Subject: Fwd: CIGAR MAIL ORDER BAN! Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:26:50 -0500 To: lpny_discussion , From: Bob Armstrong The prohibitionists continue their advance : http://www.house.gov/judiciary/ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:h.r.2824: --- Original Message --- From: jrspecials@jrcigars.com Sent: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:11:20 -0500 Subject: CIGAR MAIL ORDER BAN! > >=A0YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ORDER CIGARS BY MAIL IN THE NEAR= FUTURE! > >=A0As early as tomorrow, the House Judiciary committee will be= considering House Bill HR2824. In fact, this bill is listed to= be considered for mark up tomorrow, Wednesday, January 21, 2004= at 10AM on their website at: > >=A0http://www.house.gov/judiciary > >=A0Why is this important? Because its sister bill, S1177, which= has already passed in the Senate eliminates your right to order= cigars by mail! > >=A0The House Bill #HR2824 does NOT presently contain the "cigar"= and "all tobacco products" language as contained within the= Senate bill. Neither the Senate bill, nor the House bill have= anything to do with cigars, it is all about combating cigarette= counterfeiting, but that didn't stop someone in the Senate from= sneaking in the cigar related references that were added at the= very last moment. If it could happen in the Senate, it= definitely could happen again in the House... > >=A0So it is critical that we let the House Judiciary Committee= know to NOT add =93cigars=94 and =93all other tobacco products=94= provisions to their House Bill HR2824 as were added to the= Senate Bill at the last moment. Because if they do, "our goose= is cooked,=94 and mail order cigars will become illegal! > >=A0Below is a list of the Congressmen on the House Judiciary= Committee who should understand our plea to keep cigars and= non-specific =93tobacco product=94 references out of HR2824. > >=A0They are scheduled to consider this bill tomorrow, so we are= asking everyone that does not want their right to receive cigars= via mail order to contact the House Judiciary Members listed= below immediately. > >=A0It is critical that all cigar smokers e-mail, phone, or fax= these representatives and request that =93cigars=94 and =93all other= tobacco products=94 NOT BE ADDED TO HR2824. =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 House Judiciary= Committee: > >=A0Spencer Bachus, Alabama >=A0http://www.house.gov/bachus > >=A0Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.house.gov/blackburn > >=A0Rick Boucher, Virginia >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.house.gov/boucher >=A0ninthnet@mail.house.gov > >=A0John Carter, Texas >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.house.gov/carter > >=A0Steve Chabot, Ohio >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.house.gov/chabot > >=A0Howard Coble, North Carolina >=A0http://www.house.gov/coble >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0howard.coble@mail.house.gov >=A0=A0 >=A0Tom Feeney, Florida >=A0http://www.house.gov/feeney >=A0tom.feeney@mail.house.gov > >=A0Jeff Flake, Arizona >=A0http://www.house.gov/flake >=A0jeff.flake@mail.house.gov > >=A0J. Randy Forbes, Virginia >=A0http://www.house.gov/forbes > >=A0Bob Goodlatte, Virginia >=A0http://www.house.gov/goodlatte >=A0talk2bob@mail.house.gov > >=A0Mark Green, Wisconsin >=A0http://www.house.gov/markgreen >=A0mark.green@mail.house.gov > >=A0Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania >=A0http://www.house.gov/hart > >=A0John Hostettler, Indiana >=A0http://www.house.gov/hostettler/ >=A0john.hostettler@mail.house.gov >=A0=A0 >=A0Henry Hyde, Illinois >=A0http://www.house.gov/hyde > >=A0William L. Jenkins, Tennessee >=A0http://www.house.gov/jenkins > >=A0Ric Keller, Florida >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://keller.house.gov > >=A0Steve King, Iowa >=A0http://www.house.gov/steveking > >=A0Mike Pence, Indiana >=A0http://mikepence.house.gov >=A0mike.pence@mail.house.gov > >=A0Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Virginia >=A0http://www.house.gov/scott >=A0bobby.scott@mail.house.gov > >=A0F. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin >=A0http://www.house.gov/sensenbrenner >=A0sensenbrenner@mail.house.gov > >=A0Lamar Smith, Texas >=A0http://lamarsmith.house.gov >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0lamar.smith@mail.house.gov > >=A0Melvin L. Watt, North Carolina >=A0http://www.house.gov/watt >=A0nc12.public@mail.house.gov >=A0=A0 > >=A0Below is a form message you may want to copy and send. Please= feel free to write your own, we just wanted to make this as= simple as possible. Whatever you do, please make it fast! We= cigar smokers are running out of time and we need to make our= voices heard!!! > >=A0=A0 > >=A0The Honorable _________________ >=A0United States House of Representatives >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Washington, D.C. 20515 > > >=A0Dear Congressman: > >=A0On December 9, 2003, the U.S. Senate cut a last minute deal to= ban all sales of cigars through the U.S. mail. This provision= was quietly slipped into the cigarette anti-counterfeiting bill= (S.1177), even though the rest of the bill had nothing to do= with cigars. The House Judiciary Committee will soon consider= its version (H.R.2824) of the same bill. > >=A0I need you to keep cigars out of this bill! There is not a= counterfeit cigar problem in this country. There is not a youth= cigar smoking problem in this country. This is another example= of a big government solution in search of a problem that does= not exist. Please do the right thing and don't let the federal= government tamper with my right to receive legal cigars through= the mail. > >=A0Sincerely, > >=A0For text only emails, please click here to change your= profile. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0To unsubscribe please click here. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 CoSy MidWinter Party : http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm