Official: smoking is good for you
By our cigarette-smoking woman behind the Bar, Miranda S Givings
In a dramatic U-turn that has stunned the world, the Irish Goverment today announced it intends to repeal the smoking ban it introduced less than six months ago
Hopes that the controversial ban would improve drinkers' health and turn the streets of Dublin into havens of tranquillity have been cruelly dashed as street violence, date rapes, and potentially fatal diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, gastroenteritis and projectile vomiting continue to rise among Irish pub-goers.
Dr Shaun O'Malley, the Irish Minister of Health admitted to Utterpants that health professionals were completely baffled by the phenomenon until they realised that all the affected people had stopped smoking in compliance with the ban.
“It’s clear to us now,” explained Dr O'Malley, “that banning smoking has left Irish drinkers wide open to a range of health problems and injuries they never suffered before."
"Such as?" we asked him.
"The Saturday night tummy bug which is laying our young girls low."
"What tummy bug?" we asked.
"It's the strangest ting," explained the Health Minister. "Every weekend, hundreds of young Irish girls complain of dizziness, nausea and a creepin' paralysis in dere legs. Some just keel over in the streets, others vomit where dey stand. We were at out wits end."
"Had these girls been to the pub?"
Shaun's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "How the divil did you know that?"
"A lucky guess," we replied. "Did they smoke?"
"No, but we've bloody well told them to start!" retorted Dr O'Malley enthusiastically.
"So —" we asked dubiously, "are you telling us smoking is actually good for you?"
"You can't argue with statistics."
"Which statistics would these be?" we asked.
"The ones that tell us that non-smokers are ten times more likely to beat up dere wives on a Saturday night after they've been down the pub."
"Isn't that because smokers are banned from pubs?"
Shaun's eyes lit up with a triumphant smile. "I taught that at first, but we've talked to all the major Irish breweries and they dismissed the idea that there is some mysterious bug going round all our pubs and clubs."
"We meant something in the drinks, Minister."
"You must be joking," retorted Dr O'Malley with a lopsided grin. "If there was anything in pubs that made people ill, do you tink the Irish government would allow it?"
"So does that mean you will be lifting the smoking ban in pubs?" we asked.
"Not only will we liftin' the ban; we're going to make smoking compulsory in the workplace and the home. We Irish are not stupid, you know."
2007-07-02 12:54:56
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answered by sukiesmum 2
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2016-01-30 14:11:22
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answered by Isaac 3
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Once a smoker starts to smoke, the place fills with smoke quite quickly so that soon it is impossible to go inside without breathing in smoke.
A non smoker would have to stand outside for the entire night, and have people to go in and get his or her drinks. A smoker only has to stand outside for as long as it takes to smoke a cigarette (unless they are a chain smoker).
This law has been brought in because smoke kills. That's why you don't have to go outside to drink alcohol. What you drink doesn't kill the people around you.
I don't expect best answer for this. You obviously only want answers from the people who agree with you.
2007-07-01 20:38:30
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answered by Copper 4
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Because they're not the ones who are polluting the inside air in the first place.
2007-07-01 16:29:15
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answered by la buena bruja 7
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lol its been here in n/i since april you'll get used to it.Im in a wheelchair its hard on the arms getting to exits just for a smoke and sometimes i just can't get outside as its steps unless i do a massive detour, hmmmnnnn xxx
2007-07-01 16:29:42
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answered by nendlin 6
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Harhar, nice try. Close but no cigar. Hah!
2007-07-01 16:29:46
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answered by Anonymous
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cos theyre not the ones killing people silly
2007-07-01 16:30:28
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answered by Anonymous
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fair point and one that i have raised my self as well !
2007-07-01 16:29:04
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answered by Andrew1968 5
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