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Tab Houses: A Case of Unintended Consequence

OK I will admit it. The study I cited a few days ago – investigating the social costs of “passive non-smoking” – was not entirely factual. In fact you could go as far as to say that it did not exist and there is in fact no Professor Wyfman. What has however been recently released [...]

Posted Under: Puritanism
This post was written by Reuben on November 13, 2009 Comments (2)

ASH seeks to hit the poor where it hurts

Action on Smoking and Health have become something of a fixture in the discussion of public health. A group which seeks to ‘eliminate’ the harm cause by tobacco, they seem to have a talent for getting heard and getting listened to.
So I was more than a little concerned to find that as the budget approaches, [...]

Posted Under: Minorities, Puritanism
This post was written by Reuben on February 23, 2009 Comments (3)