In 2004 it was said that Eire was the leading force in TC (Tobacco Control) as their blanket ban swept into force, killing over a thousand once viable businesses in the process. We weren’t allowed to be told this by our government as they scammed their fabricated way through the means to bring in similar legislation here, for the simple reason that it was not in their favour for us to know such gory details.
The ever resourceful Irish have found other ways of enjoying what comes naturally with a drink or or a fag and all that has happened is a great loss of revenue to the much beleagured Irish Government. In fact they have suffered such a financial disaster that they were recently bailed out by the EU to keep them IN the EU-how bizarre is that! Further to that, they are now the laughing stock of europe as they now have the much acclaimed title of ‘Europe’s Smuggling Paradise’ heaped upon them! Not a lot of “ESP” going on in 2004 methinks or they might have foreseen this mockable situation looming-even then!
But, yestrday the final ignominious nail was banged into Eires’s anti-smoking coffin as Dr Tony Holohan said “smoking was still at the same level as it was before the introduction of the ban.” Great success then! They started at 28% – 30% and are still on the same mark. Congratulation TC, the people have shown you exactly what they think of your policies.
He added insult to injury by adding this little gem:
People who smoke just don’t smoke, they are also people who are overweight and they are also people who are high consumers of alcohol….
So Dr Holohan has now banded all smokers as fat, layabout drunkards just to further the need for more funds for more research into people’s behaviour patterns. Why? Because he and ‘they’ can’t accept that people are not like herds of cattle to be shunted into pens of various descriptions; ie cannon fodder. But the best was saved until last when he declared that:
if the issue of obesity was left to Minister for Health Dr James Reilly to solve, it would not be solved.
Well of course it wouldn’t-have you seen the size of Dr JR? He is an exceedingly large porker with heart attack stamped all over his forehead-it’s just a matter of time!
So, if that’s Eire’s answer to what he terms as a ‘societal problem’, when it is the establishment that caused it in the first place, then it only goes to prove that the realisation of the truth can be a terrible thing to some!