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Kerry Mccarthy MP for
Bristol East, will she eventually take on board smokers comments. Why
are the elderly, infirm, war veterans members of the public being
persecuted when there
is no evidence to prove SHS.
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This was one of those rare occasions
where normal law abiding smoking tax payers have had the opportunity to
voice their frustrations and yes they provided over 200 comments in
just over 72 hours to Kerry Mccarthy MP for Bristol East.
There were only a few
supporters of the ban, the other contributors
posted a true picture of the smoking ban and as such B7 has reproduced
7 of the comments below. Please take the time to read the comments and
click on the link at the bottom of the comments to take you to the
article on Kerrys Blog.
Along with other
smokers it appears that our complaints are not been
listened to, it is about time MPs were made aware that they are working
for us, we do not work for them.
Within the comments are
points you should be contacting your MP about,
I urge you to contact them on the range of issues from science, finance
and human rights issues such as withdrawing cigarettes to mentally ill
patients in institutions.
Please join me in
campaiging to never vote for the labour party until
freedom of choice is restored.
B7
Please read the
comments below, when contacting MPs please be as civil
as possible I know it is difficult not to be angry.
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Samantha Said:-
Oh
dear Kerry, I was very disturbed to see
that you think it amusing that people are allowed to smoke dope in the
bars in Amsterdam. I am a non smoker, but I am also a non doper, and I
disagree with you and your thoughts on people killing themselves like
this.
03
July 2008 11:55
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Pat Nurse said:-
Having read Ms Brooke's piece, I
have to say, as someone
from the lower classes, that I'm appalled she thinks we're too thick to
make our own choices and our masters in the upper classes should
morally make them for us. How dare she? I wonder when
she last left the
Guardian offices, and her middle and upperclass mates, to actually find
out what real life on the streets and estates in Britain is really like
and what people, poor maybe, but quite capable of making their own
decisions, really think - especially about people like her who think
they are so much better!.
03 July
2008 12:04
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Sickofbritain said:-
Before speaking in
public a representative of any government should
avail themselves of the resources available to them and get their facts
straight.
Heart
disease mortality has been decreasing steadily on a year by year
basis since the late 1950's. Nothing to do with smoking bans and
everything to do with improved medical care. I expect the trend to
begin to reverse itself soon as medical care in the UK is now steadily
reducing in quality. Won't the resulting rise in heart disease
mortality be embarrassing? In Canada and California they have even more
draconidan anti smoking legislation than the UK. In both Canada
nationally and statewide in California the incidence of all cancers is
rising at a rate of 1% per year. No benefit from smoking bans to be
found in that is there.
03 July 2008
12:07
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Terry said:-
Kerry
The
continual demonisation of a minority group has finished your govt.
I have spoken to many non smokers who are sick to death of your
oppression of a minority group. You bring in a ban based on PASSIVE
smoking, only to follow up with a plan to eradicate smoking. People
have had enough, you've now started on alcohol, next food. Your party
are despised and will be ousted at the next election. I have always
voted Labour, no more. The obsession your govt has with smoking
is
frightening. Knife crime and youth disorder out of control, and all you
can do is to demonise smokers. Why have many European
countries allowed
some exemptions? I can only conclude they are more civil than our
Orwellian govt. You must realise Labour are finished, let's hope the
Nanny State goes with it.
03 July 2008
12:09
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Kerry said:-
Samantha - I think you
misunderstand me. I was commenting on the
ridiculousness of the situation, i.e. that they've banned smoking
tobacco but are still allowing cannabis to be smoked. I don't see how
you can judge from that what my 'thoughts on people killing themselves
like this' are. As it happens, I have on previous occasions expressed
concern about the mental health consequences of people smoking
cannabis, particularly now that much stronger strains are more widely
smoked. I have met people suffering from cannabis-induced psychosis (or
certainly where cannabis use was a major factor) and support the
reclassification of cannabis from a class C to a class B drug for that
very reason.
Forgive me for being
somewhat sceptical of the fact that four comments
arrived in very quick succession opposing the smoking ban. And from
people who have never posted comments before. Would it be cynical of me
to suggest that Forest might somehow be involved?
As for
evidence, I posted a link to an Observer article towards the end
of June, and I think a link to the 'Smokefree England: One Year On"
report, which you can find on the Department of Health website.
03 July 2008 12:19
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Terry said:-
Kerry
This is
nothing to do with Forest it's my thoughts. Please don't be
patronising. Do you accept the ban was based on PASSIVE smoking, not
eradication of smoking. Do you accept a minority group have lost their
social lives and feel demonised. We cater for many religions, we cater
for gay people, why are you against smokers having their own bars? Why
are this govt actively encouraging hatred towards smokers?
Finally do
you accept the obvious, Labour are finished.
Let's look at moving fags under the
counter. Right it helps prevent
young people being attracted to them. What will you do with all
McDonalds outlets? Obviously with an obesity problem you will need to
hide these outlets to prevent temptation.
03 July 2008
12:27
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Nitro said:-
First it was to protect
people from SHS, now it is to stop people
smoking, a mixture of weasel words hiding your EU promise to reduce the
level of smoking.
The cost of
the smoking ban runs into billions of pounds a year, lost
revenue on the 400,000 smokers is £623,420,000 alone, in some
form or another every working tax payer is paying over £100 extra
tax.
People would
rather spend that £100 on the extra costs of fuel.
Labour
have victimised, old
people war veterans, mentally disturbed
patients.
I
can not wait to see the back of Labour they deserve to be on the dole
and join our hospitality workers who have lost their jobs due to pub,
club and bingo hall closures.
03 July 2008
19:12
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