tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post5107781983572795358..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Campaign Comment: the smoking banUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-38683755827529312742011-04-09T14:48:37.135+01:002011-04-09T14:48:37.135+01:00Absolutely. And people like him are all over the c...Absolutely. And people like him are all over the country in their hundreds of thousands if not millions, it's just that Westminster bubble types almost never meet them.<br /><br />What was your response, Simon?Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-34110778759747272502011-04-09T12:55:54.915+01:002011-04-09T12:55:54.915+01:00I do appreciate this man's anger, and share it...I do appreciate this man's anger, and share it.<br /><br />So what is he made to stand outside to protect non-smokers from?<br /><br /><br />ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE –<br />ESTIMATION OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICLES –<br />METHOD BASED ON SOLANESOL DETERMINATION<br /><br />"Many plants of the Solanaceae family, which includes the genus Nicotiana, of which the tobacco<br />plant is a member, contain solanesol; particularly those that contain trace amounts of nicotine.<br />These include the tomato, eggplant, potato, and pepper.<br /><br />The potential interference due to these sources is negligible, cooking being the only likely potential source of interference. An interference of this type would bias results high, overestimating the contribution of ETS to RSP.<br />http://www.coresta.org/Recommended_Methods/CRM_52.pdf<br /><br /><br />The Nicotine Content of Common Vegetables<br />http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199308053290619<br /><br /><br />Society for Risk Analysis 1995<br /><br />Dietary Contributions to Nicotine Body Burden<br />"Recent USDA food intake surveys are used to perform a probabilistic analysis of dietary intake of nicotine. <br /><br />Using limited data on nicotine content of foodstuffs (tea, tomato, potato, green pepper, and eggplant) and the 198991 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSDII), the absorbed dose of nicotine is shown to be significant compared to present day environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) nicotine exposures."<br />http://www.riskworld.com/abstract/1995/SRAam95/ab5aa174.htm<br /><br />But I as a Conservative voter and keen vegetable grower I am horrified to see the current government are still going along with this.<br /><br />Brave new Tobacco Plan for England<br />http://www.fctc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=522:new-tobacco-plan-for-england&catid=257:opinion-pieces&Itemid=214Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-64238855393655065322011-04-09T11:55:00.026+01:002011-04-09T11:55:00.026+01:00Too right I do, but the problem is all the main pa...Too right I do, but the problem is all the main parties know nothing, they rely on pollsters and lobbyists.<br />The Government of the day signed the WHO agreement/treaty that aims to ban smoking totally. At no point were we told that our politicians were signing up to it or what it would entail.<br /><br />They are all a shower of shyte and should be strung up from the nearest lampost!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-84038672249811535142011-04-09T10:48:43.963+01:002011-04-09T10:48:43.963+01:00Appreciate it? I share it!Appreciate it? I share it!George Spellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566990991084867385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-817841641999155652011-04-09T10:45:57.647+01:002011-04-09T10:45:57.647+01:00I not only appreciate his anger: I share it. And I...I not only appreciate his anger: I share it. And I appreciate your short and truthful analysis; thanks Simon.Lysistratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193876192173490810noreply@blogger.com