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Old 03-06-2007
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Re: MEPs Repeal Smoking Ban After 43 Days--for themselves

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Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere View Post
They won't because it is nice for some to have a scapegoat and bogeyman for posing to be health gurus whilst serving and/or scoffing down pints and bags of chips. I do notice that whilst they whip on the smokers that nobody seems to want to ban the product itself, though, to solve the problem at it source, so to speak. Smelling billions in ever-increasing tax revenue of tobacco seems to override the smell (and health concerns) about smoke. They don't seem to care about the side-effects either, like country pubs slowing down or folding, noise and dog ears piling up, increasing the number of smokers as it has in Ireland and Scotland with new socialising habits, etc
I agree with you totally. And not wanting to sway the thread toward alcohol, I will merely say that there was only a very small increase on Beer in the last Budget, and one can not deny the amount of damage excessive drinking can do to the community.

We are being inundated with anti-smoking adverts on the TV and one wonders how much they cost. Not unless theyre utilising the tax from cigarettes.

Somehow I dont think so.
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