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POISON PLACEBOS

*Poorer people regard smoking as one of the few pleasures they have access to, Health Secretary John Reid has said.

His comments come days after Tony Blair said ministers were considering banning smoking in public places.*

:: BBC NEWS : Smoking ::


And from the "Nanny State Debate"

*The middle classes, Dr Reid said, were obsessed with giving instructions to people from lower socio-economic backgrounds...

Director Simon Clark told BBC News Online: "Life is about living. Some people choose to smoke, eat fatty food and drink.

"People are getting concerned the government is beginning to interfere too much in people lifestyles."*

:: BBC NEWS - Nanny ::


> In parts of the US, smoking is now the calculated successor to state-santioned anti-black, anti-semitic racism; and it is pursued with a similarly intensive malice. There is also a financial profit and incentive built into this predation with confiscatory fees that have been attached to it.

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