Lucky Strikes in the War on Terror

Yesterday I suggested that the War on Smoking should be considered one theatre in the War on Drugs. Silly me for forgetting that it’s actually a subset of the War on Terror. Here’s ASH’s Cecilia Farren talking on the Today programme about some recent modest amendments to Holland’s smoking laws:

“It’s a very backward step. For me, on the side of keeping smokefree law is public opinion, public health, workers health, equality of access. There’s just so many reasons and on the other side it’s just long campaigning by the tobacco industry, frightening businesses. It’s an absolute terror campaign and I think you’ve got to have backbone to stand up to them or actually back down in front of their campaign.”

Emphasis added. Now one shouldn’t worry too much about this since such statements are a Smoker’s Friend. Nevertheless, it’s an interesting and revealing choice of language.