Don’t laugh all you smokers, it may not be too far away.

New figures today show England is the fattest country in the EU. Now Professor Julian Le Grand, chairman of Health England, hopes to encourage people to improve their diets, give up smoking and exercise more.

He proposed the introduction of a smoking permit, which smokers would be required to show each time they bought tobacco. It is then their choice to go smoke free and not buy a permit.

Le Grand is not just some fringe wacko - he’s a wacko who used to be an aide to Tony Blair. 

This is what you get when you cede control of your body to the government.  The government then controls you and your body - because they know what is best for you and the collective.  It is starting to sound like the Borg.

• American Cancer Society going after smoking in workplace
• Madison moves closer to smoking ban
• HillaryCare Part Deux
• So when is your body actually your body?
• Alabama’s sin tax quandry

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