smoking

BBC supports the ‘right’ to smoke…

February 2, 2012
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What a delicious pickle the BBC and the left wingers have got themselves into. In a desperate attempt to portray the hardship that the proposed benefit cap will inflict on the most vulnerable in society, they have managed to enshrine smoking in the unofficial list of ‘human rights’ that tax payers must work to finance, [...]

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Light my Ire, Baby…

January 25, 2012
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‘Shisha Bar Danger’ screeches the Birmingham Mail, helpfully regurgitating the misinformation in the 2009 BBC post which explained that Shisha smoking was ’100 times more dangerous than cigarettes’  – a claim which has been comprehensibly debunked by Christopher Snowden, ably assisted by Kamal Chaouachi who denounced the BBC coverage as ‘complete nonsense’. Kamal Chaouachi is [...]

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Deborah, Deborah, what will become of you?

December 9, 2011
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Who’d a thought it eh? The Dutch government are to abandon the likes of the dreadful Deborah Arnott’s Dutch colleagues to public subscription! No more public money for the anti-smoking lobby. No more free handouts of smoking cessation kits. What is to become of them all? Redundancies loom. A multi million pound industry killed off [...]

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Damn Statistics…

December 7, 2011

’40% of cancers caused by lifestyle’ screams the BBC, a story they have been mainlining on all day – illustrated by a large picture of a smoking cigarette…. Now, only 2% of the population each year get cancer in the first place. Too many, I’ll grant you, in an ideal world. I’d have preferred not [...]

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Sucking on a safe Fag.

July 7, 2011

Dr Leg-Iron, Dr Feelgood, or Saint Leg-Iron as I have taken to referring to him, has very kindly sent me a safe fag to suck on when I am confined to bed. Not since 1972 when Dr Alex Comfort burst onto the scene has a woman’s life been so transformed in bed. He’s sent me [...]

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Takeway nappies

May 20, 2011
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Nappies. Do you use reusable or disposable? Everyone has a view as to which one to use. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. Reusable – Con: messy, separate washing Pro: reused, no chemicals, air dry, cheap Disposable – Con: landfill, chemicals, messy, cost Pro: simple, very absorbent From the council’s point of view they [...]

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Blowing Smoke Up your Pet….

April 27, 2011
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PET-owners who smoke in the North East are being warned how tobacco smoke could leave their feathered or furry friends fighting for health. Noooo, not little Tiddles? “Thousands of dogs, cats and birds in the region are at risk from illnesses like cancer and asthma from inhaling their owners’ smoke, warns leading veterinary charity PDSA [...]

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