The term “International Community” is one used frequently in the US, the UK, France, in all western media outlets and to a lesser extent, in the EU. It is supposed to convey a gravitas and a sense of unity of … Continue reading →
FIRST ANNIVERSARY Around June last year I sat one evening silently reviewing my life. I won’t bore you with it all but among my resolutions that day was to try again to quit smoking. I had last tried about thirty … Continue reading →
This week, the HSE issued yet another report on smoking. The amount of repetitive and lazy research on this topic is probably why the HSE has little money left to invest in other areas. Anyway, this particular headline ran, “Smoking … Continue reading →
It has been an interesting week. The 2016/2017 Healthy Ireland Report was released on Wednesday and it was quite telling when it came to tobacco. Just two weeks ago on radio I heard an anti-smoker claim that smoking rates … Continue reading →