I haven’t smoked since i was 32, which is 38 years ago. I grew up in a different time and we were not yet so aware of the dangers! Once my first son was born, that was it and I never smoked again. Naturally I became anti smoking and now can’t even stand the smell. What I fail to understand is vaping? What a waste, just a dying tobacco industry, way of continuing their profits, as smoking cigarettes declines. Why both are not banned is beyond me? I know it would not stop and be driven underground. It still generates substantial revenue for the government. Why do people want to engulf themselves in some concoction of sweet smelling smoke? More importantly why do they want me to be enveloped in their perfumed trail of puffed vapour? In Kettering there are at least 4 Vape Shops! There is now evidence that the youngsters are vaping as a fashion and of course, surprise , surprise it is not as safe as had been predicted. Surely it is obvious that inhaling any kind of smoke is not good for humans! Why are all the vape shop owners bearded hipsters?
So we are smack bang back into a Cold War, as Putin postures and threatens. In the 90’s as the old Soviet Union collapsed we lived with the hope that the West and Russian enmity would virtually disappear but Putin obsessive need to recover territory that he believes should be Russian has blown any chance of peace to bits! If he succeeds in Ukraine where will he go next? don’t think for a second he will stop at Ukraine. We have stop him, we have no choice. Nobody wants to fight him, nobody wants to contemplate the consequences but sanctions and empty threats will not deter him. He is bound and determined to continue. He cannot stop or all his power will evaporate. Lies and spin are being peddled and any hint of protest ruthlessly eradicated. I fear that worse times are ahead!
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