Joe Jackson neemt anti-roken industrie weer onder vuur
In een nieuw, uitgebreid essay legt popster Joe Jackson, bekend van onder andere het nummer Is She Really Going Out With Him, aan het grote publiek uit hoe de anti-rokenindustrie met de waarheid manipuleert. Hij gaat uitgebreid in op de misleidende en propagandistische uitspraken over roken en meeroken zoals die keer op keer door de anti-rokers in de media worden gebracht.
10 sigaretten per dag roker Joe Jackson deed uitgebreid onderzoek naar de feiten zoals die door de anti-rokengroepen worden verspreid en weet in dit essay de misvattingen en dwalingen op een eenvoudige manier aan de leek uit te leggen.
My articles in the New York Times and UK Daily Telegraph, protesting smoking bans and antismoking hysteria, have attracted a huge amount of attention. Since this has unfortunately become such a contentious issue, and since I’m now constantly asked to discuss it, I’m going to take this opportunity to set out my position as clearly as I can, without the ‘filter’ of editors, the time constraints of radio, etc. This essay was primarily written for my website, but it can be freely downloaded, copied and circulated. When printed, it should run to around 10 pages.
I am ‘pro-choice’ on smoking, not just because I want to smoke (I don’t even smoke very much) but also because I’m concerned about certain worrying political and cultural trends, The antismoking movement is on such a roll at the moment, and smoking has been so thoroughly demolished, that some of what I have to say is bound to raise a few eyebrows. I can only assure the reader that my views are carefully considered and extensively researched.