This page provides a regularly updated list of external sites. If you feel strongly about this subject you can make your voice
heard with comments, e-mails and petitions. The more our voices are heard, the more chance we have of being listened to.
Smokers are voters6th May 2008
Brilliant video here by our own ''Hairy Chestnuts''. Labour has taken a beating not just because of the spiralling cost of living and worries about mortgages, petrol, council tax, food, utility bills, etc. etc. There are 15 million smokers in this country who are being treated as second class citizens because of the divisive smoking ban. They have sent a message to Gordon Brown. He says he's listening but unsurprisingly doesn't seem to want to listen to smokers and tolerant non-smokers. Make your voice heard by adding a comment.
Smokers are voters »
Shock Tactics5th May 2008
From the Guardian. The writer says that ''An advert that grabs attention, even if it offends some people, can be an important part of an anti-smoking campaign''. A good debate going on here, with some excellent comments.
Shock Tactics »
Don’t let cigs fascists get you down28th April 2008
Brilliant letter in the Lancashire Telegraph which just about sums up the vindictive smoking ban. Some good comments already - you can add yours.
Don’t let cigs fascists get you down »
Smoking: no taxation without representation22nd April 2008
Superb article here. Does this government have a moral right to collect a tobacco tax from people it is trying to airbrush out of society?
Smoking: no taxation without representation »
Death by Smoking Ban 21st April 2008
An excellent blog here. Rather long, but well worth reading to the end. The writer makes the point that while secondhand smoke has not been shown to represent a statistically significant health risk, deaths continue to mount from smoking bans. How? Read on then add your comments.
Death by Smoking Ban »
We’re all fagged off with nanny20th April 2008
Excellent article from the Sunday Times - a diatribe against the smoking ban. ''It’s nearly 10 months since the smoking ban began in England and I still feel outraged by it every day.''
''It’s like being a giant toddler. We are turning into a nation of adult babies. It really does beggar belief, as does the fact that our nose-poking, interfering, finger-wagging nanny state couldn’t find anything more pressing to preoccupy itself with - like, I don’t know, gun crime, dead teenagers, pregnant children, alcohol abuse of epidemic proportions - than adults enjoying the odd fag.''
Read the rest, enjoy and add your comments.
We’re all fagged off with nanny »
Exhaust Fumes 'Have Killed Thousands'15th April 2008
Thousands of people have died in recent years from pneumonia caused by pollution, a study has suggested. There is a ''strong correlation'' between the deaths, engine exhaust fumes and other transport-related substances, it said. So should the government be directing public funds to those studies that warrant funding or continue to target smoking? You can comment.
Exhaust Fumes 'Have Killed Thousands' »
Smoking pub in 'last chance saloon'13th April 2008
A club manager has been told she is in the last chance saloon after becoming one of the first in Preston to be caught flouting anti-smoking laws. She has been threatened with prosecution if members at Fishwick Ramblers Working Men's Club light up again and has been hit with a final warning letter amid threats by council bosses that it is the "final stage before prosecution". But she has hit back, saying pubs and members clubs are being crippled by the ban which came into force in July last year. Some good comments already. You can add yours.
Smoking pub in 'last chance saloon' »
Smoke ban rebel wins pub licence battle11th April 2008
Rebel Blackpool landlord Hamish Howitt has won a court fight to keep his bar open. Mr Howitt still faces a number of outstanding charges relating to his defiance of the smoking ban. He maintains that his stance is a political one and says he gives his customers freedom to choose. You can comment.
Smoke ban rebel wins pub licence battle »
Rights of smokers6th April 2008
From the Blackpool Gazette - great letter by a woman (non-smoker) livid about the ban. She says: ''I hope Blackpool landlord Hamish Howitt takes his cause to the Court of Human Rights and wins. My grandad fought for this country and died, to make it free for us to live in – why are we now becoming a dictatorship? A cigarette does not stab someone to death, Knife culture wants sorting not smoking. I lost my only brother to a knife, and when my mum wants a pint and a cigarette, we have to go to Spain. Do you think this is right?''. There's also a letter underneath this one from John Whittaker, North West MEP, UK Independence Party. He says of rebel landlord Hamish Howitt: ''The government has no business legislating on matters of this sort. Congratulations to Mr Howitt for his stand for freedom and sense.'' Read the rest, enjoy, and comment here.
Rights of smokers »
Foster parents and smoking4th April 2008
A proposal to stop smokers becoming foster parents which went before Hampshire County Council in Winchester has not been adopted. However, the council then agreed a stricter line on smoking, without voting for a total ban. Are the anti-smoking lobby going too far? Have your say.
Foster parents and smoking »
Anti smoking ban landlord given appeal date4th April 2008
Rebel landlord Nick Hogan has been given an appeal date where he will challenge his conviction of failing to prevent people from smoking in his pubs following a trial at Bolton Magistrates' Court in January. He appeared at Bolton Crown Court yesterday and his appeal will be held on July 23. Comments invited.
Anti smoking ban landlord given appeal date »
The British Pub1st April 2008
Short but sweet article that deserves your comments.
The British Pub »
Closing time for pubs30th March 2008
Britain’s traditional pubs closing down at the rate of one every six hours and a vital part of the community is being lost, particularly in rural areas. Article from the Sunday Express where you can leave your comments.
Closing time for pubs »
Poll29th March 2008
Smokers could be banned from lighting up while driving on Northern Ireland's roads. The poll at the bottom of the page asks: ''Do you think it should be illegal for smokers to smoke whilst driving their car?'' You can also leave comments.
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