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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Apr 17, 2008 22:39:10 GMT
Just found this on a Web site: "The campaigns to combat the effects of ‘passive smoking’ are widely credited for Europe’s growing number of smoking bans. Now alcohol is in the sights of the public health lobbyists, and they have invented the concept of ‘passive drinking’ as their killer argument. I have seen a leaked draft report for the European Commission, which is due to be published some time in June. It makes claims about the high environmental or social toll of alcohol, the ‘harm done by someone else’s drinking’. The report is likely to inform proposals for a European Union alcohol strategy later this year. Dr Peter Anderson, the report’s lead author, who has a background in the World Health Organisation (WHO) and plays a leading role in Tobacco Free Initiative Europe, tells me that the concept of social harm takes the alcohol debate beyond the traditional limits of individual choice and addiction. ‘You can make the argument that what an individual drinks is up to them, provided they understand what they are doing and bearing in mind that alcohol is a dependency-producing drug…. But when you talk about harm to others then that is a societal concern and justification for doing something about it. I think that is an important argument. If there was not harm to others then the argument gets a little less powerful." Here is the link to the full article: www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/324/ |
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Post by jonesinamillion on Apr 17, 2008 22:41:11 GMT
mmmmmmm... passive drinking
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Post by edinburghstokie on Apr 18, 2008 9:55:45 GMT
I have seen a leaked draft report for the European Commission, If it isn't on wiki leaks then I don't believe him. Some fascinating stuff on there, particularly about scientology. They really want to close it down. Long live wiki leaks |
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