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Subject: Pipes Digest #186 -- April 15, 1995

                 Pipes Digest #186 -- April 15, 1995
             Copyright (C) 1995 by Stephen P. Masticola.
           All rights reserved. Commercial use prohibited.

                     Circulation this issue: 1063

Welcome to new members:

         Philip Henry Burrus IV         (????????????????????????)
         Stig Bordsenius                (?????????????????)
         Douglas Cope                   (??????????????????)
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         Steve Vogtman                  (??????????????????????????)
         Robert Buchanan                (??????????????????)
         Shig Kuwada                    (????????????????????)
         LeRoy Korte                    (??????????????????)
         Leonard Glantz                 (??????????????????)
         Jerry Quick                    (??????????????????)

Administrative stuff: First of all, the Web site is back! Steve Beaty
(?????????????????????????) and Vince Callaway (?????????????????)
have revived the Web page at:

                     http://www.tacoma.net/~pipes

See Steve's letter later this issue. And thanks to both Vince and
Steve, and all the others who offered to provide Web sites!

Also, Steve Johnson (????????????????) has sent me a copy of a report
by Rep. Thomas Bliley to Congress on the issue of environmental
tobacco smoke. (He's on our side, folks!) 60 pages long, and much
technical detail and political intrigue.  I've asked Steve Beaty and
Richard Geller to put it up at the Web and FTP sites.  I'd also be
glad to send a copy to anyone who requests it. Briarman says you're
free to put it up at your own site, as long as you tell him you've
done so. Many thanks to Steve for taking up the task of scanning it
all in!

And, as some members noticed, Your Moderator sent out issue #185 with
the title, "Pipes Digest #187". When I have a spare hour, I should
really fix the scripts to detect this sort of thing. It's happened too
often, usually when I've been rushing to get an issue out. Sorry!

Personal note: After having subscribed for 20 years, I've written to
Scientific American and asked that my subscription be cancelled. The
May "worldwide tobacco epidemic" issue is the reason; as always, I do
not voluntarily support people who persecute me. Sigh. The quality of
the material has been declining in recent years anyway, and I just
haven't had the time to read it much lately.  If you feel the same
way, you might want to consider whether you need to support them
anymore. Thanks to Kam Kashani (????????????) for the heads-up on this
one, a few issues back. And, as always...

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             Help Stop Prohibition -- Keep Tobacco Legal
                        Call -- Write -- Vote
                        Then, Smoke in Peace.

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