Welcome to Totalitarianism
Where is this prohibitionism going to end? We all know it started with the smokers. They just wanted smoking stopped on aircraft and they wanted smoke free railway carriages. Over the years that has crept up the scale, with increasing … Continue reading →
Here comes the Stasi
‘It’s just not good behaviour’: Hospital anti-smoking policy flouted by patients and visitors Heh! They forgot to add Staff to that little eye-catcher? The main thing that strikes me about this article is the insistence that the ban on smoking … Continue reading →
Smoking and Cancer
There is a report out which is receiving a lot of prominence here in Ireland. They say that rates of cancer are likely to double in the next twenty five years. What amused me was that the Irish Times printed … Continue reading →
Unteaching
Two of the Grandkids called up to the Manor yesterday. Granddaughter the Elder and Grandson the Younger arrived with a matching pair of shoes for me which was nice. In the course of the visit they went upstairs to see … Continue reading →
Childish
Well, it appears that Hawaii is the topic of the day. The anti-smokers have come up with some remarkably daft ideas [which are all apparently “ground-breaking” and of course a “roaring success” even when they fail abysmally to have the … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to the Irish?
Simon Clark posed a question yesterday. Whatever happened to Ireland’s rebel spirit? He starts off though by talking about the Irish being obsessed with Brexit. I think “obsessed” might be a bit strong though. He was unfortunate enough to get … Continue reading →
The Final Frontier
There really are some bigots on this planet. Smoking-ban petition by Langley mom to be submitted to legislature in February. I find it difficult to know where to start here. First of all I would suggest that instead of whinging … Continue reading →
Time for a Corona
For years I have been having problems with pipe lighters. I have tried quite a few and the nearest I got was the Peterson. The only problem with the Peterson was that it was a tad unreliable. I managed to … Continue reading →
On being an Influencer
A little thingy popped up on my Twitter machine a day or so ago. How Big Tobacco is using social media to lure teens This is appalling! Those people in Big Tobacco are actually paying “Influencers” to advertise their products … Continue reading →
Normalising hatred
There was an item that came out during the week. Workers face cigarette break ban under anti-smoking plan. Now this headline is a little misleading. It implies that smokers can’t take a break, whereas it really means that smokers cannot … Continue reading →
