Anti-Smoking news from around the world

There are a number of wierd and wonderful smoking stories in the news today, starting with India.

Police there are trying to enforce the ban there, but have met with derision when asking eunuchs to stop smoking.

The eunuchs, who make their living by threatening to expose themselves to more prudish tourists and travellers, laughed their heads off at the thought of having to pay the fine to the police.

Saudi Arabia may be having more success in their fight against cigarettes. The country is considering bringing a law suit against tobacco companies for the damage cigarettes have caused their citizens.

Saudi Arabia is hoping to raise a cool 34 billion dollars in cash from the lawsuit – perhaps even enough to offset the falling oil prices for a while.

At least the tobacco companies can be relieved that harsher penalties are not being imposed – after all this is a country where criminals are still beheaded in public and the religious muftahs are calling for the owners of satellite television stations to be executed!

In America PR Log has come up with the six most common excuses for not giving up smoking. The source is from a hypnotist selling his services, but I did think this excuse was funny:

Why would I want to give up cigarettes, I would only add 14 years to my life but then that’s 14 more years that I have to put up with my spouse, kids and my job.

Even Indonesia, where nearly every man seems to smoke, is cracking down. They have got a long way to go – according to one letter to the Jakarta Post the country produced an incredible 235.5 billion cigarettes in 2005!

Image by Meanest Indian.

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