tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post3729986435992681439..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: The Smoking Ban: Another New Labour disasterNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-33203492793391552182010-11-05T10:49:16.755+00:002010-11-05T10:49:16.755+00:00I think that smoking should be banned at all!I think that smoking should be banned at all!smoking diseasehttp://www.genericlook.com/diseases/Stop-Smoking/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-67049621796405694712009-01-25T13:17:00.000+00:002009-01-25T13:17:00.000+00:00PJD/Phildav76, you claim it is irrefutable that go...PJD/Phildav76, you claim it is irrefutable that going into a bar has been a more pleasurable experience for non-smokers since the ban.<BR/><BR/>I disagree, I'm a non smoker but I don't particularly care whether the bar area smells of tobacco smoke or not. I do find there are usually less people present to interact with since the ban which is a very bad thing. Added to which, my local pub has just shut. I'm not saying the ban is solely to blame, but it certainly hasn't helped.andy123https://www.blogger.com/profile/01368004622283807437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-74039665811493704312008-12-18T17:40:00.000+00:002008-12-18T17:40:00.000+00:00The DM article also says this:A spokesman for the ...The DM article also says this:<BR/><BR/>A spokesman for the Department of Health said: 'Smokefree laws were introduced to protect employees and the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. <BR/>'The legislation was never intended to be a measure to reduce smoking prevalence.' <BR/><BR/>It won't be possible to judge the success of the ban for many years. After only 18 months other factors will have as much as an effect on smoking habits as a ban. A look in 10-20 years time at the rates of lung cancer and heart disease will be interesting.<BR/><BR/>One thing though which is irrefutable is that going into a bar or pub for a non smoker has been a much more pleasant experience since 1st July 2007. That though is something hard to measure and quote a statistic on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-25897983132274670802008-12-18T15:35:00.000+00:002008-12-18T15:35:00.000+00:00The anti-smokers are guilty of flagrant scientific...The anti-smokers are guilty of flagrant scientific fraud for ignoring more than 50 studies, which show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers' studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.<BR/><BR/>http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm<BR/><BR/>The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since the anti-smoking movement began.<BR/><BR/>http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-59959440756556225172008-12-18T04:16:00.000+00:002008-12-18T04:16:00.000+00:00If New Labour are socialists then I'm a banana!One...If New Labour are socialists then I'm a banana!<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons for introducing the ban on smoking in workplaces was that it was to benefit workers.<BR/><BR/>If New Labour cared anything about the rights of workers, it would return to them the rights eroded by Thatcher's anti-union legislation.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-56441680074573170192008-12-17T23:17:00.000+00:002008-12-17T23:17:00.000+00:00The smoking ban. A subtle strategy, compared to un...The smoking ban. A subtle strategy, compared to union bashing, for preventing the working class from organizing in any way possible. <BR/><BR/>Only the elite should be able to organize. Isn't it true? And they do... and they've been doing it quite well, with sophisticated and sacred justification, since the Roman Empire.Tommy Schmitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463255009084739835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-75753513988704287892008-12-17T21:34:00.000+00:002008-12-17T21:34:00.000+00:00It's funny how you socialist disagree with each ot...It's funny how you socialist disagree with each other. But you are of course quite right.RobWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255978974948870928noreply@blogger.com