Taxed Pie and a Smoking Rocket

"We always hear that motherhood and apple pie was something we respected...But any speech about apple pie would be punished by a tax penalty because I'm sure they feel it is too high in sugar."

Dan Jaffe, a v.p. of the Association of National Advertisers, reacting in an October 15 Adweek article to a proposal by the American Obesity Association that would end business tax deductions for the advertising of foods low in nutritional value.

"No. 1, smoking is a major factor in developing bladder cancer and was the first thing I changed."

former Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich, announcing he had been successfully treated for bladder cancer, as noted by ESPN.com on October 14.