tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post655676737064445006..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Health Be Damned!Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-45209463542062114962011-04-07T10:05:39.919+01:002011-04-07T10:05:39.919+01:00It is like a part of some historical monuments for...It is like a part of some historical monuments for me here, I like the picture. And thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.<br /><a href="http://www.eyeliftguide.com/" rel="nofollow">eye lift</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14733173238253069643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49567882369469305792011-04-06T12:11:36.576+01:002011-04-06T12:11:36.576+01:00I've been aware of Bates' stance for sever...I've been aware of Bates' stance for several years, after seeing an article about snus in the bmj. As for Sweden: the usual argument is that snus increases the incidence of pancreatic and oral cancers. Probably not true; look at the CRUK European cancer incidences; and recent studies generally agree. Sweden is low for these cancers. Anyway, any small increases are dwarfed by the lowest incidence of male lung cancer in the developed world.<br />Several years ago I wrote a letter to the Times about this. The next day a letter from Ian Gilmore appeared, stating that snus caused pancreatic cancer. Needless to say, my letter was not published.<br />Jonathan BagleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-21216326729062919782011-04-06T09:31:26.122+01:002011-04-06T09:31:26.122+01:00Inconveniently, tobacco is highly addictive...
Th...<i>Inconveniently, tobacco is highly addictive...</i><br /><br />This is the myth around which smokers and their opponents seem to coalesce.<br /><br />Smoking is certainly habit-forming and I occasionally still find myself patting my jacket pocket when leaving the house to check for the reassuring outline of the packet. This two years after quitting after nigh on four decades of smoking.<br /><br />The idea that smoking is an addiction, a chemical dependency, a disease voluntarily contracted and hence a social aberration places it in an unfortunate category of behaviour where reasonable levels of consideration by the smoker and tolerance by the non-smoker are sadly no longer adequate for the two to rub along together in relative harmony.Mick Turatianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533201193634948442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24646264978500153842011-04-06T08:58:36.845+01:002011-04-06T08:58:36.845+01:00Letter to The Publican re. protecting employees fr...Letter to The Publican re. protecting employees from passive smoking<br />7th June 1999<br /><br />Dear Editor<br /><br />Re: smoking in pubs<br /><br />It is true that the Health and Safety Executive is developing a new Approved Code of Practice to deal with passive smoking in the workplace (Pubs face new smoking bans, Code is a blow, 7th June 1999). All the ACOP will do is provide meaningful guidance on how the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) should be applied to tobacco smoke in the workplace. This law already exists and has no exemptions for the hospitality industry. The ACOP will clarify the law and help publicans comply with it.<br /><br />A new ACOP would not mean that all smoking must be banned in pubs. The heart of the law is that employers have an obligation to do what is reasonably practicable to reduce their employees' exposure. That could include segregation,ventilation, banning smoking at the bar or other measures. It also means the 'do nothing and ignore it' approach is not an option. The best approach for any pub is to wholeheartedly embrace the Charter agreed by the Government and trade bodies such as ALMR and BII and to do what is reasonable and practical to protect their employees. That is good professional business, and it should not be a cause for alarm, despair or resistence.<br /><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Clive BatesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82117657043708921042011-04-06T00:53:57.020+01:002011-04-06T00:53:57.020+01:00Is this the Clive Bates who said in about 1998 tha...Is this the Clive Bates who said in about 1998 that smoking would never be banned in pubs?timbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985165416240833253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-26508606750062067572011-04-06T00:15:49.399+01:002011-04-06T00:15:49.399+01:00Dave Atherton
Jaw drops.Dave Atherton<br /><br />Jaw drops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com