Europe to crack down on ‘passive drinking’, says leaked report

Just a few years ago smoking was the norm and fully accepted except by a few eccentrics.

If you actually read the article - which I guess you didn't (hence the top post) - you'll discover that these are not my views nor even those of the article's writer (Waterfield).

This is what the safety fanatics at the European Commission are talking about. By all means live your life in ignorance. You are under no obligation to be aware of what's happening in the world - until it hits you were you weren't expecting it. No one made you read anything.

You can prove anything with statistics.

Well Jas if the link to the article worked, I would have read it, unfortunately it didn't, besides from your remarks, you are offensive and lacking in social skills. Besides why post on a news link for food and wine. This is a place for those who enjoy food and wine to exchange tasting notes, experiences, and promote the enjoyment of food and wine.

Does that mean that the next time I visit France and order a diet Coke at MacDonalds they won't serve me a Kronenberg instead?

Tom S

I didn't twist your arm to make you read this.

If you think the news is irrelevant then just ignore it.

Apologies for the broken link. They have rejigged their site design. It'e possible that they changed it since first visited. Here is the working link:

And this is why this EU scare story will never go anywhere. Done in moderation drinking can actually have a beneficial effect on the consumer's health and no effect whatsoever on others. With smoking, on the other hand, even small amounts of smoke are injurious to the health of the smoker and those around him.

No comparison at all.

Bob

Whee have you gained your knowledge of the injuries caused by small amounts of smoke? The lungs are made to be self healing a bit of smoke will not do any harm at all.

Wrong.

Most tobacco smokers are addicts, as opposed to most alcohol users that are not addicted. But most pot smokers on the other hand are not addicts and the damage inflicted by smoking pot is also relatively minor in comparison to tobacco (or alcohol for that matter).