tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223100689951762699.post7240934538835129116..comments2023-10-31T05:50:15.431-07:00Comments on Simple Simon Says.....!: Well done TC-only another 540!handymanphilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01366547228505237107noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223100689951762699.post-3436066454907165322014-04-18T07:13:45.057-07:002014-04-18T07:13:45.057-07:00Interestingly Michael, the POA (Prison Officers As...Interestingly Michael, the POA (Prison Officers Association) were begging/fixing to have total smoking bans in all prisons because the Prison Authority were being conned into fearing a multitude of claims aginst them (as employers) for illnesses caused by SHS. I have written to both the POA & the Minister for Prisons (http://www.jeremywrightmp.co.uk/get-in-touch.php) explaining, in some detail, that such a law/rule/order cannot be imposed because a)... SHS has now been declared HARMLESS, b)... the EU have denied Mdme Labat a claim for exactly the same conditions, c)...a prison cell is a mans/womans home until released from such and the law does not (yet) intrude onpersonal abodes! & d)... no one forces anyone to become a prison officer and work where there may be a smoky environment.I have also talked to a couple of prison officers who were totally unaware of one or all four points and were/are exceedingly concerned about riots in their respective prisons.<br />As yet (amazingly) I have had no response from either body as I suspect that they don't want to answer as doing so will incur TRUTH being spoken! Oh, and they also won't give me any figures of the legal costs of enforcement-so I think they know that 'they are up the jolly old Kyber without a paddle'!handymanphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366547228505237107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223100689951762699.post-83150356745429148412014-04-16T17:48:12.807-07:002014-04-16T17:48:12.807-07:00Don't forget all the enforcement costs of vari...Don't forget all the enforcement costs of various ban/tax laws relating to the War On Smokers -- police/courts/prisons. Something I've wondered for a long time here in the US is just how many people are currently in prison for the crime of smoking tobacco. Probably not too many who are there ONLY for that reason, but probably a good many who are currently there simply because they lost their "good time" parole allowance for violating prison bans.<br /><br />- MJMMichael J. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181949578184965482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223100689951762699.post-56789064904672694942014-04-16T11:16:46.170-07:002014-04-16T11:16:46.170-07:00What a crazy situation TC has created, day after d...What a crazy situation TC has created, day after day we hear that Shoppers are choosing different supermarkets to shop in to Save money and that is regarded as Their Right, yet because of the absurd level of Tax on cigarette products smokers Choose to buy Smuggled cigarettes to Save money and they are told that doing so is illegal. The only ones that miss out on revenue from smokers are the British outlets, tobacconists, supermarkets and of course the Country. It is another great shame that a Major Employer just like the Coal Mines is leaving Nottingham but that has nothing to do with the amount of smokers ( they are on the increase ) just the amount of smokers that Refuse to be Robbed by successive Governments. The anti smoking Quangos have always Lied but Their "claims" have also been proven to be False. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223100689951762699.post-70814030734032033582014-04-16T07:21:22.459-07:002014-04-16T07:21:22.459-07:00Also worth considering the lost revenue from taxat...Also worth considering the lost revenue from taxation as cigarette prices encourage black market cigaratte sales.<br /><br />Bad times.I always think that legislation written by any sort of zealot or vested interest is always going to backfire on the good intentions that may have accomapnied it's writing.<br /><br />El ChairmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com