Mind That Slippery Slope
Tobacco was a unique product. The vile tobacco control wasn’t going to be applied to other products. There was no slippery slope. Of Course not. […]
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Castles on the Sand
Although some of us have said it for a while, the health Nazis are finally being exposed as liars and charlatans. Last week it fell […]
Simple Answer
The question… What is puzzling is how we – each one of us – should respond to all this persuasively authoritative information. Well, yes, we […]
What Next?
A complete smoking ban? So is an outright ban or, at the very least, a ban in homes likely? Simon Clark, from the tobacco lobby […]
More Obesity
Obesity is being thrust at us from all directions at the moment. The obesity forum has decided that the figures so far are wrong – […]
New Year, Same Old Stories
The obesity epidemic. The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980, says a […]
If it Wasn’t so Serious
It would be funny. The opt-in filters also deny access to the Parliament and Government websites and the sites of politicians, including Claire Perry, the […]
We’re All Overweight Now…
More shonky research. Nearly two thirds of people in Wales in their early 40s are overweight or obese, according to new research. The University of […]
Take Your Targets…
Apparently, we have targets to meet. Housework and DIY are not strenuous enough to count towards people’s activity targets, a paper has found. So, there […]
Sugar is the New Demon
More puritan twaddle. This time it’s sugar. Our addiction to sugar is linked to obesity, cancer and heart disease – and soft drinks are among […]