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You’d Need A Heart of Stone

March 3, 2024 Longrider 5

The horse’s arse has had her legacy trashed. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s legacy smoking policy is in tatters, with the country’s parliament this week formally repealing […]

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Doing the Right Thing

November 27, 2023 Longrider 12

Reversing a smoking ban. New Zealand’s new government says it plans to scrap the nation’s world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts. The legislation, introduced […]

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Moron

September 22, 2023 Longrider 9

Just when you think Rishi Sunak couldn’t be any more stupid. Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would […]

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It’s Not About Health

September 6, 2022 Longrider 6

It never was. Smoking outside hospitals is now banned under new legislation. Anyone caught lighting up within 15m of a hospital building in Scotland could […]

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Premier Chuckle

June 20, 2022 Longrider 10

There’s something funny about this story. A managing director who complained to Premier Inn over his room stinking of smoke has been accused of smoking […]

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Creepy

December 30, 2016 Longrider 4

Okay, is it just me or is this seriously creepy? Primary school children in Coventry are at the centre of a nationwide anti-smoking campaign. Pupils […]

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Oh, My God!

December 1, 2016 Longrider 10

Polly Toynbee… The Vale of York has been granted permission this week by NHS England to put fat people and smokers to the back of […]

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Smokin’

September 3, 2015 Longrider 11

Nottingham council is disguising its spiteful attitude towards employees who smoke as caring.  Employees are to be banned from smoking, not just at work, but […]

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Thoughts on Thinking

March 14, 2014 Longrider 2

Or the lack thereof. As is necessary these days, when delivering a training course I have to go through the domestic arrangements and one of […]

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Really?

March 12, 2014 Longrider 3

So, there I was doing some work for Network Rail. Like other large organisations they put up all sorts of employee welfare stuff on their […]