License to Smoke

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See what I did there?

Forcing smokers to apply for a £10 permit to buy cigarettes could help people to quit, a government health adviser said.

Professor Julian Le Grand, chairman of Health England, said more people might stop smoking if they had to "opt in" by applying for an annual permit and paying a £10 fee.

The man from Forest makes a very strange point:

"There are a whole host of things out there that are potentially dangerous. If smokers are targeted in this way, it's a very short step to slapping a similar charge on anyone who wants to buy alcohol or any other product ministers don't approve of."

Since when did our MPs stop approving of drinking? I thought they were always in the pub? Shome mishtake, shurely?

That's okay, I buy all my ciagarettes abroad, so no permit required!

you'll need a licence to fart next, with all your details on a govnt. database.

Surely they opt in by backing ciggies? They don't need a licence, if they are concerned about age, then producing some form of i.d. would suffice. This is bullshit and I'm as anti-smoking as they come. What happens if the powers that be don't grant you a smoking licence even if you are of age?

Aren't you just so glad we bomb all those little brown children into chunky salsa so we can be this free.

What is it that everyone is so against smokers these days? I don't smoke anymore, but it doesn't bother me if someone is doing it. There are enough warnings, everyone knows the dangers and if they still want to do it... well so be it. Why does it seem everyone wants to push individuals to quit? Like its their fuckin' call...

Nick King wrote: That's okay, I buy all my ciagarettes abroad, so no permit required!

you got any to sell nick? :D

Nick King wrote: That's okay, I buy all my ciagarettes abroad, so no permit required!

If you were smoking them in the street and did't have a smoking licence then you could still be done.

You should have to paint your face blue if you don't smoke.

Therefore anyone with a blue face who smokes would be flogged.

See if my smoking near you bothers you...

...dont fuckin breathe

Apparently Ian Curtis thought smoking was hella cool, cause of all those cool photos of him smoking a fag... maybe they should ban Joy Division for being a bad influence?

I don't have any sympathy for smokers really, it is no more a right than eating donuts, pissing, or masturbating ...and all those other things are meant to be done in their proper place and in moderation. And nobody has ever burnt down an apartment building masturbating. Smoking is just as rude as farting, nothing to be proud of...

0_o wrote: Smoking is just as rude as farting, nothing to be proud of...

Dont know about that,ive let rip a few beautys in my time that i was quite proud of

0_o wrote: I don't have any sympathy for smokers really, it is no more a right than eating donuts, pissing, or masturbating

I beg your pardon?? Donuts??? WTF have they got to do with any of this???

Are you saying that you shouldn't eat donuts out in the street????

Kevin Smith wrote: Surely they opt in by backing ciggies? They don't need a licence, if they are concerned about age, then producing some form of i.d. would suffice. This is bullshit and I'm as anti-smoking as they come. What happens if the powers that be don't grant you a smoking licence even if you are of age?

I can see beyond the money making opportunity here. Government could compile a database on people 'licensed to smoke', and refuse them health treatment.

Nick King wrote:

0_o wrote: I don't have any sympathy for smokers really, it is no more a right than eating donuts, pissing, or masturbating

I beg your pardon?? Donuts??? WTF have they got to do with any of this???

Are you saying that you shouldn't eat donuts out in the street????

Yes. Fatties with sugar and filling and chocolate all over their faces, fingers, shirts... its a put off. Getting glazed sugar over everything they touch. People should show some restraint! Okay, maybe it is a bit of a stretch

0_o wrote:

Nick King wrote:

0_o wrote: I don't have any sympathy for smokers really, it is no more a right than eating donuts, pissing, or masturbating

I beg your pardon?? Donuts??? WTF have they got to do with any of this???

Are you saying that you shouldn't eat donuts out in the street????

Yes. Fatties with sugar and filling and chocolate all over their faces, fingers, shirts... its a put off. Getting glazed sugar over everything they touch. People should show some restraint! Okay, maybe it is a bit of a stretch

A bit???

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Kevin Smith wrote: Surely they opt in by backing ciggies? They don't need a licence, if they are concerned about age, then producing some form of i.d. would suffice. This is bullshit and I'm as anti-smoking as they come. What happens if the powers that be don't grant you a smoking licence even if you are of age?

I can see beyond the money making opportunity here. Government could compile a database on people 'licensed to smoke', and refuse them health treatment.

Which, of course (!), us smokers already pay for in the taxes on the cigarette packets...

Nick King wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Kevin Smith wrote: Surely they opt in by backing ciggies? They don't need a licence, if they are concerned about age, then producing some form of i.d. would suffice. This is bullshit and I'm as anti-smoking as they come. What happens if the powers that be don't grant you a smoking licence even if you are of age?

I can see beyond the money making opportunity here. Government could compile a database on people 'licensed to smoke', and refuse them health treatment.

Which, of course (!), us smokers already pay for in the taxes on the cigarette packets...

apart from those smokers that buy them abroad....

Dodgy black market baccy it is then, wankers don't deserve tax on it.

And since when is wanking not a right? have the christers finally taken over while I was asleep?

Doctor? wrote: Dodgy black market baccy it is then, wankers don't deserve tax on it.

And since when is wanking not a right? have the christers finally taken over while I was asleep?

Quite!

Gazman wrote:

Nick King wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Kevin Smith wrote: Surely they opt in by backing ciggies? They don't need a licence, if they are concerned about age, then producing some form of i.d. would suffice. This is bullshit and I'm as anti-smoking as they come. What happens if the powers that be don't grant you a smoking licence even if you are of age?

I can see beyond the money making opportunity here. Government could compile a database on people 'licensed to smoke', and refuse them health treatment.

Which, of course (!), us smokers already pay for in the taxes on the cigarette packets...

apart from those smokers that buy them abroad....

True!