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 →
This will take your breath away
Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head. “The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the ‘new tobacco’ – the toxic air that billions breathe every day,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom … Continue reading →
School report
Yet another “survey” cropped up during the week. One in three drinkers has binged on alcohol in the past year, while one in five does so at least once a week, according to a new survey. Reading on…. Binge drinking … Continue reading →
Transgender gone wrong
Normally I completely ignore all those cute little images on cigarette and tobacco packs. Today however I happened to notice one, purely because of its lack of familiarity and its utter strangeness. Ouch! What the fuck? Had some poor sod … Continue reading →
Not exactly plain packs
For a while now I have been getting fags for Herself in the new “plain” packs. The other day though I got my first example of the pipe tobacco version. For quite a while now they have been pushing their … Continue reading →
Not welcome at the inn
There is an item in today’s Journal ‘They’re dropping like flies’: Why Cork pubs have been closing in droves For some reason that I cannot fathom, there is no mention of the smoking ban. There appears to be an attitude … Continue reading →
No mention of the smokers?
Once more they’re on about quotas. This time around they want to force political parties to fill 40% of their nominations with women, migrants, and people from ethnic minorities. Jesus wept! It was bad enough forcing women onto the ballot … Continue reading →
The doctor who knows
I saw an interesting little item a day or so ago. ‘Many people don’t believe social smoking is harmful – as a doctor, I know that’s not true‘ Okay, so we have a bit of a double negative here which … Continue reading →
Smokin’ hot
Up yours, with a red hot poker, Tobacco Control … Continue reading →
Lucky
I dropped by Velvet Glove, Iron Fist yesterday. Christopher was on about Tobacco on TV. I laughed out loud as I read it. For some reason an image came to mind of Albert Steptoe hunched over a little television with … Continue reading →
