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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Trump a Comedian, Labour a Joke
Is it true that there are 16 Republican presidential candidates, and only one Democratic candidate: Hillary Clinton? Camille Paglia in Salon: “…when we look at the abundance of candidates who have put themselves forward on the GOP side, compared to … Continue reading
Smuggling, Youth, Brighton, and Trump
Grandad in Ireland: Authorities fume: 25% of cigarettes smuggled into Republic Now I can’t understand why the “authorities” are fuming over this. Dame Enda is constantly telling us that the backbone of the country’s economy is the indigenous small business so … Continue reading
Nothing’s Going To Change My World
H/T Chris Snowdon, Clive Bates explaining how Tobacco Control ‘endgame’ strategies won’t work: Only trouble is that it’s from the Tobacco Harm Reduction folks, and I’ve ceased to believe in Tobacco Harm. My reasons for ceasing to believe? No reason … Continue reading
A Donald Trump Primer
These days, the first thing I want to know about anybody is whether they’re antismoking or not. And if they’re antismoking, my opinion of them will start falling, and it’ll carry on falling indefinitely thereafter. So the first thing I … Continue reading
When The Music’s Over
From Jeremy Clarkson: … I was watching Forever Young on BBC iplayer, which was about how many Sixties’ bands and artists were still going strong, and staging comeback tours, even though a lot of them are now aged over 70, … Continue reading
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Not Cultural Change but Cultural Division
H/T Rose, Deborah Arnott a few days ago in New Scientist: A letter from a non-smoking prisoner with lung cancer, distraught because he was forced to share his cell with smokers, convinced me that smoking in prisons is an issue … Continue reading
Decay
I woke this morning with the thought that Tobacco Control (and Public Health in general) now focuses its attention on trivia. Tobacco and alcohol, sugar and salt, are really utterly trivial concerns. These people are all so very, very small-minded. … Continue reading
Victory in Virginia
For the past few weeks I’ve been reporting on one Virginia lady’s struggle against antismokers on her housing block (see here and here). She’d written to both me and Michael McFadden in growing despair, as there had been a petition … Continue reading
The Private Language of Public Health
Continuing along yesterday’s theme, I’ve been taking an interest in the Royal Society for Public Health’s Re-thinking the Public Health Workforce, which is all about trying to co-opt various unrelated professions (the ‘wider workforce’) to advance public health interests in … Continue reading
Next: Health Tips from Barmaids
Health zealots in the UK, who apparently only number 40,000 people (is that all? 400,000 would seem more like it.), are seeking to enlist a 20-million-strong ‘wider workforce’. Bar staff and barbers could soon be crucial players in helping people … Continue reading
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