Bomke sparks up debate on flavored tobacco

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[MARCH 4, 2005]  SPRINGFIELD -- In a Senate Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jordan Jeffers (left), a Rochester High School student, and state Sen. Larry Bomke spoke out against flavored cigarettes.

Jeffers approached Bomke, R-Springfield, about the sweet, fruit or candy taste and bright packaging that often characterize flavored tobacco products.

Bomke believes that flavored tobacco products have been intentionally manufactured to appeal to minors and for this reason should not be on the market. He has since sponsored legislation intended to extinguish the sale of flavored tobacco products in Illinois.

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Life Sentence, No Parole

If we tried to invent the cruelest punishment for dogs, we probably couldn't come up with anything worse than "solitary confinement" on a chain or in a kennel.

Dogs are pack animals who crave the companionship of others.  Scratches behind the ears, games of fetch, or even just walks around the block mean the world to them.  Curling up at your feet while you watch TV is their idea of heaven.

Many dogs left to fend for themselves at the end of a chain fall prey to attacks by other animals or cruel people, and many others are injured or hanged or choke as a result of getting entangled or caught in their tether.

If you have a backyard dog, please, bring him or her inside.  They don't want much--just you.

A public service announcement from Lincoln Daily News and helpinganimals.com

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