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WHO CHIEF - "Smoking should be banned also in private homes"
NTB ^ | 6/15 2003 | NTB

Posted on 06/15/2003 5:47:49 PM PDT by Eurotwit

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is demanding a smoking ban inside private homes as well as in public areas. Comparing passive smoking to sexual child molestation, the head of the WHO argues that private homes should be subject to strict anti-smoking regulations.

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Fugelli om antirøyk-Brundtland - Helsefanatiker og fundamentalist

Gro Harlem Brundtland sammenligner røyking med barnemishandling. - Hun har forlatt fornuften og blitt helsefundamentalist, sier professor Per Fugelli. Han slakter Gros siste utspill mot røykerne.

- Barnemishandling. Det var i et intervju med NTB i går at Gro Harlem Brundtland plaffet løs mot røykende småbarnsforeldre, blant annet ved å slå fast at norske myndigheter har full rett til å forby røyking hjemme i nærheten av små barn.

- Alle er enige om at man ikke kan slå barn, selv om det skjer i hjemmet, sa den avtroppende WHO- lederen i intervjuet og gjorde det klart at man for å bli kvitt røykingen i hjemmene kan gå mye lenger med lovforbud enn det allerede er gjort i dag.

- Jeg er både skremt og skuffet over at Gro tar av på denne måten. Det som har kjennetegnet henne i årevis, er at hun forstandig har lagt vekt på vitenskap og nøktern dokumentasjon. Nå opptrer hun som helsefanatiker og fundamentalist. Hun har forlatt virkelighetens verden, og er tydeligvis villig til å ofre frihet og personvern for å renske også det private rom for røyking, sier Fugelli til Aftenposten.

Oppgitt. Professor Per Fugelli fortviler over Gro Harlem Brundtlands siste utspill mot røyking, der hun sammenligner det med barnemishandling. "Storemor ser deg" Professoren i sosialmedisin ved Universitetet i Oslo er også sjokkert over at Gro Harlem Brundtland med sine uttalelser rått stigmatiserer røykende foreldre som barnemishandlere. Han advarer mot at Brundtland tar til orde for et "storemor-ser-deg"-samfunn.

- Det finnes overhodet ikke dokumentasjon for å sammenligne vold og seksuelt misbruk mot barn, med røyking. Dette er fullstendig ute av proporsjoner. Det er jo ikke akkurat nedfall fra Tsjernobyl vi snakker om. Jeg og broren min hadde for eksempel foreldre som røkte gjennom hele vår barndom, men det ble da folk av oss også, sier Fugelli.

Brundtland har på sin side god tro på at vi i fremtiden ikke vil ha en større andel av røykere i verden enn på 5 til 10 prosent. Hun ser heller ikke bort fra at vi kan få en røykfri verden.

- Etter norsk lov er det er ikke lov å slå barn. Da den saken kom opp i Norge for rundt 20 år siden, var det noen som mente man ikke kan bestemme hva folk gjør innen for husets fire vegger. Dette var ikke flertallet enig i. De mente at man ikke kunne slå barn, selv om dette skjedde hjemme, sa Brundtland i gårsdagens NTB-intervju. Hun spådde samtidig at folk trolig vil se med helt andre øyne på spørsmålet om røyking hjemme i nærheten av barn om 10 år.

- Tenk to generasjoner fra nå, mellom 50 og 100 år. Da kan det være så ut å røyke at det ikke lenger er en del av kulturen, men noe fjernt som folk holdt på med i gamle dager. Jeg ser ikke bort fra at det kan oppnås. Om vi likevel bare kommer ditt hvor røyking er noe som 5 eller 10 prosent av befolkningen holder på med, har vi oppnådd et enormt resultat, sa hun.

- Velkommen etter Barneombud Trond Waage gikk allerede i 2001 ut og ba om røykeforbud i private hjem, fritidsboliger og kjøretøy der det er barn, i forbindelse Annonse Annonse

med en høring om endring i tobakkskadeloven.

- Jeg kan bare ønske Gro Harlem Brundtland velkommen etter. Vi voksne har mulighet til å gjøre valg når det gjelder røyking. Det har ikke en tre-åring. Derfor må vi jobbe frem lovverk som verner de minste mot helseskader av røyk, fastslår Waage.

