Another Ratchet Notch

Or in the words of Simon Clark, creeping prohibition. Which is exactly what it is. Bexleyheath town centre could become the first London Borough to implement smokefree zone Time, and time again we see councils doing mad stunts like this. Bristol, of course, did it with voluntary bans in two town Continue Reading

Ideology Beats Science

It seems that the shrieking from tobacco control about the Smoke-Free Foundation is still going. I am not particularly surprised by the near-constant wailing. It has, however, taken on a particularly curious note with the activist magazine Tobacco Control now flat refusing to publish any “industry-funded” papers; something it’s refused to Continue Reading