Monthly Archives: December 2017

Flu Seasons

Posted on December 31, 2017 by the archivist

By email from MJM, December US flu prevalence over the past 3 years (click to enlarge): The figures are apparently from CDC, but MJM provided no link. Anyway, flu epidemics seem to be getting worse (i.e. more widespread) every year.  … Continue reading →

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Night Cigarettes and Super-Dense Aircraft Smoke

Posted on December 30, 2017 by the archivist

One of the several topics of conversation in the Smoky Drinky Bar last night was mountaineering: Cigarettes as an aid to climbing Report, November 21 1922 Captain GJ Finch, who took part in the Mount Everest expedition, speaking at a … Continue reading →

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Mirror Images

Posted on December 29, 2017 by the archivist

Via a comment by Smoking Lamp, this report: One of the most notable legal changes in the Czech Republic this year has been a ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants that entered force before the summer. However a new … Continue reading →

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Two Pieces of Good News

Posted on December 28, 2017 by the archivist

There seems to be a surprising amount of good news around these days. The latest example: Local councils cut millions of pounds from stop-smoking services while investments in tobacco companies soar  …councils have nearly halved the money available to help … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Games

Posted on December 27, 2017 by the archivist

Hat Tip to Joe L for this latest piece of insanity: The World Health Organization is adding an unexpected disorder to its list of mental health conditions in 2018. Next year, people who play an excessive amount of video games … Continue reading →

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The Futility of Public Health

Posted on December 26, 2017 by the archivist

I’m wondering when the satanic forces of Public Health will launch a ferocious attack on Christmas. It is, after all, a time of year when people indolently eat and drink (and smoke) for the duration of something like an entire … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2017 by the archivist

 

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The Murderous Intent of Tobacco Control

Posted on December 24, 2017 by the archivist

The recent grisly murder in Moscow of a smoker – Eduard Assylov – by his antismoking roommate reminded me of the generally murderous attitude of antismokers towards smokers. For antismokers regularly wish death upon smokers, as even the most cursory examination … Continue reading →

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Nomads and Settlers

Posted on December 23, 2017 by the archivist

Immigration – or migration – has become a problem in Europe and America in recent years, as millions of people have begun migrating from Africa and the Middle East to Europe, and from South America to North America. And so … Continue reading →

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Ebb Tide

Posted on December 22, 2017 by the archivist

News item I caught yesterday: Nearly a million Brits a year have cancelled their BBC TV License for the past four years, with more than 3.5 million doing so since 2013. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by … Continue reading →

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