Monthly Archives: August 2010

I like meat. Yet one of the other lifestyle changes that seems to frequently accompany giving up smoking is giving up eating meat. And that’s another thing I haven’t given up either. Somehow or other, for me a meal isn’t … Continue reading →

I found myself reading about Francis Galton today. Galton was cousin of Charles Darwin, and the founder of eugenics. He coined the term. But it seems that wasn’t the only thing he had a big hand in starting up. He … Continue reading →

I seem to have moved a few notches further up the TotalPolitics Blog Awards this year, up from 19th to 16th among the Libertarian blogs. Last year it was a complete shock to be there at all. This year it’s … Continue reading →

A comment by Virginia Ironside in the Daily Mail about cat bin woman set me thinking today: Isn’t this all a bit out of proportion, considering that the baying mob doesn’t get worked up about the plight of the hundreds … Continue reading →

On Facebook Eddie Douthwaite asks: Are local councils up to their necks in Tobacco Control? Linked was a website called the Local Government Improvement and Development: Tobacco Control Programme. I started reading: What is the Local Government Improvement and Development … Continue reading →

This is seriously weird. In fact it’s surreal. If someone wrote this as a piece of fiction, a publisher would probably tell them that it simply wasn’t a credible story. Readers wouldn’t suspend disbelief, they’d say. They’d just snigger knowingly … Continue reading →

Anna Raccoon has taken up the cause of 70-year-old Sheila Martin, CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to raise funds to help an elderly widow who has been threatened with a £2,500 fine for dropping cigarette ash on the pavement. Sheila Martin, 70, … Continue reading →

One of the many casualties of the smoking ban has been the live music scene. This is something about which I have little personal experience. So when I got chatting online with Rick S a few days back, and it … Continue reading →

Continuing with Dr Fay Wilson, and her remark that “Smoking doesn’t just make you sick, it makes you poor and ugly as well.” It reminded me of what somebody once wrote to me: …it’s difficult to work in public health, … Continue reading →