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Cigarette Tax Proposal Gets Smoked

When we last checked in nearly three weeks ago, supporters and opponents of Proposition 29, which would increase a cigarette tax by $1 per pack, were probably tempted to chain smoke away the nerves from too-close-to-call election results. Now you can dump those ash trays, because the ballot initia ... More >>

Prop. 29 Losing Voter Support, Though Cigarette Tax Remains Popular

What can you get for $42 million? A penthouse apartment at the top of the St. Regis. Six years of Adonal Foyle. Roy Lichtenstein's peephole painting. Also, a 14 percent drop in support for Proposition 29, which would raise the cigarette tax and fund cancer research. In March, a poll by the Publi ... More >>

Safeway Sues Over San Francisco Tobacco Ban

Butt out, Safeway says.​Safeway Inc. has sued San Francisco over a law banning tobacco sales in stores containing pharmacies, claiming that the law gives an unfair advantage to markets that don't sell prescription drugs.The lawsuit calls the tobacco ban "arbitrary and capricious," and "a denial of ... More >>

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What a Predicament: City Attorney Defends Crappy S.F. Law Against Ultimate Corporate Force of Evil

I am the law!​ Like a duel to the death with the prize to the victor being death, it seems there are no winners in this morning's legal showdown between San Francisco and Philip Morris at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Well, the winner may be "your lungs," but, at best, the loser would be "your ... More >>

David Campos, Corporate Shill?

Hardly. But his Obama-era Harvard Law pragmatism might ring that way in San Francisco's left-wing political tradition of ideology first, facts second. In San Francisco, as elsewhere, the term "jobs" has evolved into a euphemism for "whatever big business wants." The lobbying group for San Francisco' ... More >>

Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell

As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, December 14, 2005

The Smoking Gun

A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF

You Grab the Monkey; We'll Bring the Knife

Monkey Knife Fight is everywhere, but what -- oh what -- does it mean?

Scream

The thrill of writing thrillers, plus avant-garde community and glamorous backgrounds

Letters to the Editor

Tale of the Whale; Night Crawler: A Cure for the Common Cold

Hold On a Minute!

Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony save the whale campaign

Are You There God? It's Me, Marc

Standup comic Marc Maron writes a sharp, funny memoir about his life as a Jew

Letters to the Editor

Tobacco Firm Adds Insult to Injury; A Few Bike Lanes Away From Utopia; Music to Our Ears; Fish Story; Art and Censorship

Smoking Gun

Tobacco industry documents expose an R.J. Reynolds marketing plan targeting S.F. gays and homeless people. Its name: Project SCUM.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from March 14, 2001

Outing the Marlboro Man

Document reveals new details on how tobacco companies target gays

The Men Who Did Too Little

Savage Love

Party Types

Whether Democrat, Republican, or crypto-fascist, this is your guide to the best in Election Night bashing

Drowning in Pop

Peevish and Butt-Led

Against the odds, a new group fights for smokers' rights

City Slackers

A guide toSan Francisco political corruption -past, present, and future