tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post1805269467008025088..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: A Bad Day For Democracy And Scrupulous GovernmentDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49070530270249768882013-02-27T13:29:40.694+00:002013-02-27T13:29:40.694+00:00Hi, I took the freedom to translate your article i...Hi, I took the freedom to translate your article in french as I find it very interesting and it's always a pleasure to read your articles (I discovered your publications lately with your criticism of BBC ecig coverage on the ibtimes site). I obviously quoted your name and put all the credits to this page. The page where you can read the translation is here : http://www.ma-cigarette.fr/critique-de-la-reunion-de-la-commission-envi-par-dick-puddlecote/ I hope it's ok for you. <br /><br /><br />Keep up the good work !<br /><br /><br />Vapely yours<br /><br /><br />GhyslainMa Cigarettehttp://www.ma-cigarette.fr/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-63152944589745420252013-02-26T00:13:50.108+00:002013-02-26T00:13:50.108+00:00As you say, it's never been about health. It&#...As you say, it's never been about health. It's all about corruption and power, and nothing else. The health decision-making process is rotten to the core, and works to preserve the income of the pharmaceutical industry - by protecting cigarette sales and therefore pharma's huge market for treatment drugs for sick smokers; as a result, the cigarette trade's income is also protected against all challenges.<br /><br />There is no way to get smoking prevalence significantly below the 20% point* in any country where it was previously around double that or higher, in any case, so no matter how much noise they make or how fast they run around in circles, none of the measures they propose will have any great effect. Only substitution of THR products is proven to reduce smoking significantly.<br />* See: http://www.eccauk.org/index.php/the-20-rule.html<br /><br />The only solution to this endemic corruption is a well-funded legal challenge; or, eventually, the existence of the largest black market the world has ever seen will force change (as it has done before, even in the UK).Chris Pricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11340284621247409032013-02-25T21:09:45.383+00:002013-02-25T21:09:45.383+00:00It was a very funny court: The chairman asked abou...It was a very funny court: The chairman asked about the 4mg-limit: No one answered.<br /><br />Mr. Borg only repeated the zealot-mantra (Think of the kids!)<br /><br />Several speakers conjured an unholy lobby in the background (one named it "Goliath the BigTobacco-Monster) and totally "forgot" about the real power behind the scenes: BigPharma hinself, who wrote the new direktive :D<br /><br />But... Nobody asked: How can a tobacco directive defines a medicinal product by function?<br /><br />The EuGH itself says: A functional medicine must have a healing effect! <br /><br />My Question: What is to be cured with a "high dose eliquid above 4mg/ml"?<br /><br />If your answer ist "Nicotineaddiction"... Then it it is possible to cure one alcoholic with vodka?<br /><br /><br />Funny... very funny<br /><br /><br /><br />Rgds<br />Rursus<br /><br /><br />[1] EuGH C-27/08 from 30.04.2009<br />[2] EuGH C-112/89 from 16.04.1991<br />[3] EuGH C-140/07 from 15.01.2009Rursusnoreply@blogger.com