiction than heavy smokers, in reality their slavery is just as permanentand just as real. They often find ending nicotine use just as difficult as I did, despite thesignificant difference in nicotine intake.When combined with genetic factors, differing toxin and carcinogen types andconcentrations in different brands of tobacco, environmental factors that subject us to otherchemical agents (employment, hobbies, water and air), and how intensely each cigarette issmoked, the smoker smoking five times a day may face health risks just as great or greaterthan heavier smokers.

2009/6/24

Rights of persons

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@ 06:31 AM (4 months, 16 days ago)
The order regarding point-of-sale displays and remand for the district court to evaluate and “mak[e] due provision for the rights of innocent persons,” either by abandoning this part of the remedial order or by crafting a new version reflecting the rights of third parties.
Of course, any such remedy the district court imposes on remand can only affect contracts entered after the injunctive order issues.
 In addition, we agree with Defendants that the injunction appears to order each Defendant separately to require the same retail store to display substantively identical, but separate, signs. The government concedes that, despite the language of the order, the district court could not have intended to require the burden of multiple duplicative displays at each retail store. We therefore direct the district court, if it concludes that some form of a point-of-sale display injunction is still appropriate after considering the rights of third parties and existing contracts, to clarify that its order does not require duplicative displays.

2009/6/17

Health effects of smoking

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@ 04:36 AM (4 months, 23 days ago)
In their next general challenge to fraud liability, Defendantsargue that their false and misleading statements about the health effects of smoking cannot, as a legal matter, be fraudulentbecause their statements were not material. This argument isbased on a flawed understanding of the materiality requirement.In order for a false or misleading statement to qualify asmail or wire fraud, it “must concern a material or important factor matter.”
 This materiality requirement is met if the matter atissue is “of importance to a reasonable person in making adecision about a particular matter or transaction.” Id.Materiality does not require proof that any specific person (ornumber of people) purchased cigarettes as a result of the falsestatements. Nor does it require Defendants’ false statements tobe the cause, reason, or sufficient condition of any person’sdecision to purchase cigarettes. Moreover, no subjectiveevidence regarding any particular person is required; the test isonly whether a reasonable person would consider the matter tobe of importance regarding the transaction.