Funny how things come back to haunt you-given enough time. We all know that the smoke ban law was built on the back of lies, fabrications, manipulated statistics and junk science.

We are all aware of the fictitious nature of the SCOTH report whereby SHS/passive smoke was deemed the natural killer of all time. But it had to be else there would not have been a law implemented!

The SCOTH report used one of the worst examples of junk science to base SHS evidence upon, for Konrad Jamrozic’s manipulation of figures relating to experimentation was bizarre to say the least (handymanphil.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html) – but it suited the SCOTH committee admirably for they could quote a ‘scientific study’; completely flawed it might well be – but they could quote it!

Of course, the anti-smokers loved every idiotic word to emanate from the SCOTH committee, as they gleefully soaked up the misery soon to be inflicted upon smokers nationwide, for smokers were about to be placed on the ‘rack’!

Time passed and an interesting case was brought before the European Courts by Mdm K Labat who claimed (v Commission of the European Communities [01] Case F-77/07) that her husband had died as a result of Second Hand Smoke at his workplace while employed by the Commission. The case was thrown out as “Manifestly Unfounded“. This basically means that there was not a shred of evidence to support the claim! Right, so now SHS does not kill or cause harm – the EU courts have stated so!

Amazing how politicians & governments twist and turn the rules to suit themselves!

It now transpires that a Roumanian prisoner, Anesti Elefteriadis, had his rights violated under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment. He had shared a cell/cells with smokers for 6 years. Elefteriadis had been declared medically fit when sentenced in 1992 (which of course he would be) but, by 1999, he had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. In 2008, medical tests showed he was also suffering from chronic obstructive Broncho-pneumopathy. After a successful case/argument the courts rewarded Elefteriadis with €4000 (£3450) in compensation.

Now to my mind this is totally weird! Mr Labat worked in a smoke ridden atmosphere for some 28 years, which apparently had no effect on him even though he died from cancer, yet this ‘lifer’ spent only 6 years in a similar environment (office/prison cell, basically the same thing!) and was awarded £3,450 for NOT dying! The point here is that a precedent has been set-the EU courts have now deemed that SHS must pose a health threat or the very basis of their law is blown away!

To today’s news, all based on the above. We find that Scottish prisoners, of the non-smoking variety, are lodging compensation claims against the SPS (Scottish Prison Service) if they have been ‘housed’ with smokers, or even put on exercise with smokers. This is hilarious, it really is. A murderer with absolutely no chance of parole can now sue the SPS (Government basically) for possible hastening their own end by virtue of a wisp of cigarette smoke.

Can you see it already folks ? Separate prisons for smokers & non-smokers? It can’t be far away in reality! ‘They’ have created a lie, based a law on the back of that lie, paid £millions to a certain quango to ensure the nation is indoctrinated correctly (silly me, it’s called brainwashing!) and are now going to be paying inordinate amounts in compensation because of it. You really couldn’t make it up. They are well and truly falling on their own sword!

I truly wish that every non-smoking prisoner now takes legal action against every prison service available because this shows just how deeply governments & overpaid quangos really think things through-they don’t!

In the new age of “austerity” they bloody well need to!

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