tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post8405001206219689323..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Spending Antismokers' Money.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44738742472791169422010-09-20T04:05:42.125+01:002010-09-20T04:05:42.125+01:00a smoker's movement should be formed
I wanted...<i>a smoker's movement should be formed</i><br /><br />I wanted to organise a smoker's pride march in Vancouver this year, the week before they banned smoking in parks and on beaches. Instead of a rainbow, we'll have jolly rogers! As it stands, nobody's sure whether they've gone through with it or not. There are no signs. But if I light up a doobie I'm already an outlaw so fuck it!Antipholus Pappshttp://antipholus.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-62595035501546661472010-09-19T23:33:55.085+01:002010-09-19T23:33:55.085+01:00It's not only the loss of taxes. It's all ...It's not only the loss of taxes. It's all the money spent on antismoking. Add that to the lost taxes and there's a big, big hole opening up.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-53554205850868760672010-09-19T18:54:12.571+01:002010-09-19T18:54:12.571+01:00I love the idea of contributing sweet fuck all to ...I love the idea of contributing sweet fuck all to the treasury for my tobacco and the fact that it is costing a fortune to hunt down evil smokers.<br />What will happen when all the U.K.'s smokers wake up and buy from abroad or white van man.<br />Where will the £10.2 billion that is currently gained by the treasury from tobacco tax come from then ?The witch from Essexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433164106840403244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-41117950603122527542010-09-19T13:00:11.473+01:002010-09-19T13:00:11.473+01:00Have a look at this Press Release by Freedom To Ch...Have a look at this Press Release by Freedom To Choose(Scotland) and you will see the money spent on Tobacco Control in Scotland.<br /><br />http://www.pr-inside.com/ash-scotland-looks-for-support-from-r2122136.htmEddie Douthwaitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11982607527161312197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-81139877201950789272010-09-19T10:07:08.101+01:002010-09-19T10:07:08.101+01:00Shit! I read the full thing, and 1.6% is the '...Shit! I read the full thing, and 1.6% is the 'official' success rate for NRT, as against 0.4% for a placebo. So really the success rate is only 1.2%.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-81697793454585977222010-09-19T09:43:37.626+01:002010-09-19T09:43:37.626+01:00A splendid counter attack by the F2C bloke up in S...A splendid counter attack by the F2C bloke up in Scotland: <i>"This is not surprising when the failure rate of NRT products is 98.4 percent"</i><br /><br />This figure looks about right to me (having reworked 'official' statisics to make sense), it's somewhere between 95% and 100%. <br /><br />But I think that we should do like the bansturbators do and quote it to one decimal place to make it seem more convincing.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-28163065019199877762010-09-19T05:19:17.856+01:002010-09-19T05:19:17.856+01:00a somkers movement should be formed and arrangemen...a somkers movement should be formed and arrangements made to carry out an organised 1-day guerilla campaign of sparking up in prohibited places.<br /><br />the cost of prosectuing all these law breaking smokers (if the campaign was observed once or twice a month) would flumox the haters no sweat.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431778902823777393noreply@blogger.com