Don't forget salmonella
Oh, and terrorism. And drinking. And hoodies.

Funny how noone mentions things that really will kill you, like bad driving. Apparently that's not worth sorting out, even though it knocks all the others into a cocked hat.
( Olembe Refuses to write in this space, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:04, 1 reply)

it's also funny how we've got such a downer on smoking
when its alcohol that causes far more health,social and psychological problems.....
d'ya think that's because of the money HM's Govt. makes on booze?Hm?
(Fuckpig "That's not even a pound a midget.", Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:12, closed)

ahhh, the other thing is...
that there isn't a huge industry of "smoking houses" unlike the pub/club/leisure industry that would rape the Government if they weren't allowed to sell booze.

Also, because they can palm off all alcohol-related diseases as an "ism" (alocoholism), then it's a mental illness, not a case of drinking cheap export lager in a bus shelter like a tramp. Smoking can (and does) cause a lot of ailments that a) can't be limited purely to smoking as a cause and, b) aren't bunched together as an "ism" - this means no profitable Social Services schemes to help you quit smoking by living in governmetn shelters and getting 3 social workers. So, smoking loses out because:
1) Health and Safety don't like things that burn.
2) You can be an alcoholic but not a tobaccoholic.
3) There is more middle-management and social work employment (not to mention police jobs, first-aid staff, etc), to be generated by people getting pissed.

In fact, I firmly believe the only reason Weed and Smack aren't legal and being taxed is that you can't ban smoking fags, but allow joints - it sends a mixed message - and Health and Safety don't like the idea of sharp needles and no-one has invented a syringe full of heroin that is both able to hit a vein and totally blunt...
(Chad, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 16:12, closed)

Oh Chad
You are funny.
(cherrynicola, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 13:43, closed)