Once again we have to be “world leaders”. I’m not sure what this fascination is with “leading the world”. It is to our eternal shame that we were the first to introduce a nationwide smoking ban and now we are … Continue reading →
There is yet another bill worming its way through our legislative process. This one is the “The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill” which proposes all the crap that us smokers know so well – warning labels, advertising bans, doors of shame … Continue reading →
Galway clean-up groups say they’re concerned about ‘which roads they’ll be allowed to clean’ Don’t you just love it? So volunteer groups who volunteer to clean up their area now have to apply for permission to do so. But before … Continue reading →
Immortality is apparently the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Unfortunately most of us fail to achieve this goal by inconveniently dying. Now those who subscribe to the Church of Health believe that there is only one … Continue reading →
How old are you? That may sound like a daft question, but is it? We all know our ages because we all know when we were born. We celebrate [or ignore] the anniversary of that date and notch another year … Continue reading →
The first day of May and a new “sin tax” hits the lowest paid. Yes, today is the first day of the sugar tax, or the soda tax or whatever you want to call it. Leastwise the powers that be … Continue reading →
I read a piece over at ‘Facts Do Matter’ and it got me onto a train of thought. Why is there friction between Smokers, Vapers and those new kids on the block – the Heat not Burn [Scorchers?] crowd? It … Continue reading →
Here we go again. Yet another “study” that tells us that drinking alcohol will “shorten our lives”. I have a simple question for these so called experts. They claim that if I drink a bottle of wine it will shorten … Continue reading →
It baffles me that society is so tolerant of the Bully State. They spin us this line that we are heading for an “obesity crisis” [which by the evidence of my own eyes is a load of crap] and slap … Continue reading →
A judge in California is insisting that cancer warnings be placed on all servings of coffee. Oh dear. That will put the feline amongst our avian friends? I am a bit baffled by this new “coffee culture”. In my day … Continue reading →
