tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8681146607671991831..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: “Help Us, Andrew Lansley – You’re Our Only Hope!”JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27200900181038824712010-09-15T05:27:34.046+01:002010-09-15T05:27:34.046+01:00"In Thailand it was such a disaster that they...<i>"In Thailand it was such a disaster that they recently had a complete rethink."</i> <br /><br />We never seem to have officials who will admit this openly, do we?<br /><br /><i>"...I feel that's a card they're playing too early ... unless they know something."</i> <br /><br />Indeed. Never count on our loons to do the sensible thing...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-72255088117782696262010-09-14T17:28:06.111+01:002010-09-14T17:28:06.111+01:00All utter tosh as usual from the anti's.All utter tosh as usual from the anti's.St Moritz - patron saint of smokersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47070753816503916842010-09-14T14:11:14.658+01:002010-09-14T14:11:14.658+01:00I'd certainly like to see that, AE. The idea w...I'd certainly like to see that, AE. The idea was rejected in New Zealand, they spotted that it wouldn't make any difference to smoking rates, but had the potential to make cigs appealing to youngsters and also incentivise the black market.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42250320994474530962010-09-14T13:55:27.106+01:002010-09-14T13:55:27.106+01:00It may interest you to know - you too, DP - that d...It may interest you to know - you too, DP - that down here the tobacco firms and retailers are running adverts against doing the same thing, and saying that it's already been rejected in Canada and the UK (I'll see if I can record one and put it online). I'm on their side but I feel that's a card they're playing too early ... unless they know something.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45540670273597621862010-09-14T11:43:45.700+01:002010-09-14T11:43:45.700+01:00"Other countries like Ireland and Canada have...<i>"Other countries like Ireland and Canada have shown that this works"</i><br /><br />If works means <a href="http://blog.iea.org.uk/?tag=tobacco-display-ban" rel="nofollow">driving up youth smoking rates</a>, they have a point, cos that's exactly what has happened in Iceland, Ireland and Canada. In Thailand it was such a disaster that they recently had a complete rethink.<br /><br />File in "we feel we should do <i>something</i> but don't know what"Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.com