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Shout Aloha To Clean Air: Hawaii May Ban Cigarettes


Next time you visit the beautiful island state, you may notice the air is brighter and more fragrant. The suggested state law sounds like a bad joke or misprint. It recommends a gradual increase in the minimum age to buy cigarettes from the current 21 to age 100, to go into effect in 2024.

How many addicted smokers live to 100? They typically cough out their final moments by age 60 in a cancer ward. Further, in your wanderings, can you just see a group of eager centenarians lined up at the Honolulu drugstore counter to buy cigarettes for their 75-year-old kiddies?

Actually, with many other states making lots of tax income from legit marijuana, it isn’t likely a Hawaii cigarette ban would cross the ocean into other US areas any time soon. So, on your next trip to Hawaii, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Or just cough and find some clean air to breathe.
The Philippine Islands: 70th Anniversary Of Liberation PDF Print E-mail


On October 20, 1944, American GIs landed on the island of Leyte, opening the campaign to recapture the Philippines, then an American colony. After bitter fighting, the Japanese surrendered the following August to end World War II.

Your travel4seniors.com editor spent those final WWII months moving up with Navy advance units from the Philippine islands of Leyte and Samar, to the main island of Luzon. When the war ended, he was at the USN Fleet Landing along Manila’s Pasig River. In the final days of the war, the city was devastated, after widespread destruction caused by aerial bombing, artillery and street combat. It was made even worse by Japanese demolitions and deliberate murder of civilians.

Today, Manila, capital of the independent nation of The Philippines, is one of the most thriving and attractive tourist destinations in the world. Luxury hotels, scores of restaurant varieties, upscale shopping, lively nightlife, sunny beaches, sparkling surf and much more now welcome visitors. For more info, go to www.manilaluzon.com/home
 
 
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