Filtering the lies from the facts
Posted in General on Jan 28th, 2012
There are several ways of giving up smoking. You can go “cold turkey”. You decide one morning that this is it – you are no longer a smoker and you just stop. You resist all temptations and that is that – you are no longer a smoker. Another method that is becoming increasingly popular is [...]
Posted in Letting of steam on Jan 24th, 2012
It’s an interesting concept. An organisation whose primary aim is supposed to be the health and welfare of the nation is forcing smokers not just to leave hospital buildings but is now forcing them out onto the road. There is no logic behind this move, as even those who believe in the myth of Environmental [...]
Posted in General on Jan 18th, 2012
I had my usual little jaunt around the Interweb this afternoon. Somehow I ended up on a site belonging to a British MP. Now this little twat calls himself a liberal yet he is one of those idiots that believes that selling cigarettes in plain packaging is somehow going to stop people smoking. He seems [...]
Posted in General on Jan 12th, 2012
There is a question that has been bugging me for some time. I was reading Róisín Shortarse’s framework for tobacco control in Ireland and I came across That Figure again. Incidentally, this is the same Róisín Shortarse who thinks raising the price of booze will cure all alcohol problems. And what is That Figure you [...]
Posted in Letting of steam on Jan 1st, 2012
Our beloved Nanny State is off to a good start. The paint is barely dry on the New Year and they are banging on about smoking again. Apparently 5,500 smokers die every year according to our HSE. This is actually correct. You see, to the best of my knowledge around 28,000 people die here each [...]
