Dick Puddlecote has a rather excellent blog of ‘leave me alone to live my life, you interfering clowns’ variety and I highly recommend it. Even if he does appear to lack the swear-gene.
Here’s a particularly splendid breakdown of the nonsense lies peddled by ASH in the smoking wars:
Unfortunately, this week is seeing a right kick in the teeth for ASH and their ilk. Lies are being exposed quite ruthlessly. First we had the revelation a couple of days ago that the smoking ban in England had actually reversed a long trend and managed to increase smoker prevelance. Today, ASH have been beaten by an even bigger stick as it was revealed that the Scottish smoking ban, allied with a banning of the sale of packs of 10, and the raising of the age for buying cigarettes has resulted in a 5% increase in young adults smoking in Scotland.
The number of young people smoking in Scotland has returned to a level last seen nearly 10 years ago, according to a report by health officials.
The survey revealed nearly a third of people between 16-24 are smokers.
In 2004 the number of young smokers in Scotland had fallen to just 25% but by 2007 that figure was 31%.
Note the dates. Smoking cessation initiatives have been an abject failure and have massively increased smoker prevalence in the 16-25 age group. So what does Shona Robertson suggest to halt this slide? Yep, you guessed it. More of the same failed policy.
Click through to see all of the following smoking ban ‘myths’ comprehensively destroyed proven true:
Myth: It will be bad for pubs
Myth: It will be bad for bingo
Myth: There will be large scale non-compliance
Myth: There will be heavy handed enforcement with undercover officers and covert filming
Myth: Working men’s clubs and shisha bars will close
Myth: People won’t really quit
Myth: Smoking is a victimless crime/ Claims about the health impact are flawed
Myth: House fires will increase as people will stay at home to smoke
Myth: There will be an increase in exposure of secondhand smoke in the home, affecting children
Myth: The public do not want a smoking ban or any further tobacco control measures
Glory be.
AJ
