Thursday, 15 April 2010

You Do It Best, When You Do Nothing At All

Fatherly chats influence smoking, Cardiff study finds

Boys and girls who discuss issues that are important to them with their fathers are less likely to smoke in their early years, a study has found.

A big factor in stopping children trying cigarettes was how often their fathers talked with them about "things that mattered".
Note that the headline wasn't ...

Scary TV adverts influence smoking, Cardiff study finds
... or ...

Tobacco display bans influence smoking, Cardiff study finds
... or ...

School-based smoking prevention programmes influence smoking, Cardiff study finds
Nope. Just dads.

Hardly surprising, really. What the state will never realise (or admit) is that we minions really can sort things out for ourselves occasionally.

In fact, more than often than not, positive results occur when the state keeps its interfering conk out of our affairs.

Did I hear someone say 'massive public sector cuts'?

(apologies for the Ronan Keating paraphrased title)