Anti non smoking day

[escapeUK]

I was watching TV the other night enjoying a couple of glasses of wine when on came some public information film telling us that too much drinking increases your chance of getting mouth cancer by ten fold.

I had actually put the cork back in the bottle at that point but seeing that ad made me polish off the rest. Nothing like a bit of nannying finger wagging to provoke you to do completely the opposite.

Lets hope it wasnt reverse psychology and they are trying to encourage people to die younger to save the state money. Which would actually be a logical intention if you think about it.

[d000hg]

What harm is there in people enjoying a couple of glasses of wine in the privacy of their own home?

No idea. Go read the reports or find a copy of the program on iPlayer or something.

[pacharan]

Why not both?

What harm is there in people enjoying a couple of glasses of wine in the privacy of their own home?

[hyperD]

Once you realise that it's all lobbyist and fake charity manoeuvres in a grab for more cash, you'll simply switch off the TV for good and discover just how wonderful life is without the continual screeching of the Orcs.

[d000hg]

Why not both?

[wurzel]

Damn right, you stick it to them. Agonising death by cancer is a small price to pay for teaching someone a lesson not to tell you things.

Point I was trying to make was that scare tactics tend to be counter productive.

A point well made by Alan Carr in his quit smoking programme which was the thing that got me off the weed where looking at pics of diseased lungs & all the other anti smoking campaigns failed.

But yes, that particular campaign is targetted at people who enjoy a couple of glasses in the evening and I personally think it's misguided. Don't you think they'd be better off targetting their efforts on the binge drinkers?

[d000hg]

I was watching TV the other night enjoying a couple of glasses of wine when on came some public information film telling us that too much drinking increases your chance of getting mouth cancer by ten fold.

I had actually put the cork back in the bottle at that point but seeing that ad made me polish off the rest. Nothing like a bit of nannying finger wagging to provoke you to do completely the opposite.

Damn right, you stick it to them. Agonising death by cancer is a small price to pay for teaching someone a lesson not to tell you things.

[wurzel]

Why was my instant reaction to go and buy a few cigars. The last one I had was 20 years ago.

I was watching TV the other night enjoying a couple of glasses of wine when on came some public information film telling us that too much drinking increases your chance of getting mouth cancer by ten fold.

I had actually put the cork back in the bottle at that point but seeing that ad made me polish off the rest. Nothing like a bit of nannying finger wagging to provoke you to do completely the opposite.

[oscarose]

Time for a ciggie break

[eek]

No shame in working for the council. I know there’s a reputation for dead wood perms etc, but there are always exceptions to the rule.

I don't work for the council. clientco rents the upstairs of an office off them as its partly a data centre.

The council datacentre has just been outsourced to big blue's cloud .

[oscarose]

The council are having a non smoking day with some poor sod spending all day by reception trying to identify and annoy all the smokers.

Why was my instant reaction to go and buy a few cigars. The last one I had was 20 years ago.

No shame in working for the council. I know there’s a reputation for dead wood perms etc, but there are always exceptions to the rule.

[BrilloPad]

The council (downstairs from clientco) are having a non smoking day with some poor sod spending all day by reception trying to identify and annoy all the smokers.

Why was my instant reaction to go and buy a few cigars. The last one I had was 20 years ago.

Nothing guaranteed to make people smoke more than hassling them.

Anyway I am not sure how the government would recouperate the lost tax if everyone gave up?

[eek]

The council (downstairs from clientco) are having a non smoking day with some poor sod spending all day by reception trying to identify and annoy all the smokers.

Why was my instant reaction to go and buy a few cigars. The last one I had was 20 years ago.