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A sad addiction to anti-smoking

On anti-smoking crusades and outlawing accidents: read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London) this week.

Mick Hume

Mick Hume
Columnist

Topics Politics

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Friday 16 February:

‘After studying the habits of the UK authorities for years, I have concluded that they are anti-smoking addicts. Hooked on hammering tobacco users, they cannot get the urge to purge smokers from society out of their system. The buzz of telling others how to behave is just too strong….’

Read on….

Tuesday 13 February:

‘My eight-year old daughter has fallen over while wheeling along in her Heely shoes and grazed her knee. I blame the Government….’

Read on….

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