Swiss anti-smokers want total ban on smoking
Militant anti-smokers want to tighten the ban on smoking in Switzerland
The "Lung", a militant anti-smoking organization in Switzerland, has submitted its national initiative, "secondhand smoke" at the Federal Chancellery. They want to install on the trick of "worker protection" is a total ban on smoking in all workplaces Swiss. This will include all catering businesses. The current exemptions in Switzerland wants to abolish rigorously. Only in the so-called Smoking lounges, so the side rooms where smoking is allowed, should be allowed to smoke if there is not served.
The Lung Association had collected last year, claims to be 133 000 signatures, which should have favored a total ban on smoking in workplaces. Otto Piller, president of the Lung Association, explained the thrust of the anti-smoking lobby so that the federal regulation "patchy" and that protect "employees only unsatisfactory" would.
Erika Forster (FDP) hastened to emphasize that the initiative would be directed not against farmers or even smoking. They had only the health of employees in mind. Why then would also ban smoking employees to serve themselves, other people who smoked, Forster probably can not even answer without having to admit that the whole thing is nothing more than cheap polemics.
The Lung Association, which had also been mentioned several times in the past by dubious machinations of himself ( News reported smoking ), but must adapt to the wind. The Farmers' Association GastroSuisse has already announced plans to fight the domination of the Lung Association. Still wants to continue the "Association of Independent economists' go. She wants to start an initiative to abolish the Swiss ban on smoking completely ( News reported smoking ).
Regardless of what the whole thing is, is in the stars. But has the "Lung" over seemingly immense funds that were used among others for sponsoring beauty contests. Smoking candidates flew out on edge, and the winner had to spread a year, the slogans of the Lung Association ( News reported smoking ). Let us hope that we will succeed to the opponents of smoking bans to fight against the misinformation and the inexhaustible resources of the anti-tobacco lobby money.
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Correction: The tobacco tax revenues for 2009 were 2.65 billion and, of course, not 26.5 billion francs.
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The lazy trick with the moralizing finger
No one denies that nicotine addiction is an addiction. However, one that is allowed for 150 years. This addiction is government-countered with two measures: with prohibitions and rip-off. A real fight against addiction, for example, free delivery of Ziban or Champix, made in spite of annual tobacco tax revenue is not 26.5 billion francs (2009). What you do is you raise your right index finger and moralizing makes the hollow of his left hand. The moralizing right index finger (paired with a whole series of false claims and phony statistics) will give this an admission of guilt, so that the smoker tacitly endorses the hollow of your hand. This has proven to be so good, so that the federal government now wants to do this with Cannabis and other products. From this moralizing finger live our AHV pension (tobacco tax), our federal budget (VAT in 2011 and also 20 cents from the increased tobacco tax), as well as the Non smoking organizations (Subsidies) are very healthy. More hypocrisy is probably not there!
The sad message to smokers that the Federal Council of fiscal and health policy reasons, the price of cigarettes by 20 cents to 01/01/2011 in turn increases, followed shortly before the "welcome" message from the Federal Office of Public Health that smoking rates have dropped again. This release follows the path of Burkhalter Couchepin to convince the people with phony statistics on the success of the Federal Non smoking campaigns. The fact is this: In the latest statistics have been calculated 14 to 16 years, although for less than 16 years of a tobacco sales ban (from 2012 throughout Switzerland, today only in some Cantons, for under 18 year olds) there. With regard to these 14-16 year olds (discuss it) can decrease the percentage of course still smoking quite significantly. But there's more. The statistics also not taken into account, was the largest group of smokers, namely the over-65s. As you may of course FDP Federal OASI pensioners no longer counted among the living who want to drive the AHV convincingly against the wall. However, at this rip-off, the Burkhalter defunct for over 65 years are definitely still very welcome.
• The fiscal and health policy sensible policy
The smokers pay annually to 2.6 billion in tobacco taxes. This money goes partly to social security, to a lesser extent in the tobacco prevention and as the federal subsidies to Non smoking organizations. At the very beginning tipped Couchepin suggestions that nicotine substitutes (Ziban, Champix) are covered by health insurance, respectively, are at the expense of the revenue from the tobacco tax distributed free of charge to people who want to quit smoking. Dama Lige justification Couchepin: If you stop smoking, which can spend the money on nicotine substitutes. This sounds reasonable in and of itself, if the word "if" would not. These nicotine replacement products can be heard that is not immediately respond to smoke, but gradually. This means that there are costs for nicotine replacement products (approximately CHF 300 - in Ziban) and cigarettes. A smoker with such additional works will not be able to afford it. Many retirees with EL smoke already at the expense of the cost of money, ie they live unhealthy for two reasons. This Couchepin also knew that Burkhalter know today does nothing to change this situation. On the contrary, as opposed to the social fund, which has the primary interest, to shut them up against the wall, Burkhalter decreed a further increase in the cigarette rice at 20 cents on 1 January 2011. Known as "fiscal and health policy sensible policy" is no longer sold increase but will benefit from the AH, but the overall federal budget for the rehabilitation of Bundesaushalts. The BBC headline on 24/09/2010 why are cigarettes more expensive and "reorganization of the federal budget on the hump of the smokers' When it comes to 50 million, one can naturally expect from an FDP representatives not even that this social insurance funds are supported, much less then that money for real health care, is used for example with a free supply of nicotine replacement products.
