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When I started writing here nearly ten years ago I hadn't the faintest idea where I was going. There was no plan or topic. There was no intention other that to have a bit of craic and to see what … Continue reading
Category Archives: Smoking
Yesterday, Nisakiman suggested I Google "smoking causes". Well, to be pedantic I StartPaged it, and the screen filled to full capacity and flowed out the door into the garden. There is enough material there to fill Trinity Library. The Library … Continue reading
I wrote a little piece of whimsy a couple of days ago where they seemed to imply that smoking causes suicide. It got me thinking. We already know that smoking causes every disease known to man from Athletes Foot to … Continue reading
Is there a connection between smoking and suicide? Off the top of my head I would imagine that there could be a tenuous relationship. After all, a person contemplating topping himself is pretty likely to be somewhat depressed, and a … Continue reading
There were a couple of reports in the meeja over the last few days which left me somewhat bemused. Yesterday Simon Clarke wrote about a woman who is demanding that smoking be banned near playgrounds because of an "incident". However … Continue reading
John Crown is a highly respected oncologist here in Ireland. He is also one of the chiefs of the Anti-Smoker movement, and is usually found to be behind our more ludicrous laws such as plain packs and banning smoking in … Continue reading
Sometimes my thoughts head off on a strange tangent. Take for example the item today from the UK about Network Rail banning e-cigarettes in New Street Station. OK, I had the usual thoughts about Nannyism, petty rules and bigoted Puritans, … Continue reading
Last October England brought in a law banning smoking in cars where cheeeldren were present. The Irish Antis weren't too happy at being pipped at the post [they love being “first in the world”] as the same law didn't come … Continue reading
So the Brexit thing rumbles on. There seems to be no getting away from it. I'm at a bit of a loss as to the reaction though. I have never seen such bitter venom and bile being thrown around by … Continue reading
In the midst of my trials and tribulation over the last couple of days, I received an email. I thought he had forgotten about me, but Supershadow is back, and this time with some rather startling and cheerful news about … Continue reading
