tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post4953702993715910229..comments2008-03-29T21:28:27.792Zdizzynoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-57722455150794983422008-03-29T20:22:00.000Z2008-03-29T20:22:00.000Z

If this really stupid law comes into force then Government revenue will drop even more and Eurotunnel may even go into the black. As casual smokers (and drinkers) my wife and I travel to France and Belgium every 4 months or so for a long weekend where we stock up on cigs, spirits and wine for the next 4 months. Every time we open a pack of cigs or bottle of wine we put half the price into a jar

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-61053331812983526762008-03-26T14:22:00.000Z2008-03-26T14:22:00.000Z

Gawain Towler, please stop spreading misinformation about countries you obviously know very little about. In Germany cigarette vending machines in streets, public places etc. (not in pubs, hotels and the like) require an age identification; you insert your EC credit card which tells the machine that the cardholder is of "smoking age". If you buy cigarettes in a shop and look old enough, no one

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-70323091349232034452008-03-26T03:45:00.000Z2008-03-26T03:45:00.000Z

No problem to me, I live in Kent and buy all my cigarettes in France and have done for years. Stopped going to the pub in winter when the banned smoking, the whole atmosphere has changed. Still can't see why we can't have smoking or no smoking pubs and what business it is of the government to deny private businesses and clubs their right to allow the use of a legal product. Don't believe all this

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-78218506773712284092008-03-25T17:49:00.000Z2008-03-25T17:49:00.000Z

In Germany you already have to use an EU ID card to buy cigarettes,http://englandexpects.blogspot.com/2007/03/id-cards-will-only-be-used-to-protect.html

Gawain Towler AKA Elaib Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-37220445677939039292008-03-25T15:18:00.000Z2008-03-25T15:18:00.000Z

The daily mash have this story /nailed/ today! So funny I nearly coughed up a lung!http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/smokers-banned-from-looking-at-cigarettes-while-smoking-20080325818/Zorro

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-57403439315203142262008-03-25T14:59:00.000Z2008-03-25T14:59:00.000Z

They'll ban doughnuts from being on view next.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-58879986859511066272008-03-25T11:25:00.000Z2008-03-25T11:25:00.000Z

Perhaps a simple sign will do the trick. Alternatively, people could just ask. A bit of a non-problem really.

a very public sociologisthttp://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-70610131119407415772008-03-25T10:58:00.000Z2008-03-25T10:58:00.000Z

I didn't know you were a fellow smoker Canvas. I saw Red Dawn coming out with this claptrap. I didn't think it was possible to hate her more, but magically it is! This is going to lead to some weird guessing games with shop staff as to what is hidden 'under the counter'. I'd like to point out to Dawn 'fucking National Socialist hell-bitch' Primarolo that alcohol is basically a poison so we should

Conandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80870414955577133172008-03-25T07:02:00.000Z2008-03-25T07:02:00.000Z

"Sometimes, people want to browse."Not a smoker myself, but all the people I know smoke a preferred brand. Does anyone really browse....?

JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-55321093179543333922008-03-24T20:16:00.000Z2008-03-24T20:16:00.000Z

Like all anti-smoking legislation, this is a try-out to see what they can get away with. They've moved on to drinking in the same way. What's next? My guess is meat-eating.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-90065917858749840782008-03-24T19:41:00.000Z2008-03-24T19:41:00.000Z

Canvas said: Will you soon need a passport to enter the off license?It seems entirely plausible that one of the ways the government will try to push ID cards is by requiring them to be shown before purchases of alcohol or tobacco.

Oxbridge Pratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-25451616541928570222008-03-24T19:39:00.000Z2008-03-24T19:39:00.000Z

Come on now NuLabour Women - nany knows best

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-54512541429750396902008-03-24T19:17:00.000Z2008-03-24T19:17:00.000Z

If we all stop smoking and drinking then government revenues would go down, but we’ll then be living and claiming pensions for longer so the expenditure will go up. Does anyone share my feeling that they haven’t really thought this through properly?

Tim Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-91498539957175066812008-03-24T18:51:00.000Z2008-03-24T18:51:00.000Z

What is it with new Labour Woman that makes her so irritating?I give you; Dawn Primolo Patricia Hewitt Yvette Cooper Tessa Jowell Ruth Kelly

New labour woman scepticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-77825410923253058722008-03-24T15:45:00.000Z2008-03-24T15:45:00.000Z

It will be a rare old inconvenience for anyone who smokes any product even remotely out of the mainstream, and a distinct irritation for tobacconists everywhere, when faced with requests for 'do you have product X?'

Croydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-83451269643148384362008-03-24T14:05:00.000Z2008-03-24T14:05:00.000Z

Like many of the other anti-smoking measures, this won't actually reduce the incidence of smoking, but it will reduce competition among manufacturers. It will therefore harm the consumer.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-53404858718435475512008-03-24T13:52:00.000Z2008-03-24T13:52:00.000Z

My local convenience shop tells me that parents buy cigarettes (and booze) for their kids as well as for themselves. What difference is nanny going to make in these situations? Does the 'wicked witch' want to kill off all the small shops as well!!

Pissed off with Labour Governmentsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-25112620856556882952008-03-24T13:02:00.000Z2008-03-24T13:02:00.000Z

Isn't this just going to lead to a huge drop in the tax we recieve from tobacco sales? If people can't get it legally in an easy way, they will just all go to smuggled stocks. Once again micro-mangement by predudice scores an own goal....

WesternExpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80742663668673801572008-03-24T12:46:00.000Z2008-03-24T12:46:00.000Z

The absolute hypocrisy of this is that the government is using taxpayers money to erect a smokers shelter at the rear of number 10 following the ban on smoking in the work place.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-32549984008423262012008-03-24T10:25:00.000Z2008-03-24T10:25:00.000Z

It'll soon be easier to buy porn than cigarettes.

Mostly Ordinaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11940615088493840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-27743733664668097912008-03-24T10:11:00.000Z2008-03-24T10:11:00.000Z

Whats the betting the legislation allows them to ban/remove other stuff just like the NR nationalization bill did.They are not even trying to hide this shit now.

mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-81078686633458299542008-03-24T10:06:00.000Z2008-03-24T10:06:00.000Z

I smoke - and I pay alot of tax to be able smoke. What I don't understand is if the government bans smoking in public places, places the goods under the counter, insists that it is for our own good - then why not just make selling tobacco illegal?It's OK to kill us 'under the counter' yet still taking our tax money? Either we can smoke or we can't.Will you soon need a passport to enter the off

canvasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-18158653343939188132008-03-24T09:32:00.000Z2008-03-24T09:32:00.000Z

I took up smoking in 1997 after a gap of fifteen or more years just to spite the Smokists. It backfired on me in 2002 when I had a heart attack!I haven't smoked since.What genuinely interests me is the psychology of the Smokists. It seems such an extreme prejudice. Having said that, I have to confess to being rabidly anti mobile phone use in public. Steam comes out of my ears when I hear the "

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