The UK smokers' group, Forest, wants consumers to be able to take back lifestyle choices from the politicians and state-funded pressure groups that have misappropriated them.Read More
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With a good and expanding range of vapor products available, working toward a tobacco-smoke-free goal of 2034 seems hugely unambitious.Read More
Is there something wrong with a voting system when a clearly well-balanced, fair-minded population elects a government whose polices are unbalanced and unfair?Read More
Somebody once said that there were two things that you should never watch being made: one was sausages; the other was legislation. That person was clearly right in the case of the former.Read More
Unless the order for jigsaws for Scottish prisoners is carefully worded, the authorities could find themselves trying to piece together the evidence of a mass breakout.Read More
After a long battle with the drinks industry, the way has been cleared for the Scottish government to introduce minimum alcohol prices. Is it now the turn of the tobacco industry?Read More
The poet Philip Larkin provided a trenchant warning about what parents do to their children; now, scientists are adding grandparents to that warning.Read More
Vaping has for some time been promoted by many people as a method for curing smoking. But it seems that it might offer further healing qualities.Read More
If smokers are not going to be allowed to smoke at work, at the pub, in their cars, in the park and in their homes, prohibition – through the back door – is nigh. Read More
Just in case you live in Scotland and are in any doubt about electronic cigarettes, health organizations in that country have stated that vaping is definitely less harmful than is smoking.Read More
