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You're ever Alone with a Strand (or a government consultation)

The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

What a shower. From Simon Clark's Taking Liberties blog, comes this unsurprising element of the government's latest consultation on smoking:"Question 12: Do you believe that more should be done by the Government to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke within private dwellings or in vehicles used primarily for private purposes? If so, what do you think could be done?"This is, I assume, a consultation...

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Won't someone please think of the children?

Mr Eugenides (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

Via Alex Massie , I see that our political masters are taking soundings on the possibility of further clampdowns on the rights of smokers. "Question 12: Do you believe that more should be done by the Government to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke within private dwellings or in vehicles used primarily for private purposes? If so, what do you think could be done?" I am not a smoker, and I do not deny...

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More smoking ban moves

Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

Authoritarian anti-liberal slant! Via Taking Liberties Simon Clark is just putting the finishing touches to the Forest submission to the government consultation on future tobacco control in the UK. If anyone is in any doubt about the extent to which this government will consider harassing and targeting smokers, read page 45 of the consultation document: “Question 12: Do [...]