Han viser også til at Island allerede har innført et forbud mot røyking i rom der barn er til stede.

(Excerpt) Read more at aftenposten.no ...


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Ms. Brundtland is turning into quite a one-issue fundamentalist.
1 posted on 06/15/2003 5:47:50 PM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: Eurotwit
What about AIDS and homosexuals? If AIDS is the problem they make out, they need to go after the homos.
2 posted on 06/15/2003 5:50:58 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Eurotwit
I dunno. It's all Greek to me.
3 posted on 06/15/2003 5:51:32 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Eurotwit
Well, that shows that they are all for government intrusion in private homes...
4 posted on 06/15/2003 5:53:23 PM PDT by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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To: Eurotwit
"the head of the WHO argues that private homes should be subject to strict anti-smoking regulations."

Would that include the smoke that wafts out of the end of the muzzle shortly after the anti-smoking enforcers arrive at the door?

5 posted on 06/15/2003 5:55:50 PM PDT by gorush
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"Comparing passive smoking to sexual child molestation"

WTF?

6 posted on 06/15/2003 5:57:12 PM PDT by EggsAckley ( Midnight at the Oasis)
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To: El Conservador
If you watch all of the anti-smoking commercials aimed at teens, they are basically "Just Say No" commercials. When Nancy Reagan started Just Say No against drugs, she was sneered at, but her policy is being used in the case of smoking.

I'm wondering when they will make some ads dealing with teens and sex, using the Just Say No policy.

7 posted on 06/15/2003 5:57:24 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Eurotwit
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is demanding a smoking ban inside private homes as well as in public areas. Comparing passive smoking to sexual child molestation, the head of the WHO argues that private homes should be subject to strict anti-smoking regulations.

Maybe? Maybe not.

I don't know. I can't read Norwegian.

8 posted on 06/15/2003 5:58:08 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Paul Atreides
But, but, that wouldn 't be political correct. How dare you suggest such a thing?
9 posted on 06/15/2003 5:58:16 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (recycling is a waste of time)
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To: Paul Atreides
This guy is whacked. It'll never fly.
10 posted on 06/15/2003 5:59:21 PM PDT by EggsAckley ("Aspire to Mediocracy"..........new motto for public skools....)
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To: w1andsodidwe
I know. What could I have been thinking?

I wonder how long it will be until they have realized how many child molestors they have offended by comparing them to smokers.

11 posted on 06/15/2003 6:00:39 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: EggsAckley
Isn't it interesting how many freedoms are lost in a "liberal" society?
12 posted on 06/15/2003 6:02:05 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Eurotwit
WHO are you? Who WHO, WHO who?
13 posted on 06/15/2003 6:03:53 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Eurotwit
It's not often we get to read a posting in Norwegian on FR--unfortunately, I can't understand it!!
14 posted on 06/15/2003 6:05:08 PM PDT by Betteboop
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To: Betteboop
At least it was excerpted. Heaven knows we don't have enough of those on this site.
15 posted on 06/15/2003 6:05:52 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Diddle E. Squat
WHO ARE WHO ? Exactly...even old Canada Creten asked who is WHO ? They must be a big brother group of the U.N. !
16 posted on 06/15/2003 6:08:26 PM PDT by OREALLY
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To: Eurotwit
Han slakter Gros siste utspill mot røykerne.

LOL that was the funniest thing I ever heard....hahahaha riot... stop stop...your killing me

17 posted on 06/15/2003 6:11:58 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Eurotwit
And the lethal injection into homosexual's anus'?
18 posted on 06/15/2003 6:13:57 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: OREALLY
Bump! Don't leave out the WTO
19 posted on 06/15/2003 6:14:35 PM PDT by Calpernia (Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
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To: Eurotwit
Ms. Brundtland is turning into quite a one-issue fundamentalist.

There is no "TURNING INTO" she has always been this one dimensional fundamentalist.

20 posted on 06/15/2003 6:16:46 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers = personification of everything wrong in this country)
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