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Invoke Article 31 of the FCTC
Rose drew attention to this: OUT MEANS OUT! Boris promises complete break from EU laws in major victory for Brexiteers PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain will not follow EU rules after finally leaving the bloc on January … Continue reading
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Health Headlines
Health headlines I found on Google news today: I found all these headlines somehow rather disturbing. The idea of health checks (first headline) bothers me these days, because in the past you used to go and tell doctors that you … Continue reading
Physician, Heal Thyself
I had the thought this morning, not for the first time, that antismoking (and perhaps healthism in general) is a disease of the medical profession which has now reached pandemic proportions. And it was a disease that was very difficult … Continue reading
Redefining the meaning of “Epidemic”
One of the odd characteristics of our times seems to be that, rather like in Alice In Wonderland, words increasingly mean whatever people want them to mean. So now “gay” means “homosexual”, and “liberal” means more or less the opposite … Continue reading
Some Welcome Tobacco Industry Activism
I’ve not been very optimistic that Donald Trump was going to do anything for smokers. He doesn’t smoke or drink. He doesn’t even drink coffee. So what was he ever likely to do for them? I’ve also not been very … Continue reading
Abolish Them All
Good piece by Dick Puddlecote on the Wild West of Public Health: They squeal that industry is not transparent but considering groups like ASH have been in receipt of taxpayer funding for over 40 years, why are they excluded from … Continue reading
Little Victories
H/T Dick Puddlecote for some good news: Court rules cafes and bars can set up smoking rooms Health September 14, 2016 Cafes and bars can continue to set up special smoking rooms where customers can light up, judges in The … Continue reading
Reject Globalism
I’m not a believer in any New World Order, because I can’t see it anywhere. It doesn’t seem to have a head office. Or a managing director. Or a manifesto. But maybe the best evidence for it lies right in … Continue reading
Laws don’t just “bubble up” from nowhere
From the Economist, an argument for the futility of leaving the EU (my added emphases): The Johnson-Gove argument goes something like this: unlike many continental countries, Britain has an unbroken tradition of liberty and representative democracy (a “golden thread”) dating … Continue reading
Sick Of These Bastards
Dick Puddlecote has already covered this (including a quote from me from an earlier occasion). Professor Gerald Hastings wants alcohol to to have its own version of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: “To deal with that, the route that … Continue reading
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