tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post8407173198359949809..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Old people drink wine and children eat sweets. Quelle horreur!Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-27382013625899106462012-09-11T01:34:04.531+01:002012-09-11T01:34:04.531+01:00My comment (awaiting moderation) to the article on...My comment (awaiting moderation) to the article on the adelaide survey that harley posted above: <br /><br />Let's see 799 out of 2598 (with only 3 who skipped the question) respondents said they smoked regularly or socially. So how can there be as many as 918 that indicated how much money they spend for smoking, 990 that answered question 4 which pertains to smokers only, 971 that gave motivations that would get them to stop smoking, 896 that indicated where they smoked,. Me thinks the results of this survey are fatally flawed. <br /><br />Let's see if they'll post it. <br />Iro C.A.G.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08720876700472441565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-39938928379141567602012-09-10T16:11:05.569+01:002012-09-10T16:11:05.569+01:00Simons back at work again! Prohibition and they ar...Simons back at work again! Prohibition and they are working hard to get it pushed <br /><br />Tobacco ban backed for next generation <br /><br />SOUTH Australians born after 1999 should never be allowed to buy tobacco, a survey on attitudes towards smoking has found.<br />More than two-thirds of the 2500 respondents to the adelaidenow survey believed smokers should not be allowed smoking breaks at work but if they were, 93.1 per cent believe non-smokers should get them as well.<br />Of the 29.3 per cent of respondents who smoked, the poll found 30 per cent of those were spending $50-$100 on cigarettes each week. A further 14.1 per cent spent more than $100 on their addiction each week.<br />Last month, a motion calling for a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after 1999 was passed in Tasmania’s Upper House.<br />The adelaidenow survey found 67.7 per cent of respondents would support the same proposal in South Australia.<br />Kathryn Barnsley, who advised parliamentary leaders in Tasmania on tobacco control, said more must be done to prevent children taking up the habit.<br />“Smoking is a paediatric disease,” Ms Barnsley said.<br />“It is taken up by children, they become addicted and find it hard to quit as adults.” She said tobacco use should be phased out by 2020 and heavily addicted smokers given access to tobacco under a licensing scheme.<br />Cancer Council SA chief executive Professor Brenda Wilson said most smokers were addicted in their teens.<br /><br />http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/tobacco-ban-backed-for-next-generation/story-e6frea83-1226471374394?from=public_rss<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-22486596743599719892012-09-10T15:38:25.565+01:002012-09-10T15:38:25.565+01:00Admitted rather than just reported? Is the implic...Admitted rather than just reported? Is the implication we are to draw from this the others were selling fizzy drinks but not 'admitting' it? Possibly knowing they may be doing something untoward?westcoast2https://www.blogger.com/profile/13832425628846431149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13875856039263319752012-09-10T14:04:03.946+01:002012-09-10T14:04:03.946+01:00In the late 1970's I worked in one of the last...In the late 1970's I worked in one of the last of the old style Victorian mental hospitals, on the edge of Dartmoor actually.<br />In those supposedly less enlightened times it was quite usual for the old boys to get a nightly bottle of Guinness off the medicine trolley, rather than a major tranquillizer. Once a week I also accompanied the lads from a long term ward down to the village pub, where we spent a couple of pleasant hours with the locals before rolling back up the hill before the doors shut for the night.<br />Odd thing this progress lark!Stuart H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17078244177993489659noreply@blogger.com