tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2043686830357769389..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Drinking is the new smoking (part 94)Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-53071794096696121472011-07-20T11:39:38.237+01:002011-07-20T11:39:38.237+01:00I did wonder if it was the same Mike Daube, invent...I did wonder if it was the same Mike Daube, inventor of the term "Creative Epidemiology"<br /><br />http://www.strategyguides.globalink.org/guide01_07.htm<br /><br />In my humble opinion that is required reading for those non-smokers who enjoy a drink.<br />See what you are up against.<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-19889340918486875432011-07-18T17:51:56.681+01:002011-07-18T17:51:56.681+01:00Why not REQUIRE prohibitionists to purchase and pa...Why not REQUIRE prohibitionists to purchase and pay for their ad space on the sides of bottles and cig packs. Not "allow", but REQUIRE it - as matter of law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-41407122103973775252011-07-18T15:13:42.088+01:002011-07-18T15:13:42.088+01:00Why not allow these jumped up prohibitionists to p...Why not allow these jumped up prohibitionists to purchase ad space on the bottles and cans - subject to advertising rules?<br />No free ride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-60223783804988174952011-07-18T13:37:14.269+01:002011-07-18T13:37:14.269+01:00As Clive James once said, the problem with Austral...As Clive James once said, the problem with Australia isn't that we sent a load of prisoners there, but that we sent a load of prison wardens there. Poor buggers. <br /><br />That is precisely right. It's what killed Kelly.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-44202825927173675492011-07-18T13:11:32.786+01:002011-07-18T13:11:32.786+01:00Anyway, why is "home boozing" more carci...Anyway, why is "home boozing" more carcinogenic than non-home boozing and how can the risk be blamed on boozing when over all cancer rates were so lower in the first half of the last century when people guzzled booze. Not to mention the fact that people are drinking less now in any case?<br />I have just remembered, they are making it all up because they don't actually know what is causing this volatility in cancer rates.Fredrik Eichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985306468872702882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61339207949287212082011-07-18T12:58:40.486+01:002011-07-18T12:58:40.486+01:00With good timing, it would seem The Sun agrees tha...With good timing, it would seem The Sun agrees that drinking is the new smoking - without stating it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3700350/Cancer-rates-among-middle-aged-rocket.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News" rel="nofollow">CANCER rates have soared among middle-aged people - with doctors blaming the rise on obesity and <strong>home boozing.</strong></a><br /><br />It mentions that lung cancer has halved among males with out mentioning the rise in female lung cancer, despite the fact that smoker prevalence has been falling among both sexes for over <a href="http://www.dcp2.org/file/214/beijing_peto.pdf" rel="nofollow">four decades now</a>.Fredrik Eichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985306468872702882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-86056888241627412162011-07-18T12:58:11.588+01:002011-07-18T12:58:11.588+01:00It was the day of the Carlton/Collingwood match, d...It was the day of the Carlton/Collingwood match, during which time I'm sure there'd have been no profanities exchanged. I have been to a few, and some of those Magpie harridans would have not qualified for 'The Scheme' because they were too coarse.<br /><br />But in the same way, they progressively got rid of eskies, limited the number of cans you could take, prohibited them altogether, then served only light beer at matches. Maximum of four at a time.<br /><br />All this happened within the last 2/3rds of my lifetime, and I'm not that old yet.<br /><br />Apart from me, nobody did anything (I just stopped going).<br /><br />So now, that's the fucking norm. That's the baseline. My brother's an SCG member and his sons are on the list. Look at the wreckage, look at this new, stifled, cotton-wool world they have inherited.<br /><br />They have never ridden bicycles without helmets, and my SiL thinks that's a good thing. If she's lurking I daren't light up if they can see me - but they know full well that Druncle Twenty does it.<br /><br />In extremis, use 'fitbin', the swearword of choice for Viz aficionados. It's wholly synthetic, of course, but cathartic and fine-free. Enjoy!<br /><br />P.S.<br />Screw you, Bailleu,<br />these are words that go together too, Ted Bailleu.Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-28118811661914515912011-07-18T11:51:35.623+01:002011-07-18T11:51:35.623+01:00Hmm .. 75% of the front and 90% of the back, that ...Hmm .. 75% of the front and 90% of the back, that doesn't leave much room for further complaints. Once you end up at 100%/100% the warning label card cannot be played any longer.<br /><br />After all the whole point of these warning labels is too get anti-smoking organizations some press coverage.Karl Fasbrackehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413111410093492674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-48282748073291705782011-07-18T11:01:26.229+01:002011-07-18T11:01:26.229+01:00The Daube connection is very interesting and is pr...The Daube connection is very interesting and is probably worth waving in the faces of the supine drinks industry and their customers at every opportunity. As for the swearing in Victoria (if my blog counts then I'm going to need a second mortgage) you may be heartened to know there was a protest on the steps of Parliament House the same day Dick Puddlecote, you, Bucko and everyone else were taking yours to Stony Stratford. Unfortunately the swearing protest wasn't well publicised and I think was done at even shorter notice than DP's trip to Bartlett country, which meant that sadly only 15 turned up to tell the Premier of the state to "get fucked" (direct quote, hopefully saving me a $240 fine ;-) ). Hopefully it'll go better next time but at least there are people here who are willing to push back.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-30808805966619748812011-07-18T08:48:25.202+01:002011-07-18T08:48:25.202+01:00The AMA is just a jumped-up union.
I can pick apa...The AMA is just a jumped-up union.<br /><br />I can pick apart any part of your life and claim it's harmful for your health. Any idiot can. Salt? Fat? Sugar? Water? Fruit juice?<br /><br />It's just when the idiots wear white coats, the sheep prick up their ears and listen.<br /><br />And take their Thalidomide, as prescribed by their kindly GP.<br /><br />Twunts like these don't make headlines unless they squeal like a pig. Who'd give a damn if he said that the mortality rate was now 80%, instead of 100%? Would he get a headline if he said that hip replacements were giving older people more mobility?<br /><br />Of course not. He has to cry like a spoilt brat or the runt of a litter of puppies. Look at ME! Look at ME!<br /><br />As I mentioned to some interlocutors on Saturday, my grandfather and his mates would smoke leaves of indeterminate origin rolled in pages of the Bible. They were in a Jap POW camp in Thailand and the nearest mini-mart was some distance away.<br /><br />They didn't turn their noses up because they couldn't get their favourite brand. They didn't give up even though they knew they'd be beaten if the were caught. They didn't give up because of the very plain packaging.<br /><br />They wanted a smoke.<br /><br />They kept the world free for the likes of Hambleton, Hewitt, Arnott and Bloomberg.<br /><br />The four Bartletts of the Apocalypse.Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-18469474057288997072011-07-18T06:01:27.423+01:002011-07-18T06:01:27.423+01:00That's the second time I've seen the PHAA ...That's the second time I've seen the PHAA mentioned today:<br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/tax-curbs-thirst-for-alcopops-20110717-1hk4p.html" rel="nofollow">Alcopops tax</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com