Pinch 'n' Pint Promotion Pulls the Plug!
It seems that last orders has been called on the Pinch 'n' Pint Promotion at the Devonshire Arms. Innovative landlady Valerie Walters had decided to offer a free pinch of snuff with every pint bought to aid smokers with their cravings when the smoking ban is enforced in July.
However, it would be far too much to ask the punters to decide themselves whether they wanted a pinch or not. So in this nanny state that we are turning into the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) wrote to the landlady informing her,
"I thought you ought to know that free distribution of any tobacco product is illegal under the terms of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act."
I guess you shouldn't really shoot the messenger and it is the law after all, but have we just gone crazy in this country? Are we that senseless that we can no longer decide for ourselves what we should or shouldn't do?
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Pinch 'n Pint Pulls the Plug
What a shame; that means the only place left to get free snuff are the Houses of Parliament.
One law for us and one law for them.
See quote below:
House of Commons Information Office Factsheet - Snuff
Another curious survival of the eighteenth century is the provision of snuff, in recent years at public expense, for Members and Officers of the House, at the doorkeepers' box at the entrance to the Chamber. Very few Members take snuff nowadays. Snuff, however, is the only form of tobacco to be tolerated in or around the Chamber: smoking has been banned there and in committees since 1693.
It should also be pointed out that anyone offering an other a cigarette is also in breach of the law.
A Free Pinch?
Hmmm, suddenly I've become all political and am thinking of becoming an MP. So as well as ludicrous pay rises, all kinds of sleeze, and an afernoon nap in the chambers, you can get free snuff!!!
Sounds excellent to me, where do i sign???