First Pubs Now Cars

It seems that having managed to remove our freedom to smoke in buildings we own, the next step for anti-smokers is to remove our freedom to smoke in cars we own.

Earlier this month it was the Chief Medical Officer for Wales calling for a ban on smoking in cars. Now it's Ash Scotland.

When they get that the next step will be our homes.

Interesting Definition

The duty on cigarettes has just been given its biggest ever increase.

"The aim is to encourage smokers to quit," Kosuke Kato, a health ministry official, told Associated Press. "We hope the price increase will discourage smokers from buying cigarettes and eventually help them quit smoking."

I think you mean "force them".