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Originally posted by Taurisk: ↑

@Sweetsound o.k. o.k. please accept my apology - it's just a colloquialism - Australian -
I grew up with a smoking father in a small apartment - never liked it, hated it, but he was only home in the evenings, hence it didn't impact me much, and I had a room to myself, too. Actually in Europe people kept smoking in public places (pubs, coffee houses) much longer than in Australia. My husband grew up with both parents smoking, so he never had a chance, smoked pipe for a while, which I liked when the tobacco was fresh - then under work pressures etc. got into the ciggies - not as many as most, and he didn't smoke cigarettes in the house, so I wasn't so aware how many he really smoked - I am now wishing I had paid better attention to his smoking habits, he was truly a beautiful man (Hungarian antecedents) as well as kind and generous.

So: I have never smoked, drank just a little on social occasions, a bit more in the last three years, but have almost stopped - just realised 2 bottles of: 1 white and one red wine lasted me 1 month, and I shared some of it with 2 visitors. I dilute mine now with soda water from my own soda siphon, which is great fun showing off to guests.
on healthful living:
. . . and I started a new batch of bread today; just 'set' the pre-dough - will feed it tomorrow and bake on Wednesday.
Keep cooking, baking . . .
Taurisk

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I think you missed the point - it wasn't about smoking per se - it was more about having the freedoms to do so amongst so many other things. Many such freedoms have eroded or have been taken away over time.

Drinking alcohol is another pastime that has been impacted by 'do gooders' - from memory NSW went from 0.05 to 0.02 and Victoria going further to zero tolerance - it has not so much to do with 'safety' but rather revenue collection. There are even many areas of zero alcohol zones punishable if breached. But as with cigarettes, the powers to be haven't made alcohol illegal per se but are happy to issue hefty fines if you don't do as per 'the law'.

And don't dare to ride a bicycle anywhere without a helmet as your precious head is so important that you'll sure to get headaches due to hip pocket pain if or when pulled up by the police. Rider's heads in some European countries must be much tougher and not so important to wear helmets.

Could go on - the list would be rather long - even longer than some side effects listed for many drugs (and of course some drugs are still in study mode re side effects). AIMO
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