"We’re really learning from our experience in the fight against tobacco, and two of the things that were most effective in terms of getting people to stop smoking was a tax on cigarettes, so what we’re calling for is a tax on high-calorie foods really..."
Could this be the mythical slippery slope?
"...and then the other thing we’re calling for are graphic warning labels."
Why yes. Yes it is.
One assumes that, if challenged, young Doug would have no difficulty providing evidence for how effective warning labels have been.
ReplyDeleteEr, oh...
No, no, no Chris, it can't be. I distinctly remember Professor Simon Chapman, the world renowned expert on all things tobacco, saying that if this is a slippery slope, then it's the unslipperiest slope he's ever seen. And he should know. He's an expert.
ReplyDeleteSo you must be mistaken there mate, because it was only recently that he said it.
And the logical next step is to put them out of the view of consumers. You will have to ask the clerk to open the locked cabinet to get your shameful purchase.
ReplyDeleteI've posted this to Facebook where I'm sure it will be ignored; "oh, he's talking politics again" or "that's just the filthy smokers", and so we sleep walk towards the abyss.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile in Thailand, some serious willy waving is getting under way.
ReplyDelete"My graphic images are bigger than yours..."
Never mind comparing apples with oranges.
ReplyDeletePresumably this means bananas are to be taxed at a higher rate than grapefruit.
Calories in 1/2 a grapefruit: 41.
Calories in a small banana: 90.
That's more than twice as many! Who knew bananas could be sooo baaad for you! Someone tell Weir at once!!!
"All we're asking for is no-smoking sections in planes....."
ReplyDeleteGits.