The smokers pay annually to 2.6 billion in tobacco taxes. This money goes partly to social security, to a lesser extent in the tobacco prevention and as the federal subsidies to Non smoking organizations. At the very beginning tipped Couchepin suggestions that nicotine substitutes (Ziban, Champix) are covered by health insurance, respectively, are at the expense of the revenue from the tobacco tax distributed free of charge to people who want to quit smoking. Dama Lige justification Couchepin: If you stop smoking, which can spend the money on nicotine substitutes. This sounds reasonable in and of itself, if the word "if" would not. These nicotine replacement products can be heard that is not immediately respond to smoke, but gradually. This means that there are costs for nicotine replacement products (approximately CHF 300 - in Ziban) and cigarettes. A smoker with such additional works will not be able to afford it. Many retirees with EL smoke already at the expense of the cost of money, ie they live unhealthy for two reasons. This Couchepin also knew that Burkhalter know today does nothing to change this situation. On the contrary, as opposed to the social fund, which has the primary interest, to shut them up against the wall, Burkhalter decreed a further increase in the cigarette rice at 20 cents on 1 January 2011. Known as "fiscal and health policy sensible policy" is no longer sold increase but will benefit from the AH, but the overall federal budget for the rehabilitation of Bundesaushalts. The BBC headline on 24/09/2010 why are cigarettes more expensive and "reorganization of the federal budget on the hump of the smokers' When it comes to 50 million, one can naturally expect from an FDP representatives not even that this social insurance funds are supported, much less then that money for real health care, is used for example with a free supply of nicotine replacement products.
On the outset: Smoking is unhealthy and promotes various diseases. This is indisputable, like that smoking draw for Non smoking unpleasant side effects for themselves. Nevertheless, I am for the initiative of the Swiss Association of Independent hosts this even though I'm not a restaurateur. The reason is therefore not primarily in the fact that I will defend that have been made by the Non smoking protection laws to restrictions on the ownership of the hosts. However, I am fighting against it, as it has come to the Non smoking and protection laws, such as parliamentary compromise solution has been circumvented.
The federally. Non smoking protection laws were initiated by Senate Felix Gutzwiler. Gutzwiler sits in the Verwaltungrat Siefried AG, Zofingen, including a manufacturer of nicotine withdrawal means. The FDP party colleague ex-Couchepin he was due to the support from the former Office of the Director of Public Health BA, Thomas Zeltner, a welcome ready "stooge" in the service industry, in this case in favor of Siegfried AG. Parliament finally sat down against the proposal of a comprehensive smoking ban in public places by the granting of Smoking lounges in the maximum size of 80 square meters. On the other hand, advocates of a strict smoking ban due to the addition that the cantons are competent to adopt stricter rules than those of the federal government. This additional provision made use of the Non smoking leagues ahead in order to force the Federal Act for the Protection of Non smoking occur in the cantons of the Swiss federal Fumoirsregelung with the help of the Left to undermine. But with little success. In all cantons, the solution found by the people hearing Smoking lounges. This will of the people were under the Non smoking again in the league with the government (not yet in force) federal statutory scheme, the cantons that a stricter legislation has been granted. Ordinances and regulations means that the people will not have to be submitted have therefore adopted a number of cantonal governments requirements that lead to the will of the people supported in the cantons to allow Smoking lounges, ad absurdum. Such harassment is as small as 80 square meters big Smoking lounges, oversized ventilation requirements (for Non smoking in Smoking lounges?), Three-sided open terraces, expensive conversions (average of about CHF 100,000 -.), Long and expensive approval process, etc, etc.. All this in the name of a Non smoking protection?
This is only one side of the story. Apart from the fact that of all the leftists are used with their support the economic objectives of the pharmaceutical (and not served, for the matter to the Non smoking protection is still nowhere near the end), I chalk the Non smoking organizations up to the former Federal Councillor and current Federal Burkhalter massive Lügereien , cover-ups and dishonest campaigns for the alleged protection of Non smoking. So too is the BA of Health in the possession of a comprehensive survey of EU-commissioned report says the obvious, that the alleged injury is not due to passive smoking can be detected. And by the Non smoking organizations always run into the box reports Bonetti (Kantonsspital Chur) was developed by the internationally recognized "medical review" almost torn in the air and, to say the least, referred to as unscientific.
Also meet the claims of the EDI does not represent that the number of smokers abnehme steadily. The fact is that according to various media messages remain for four years, the proportion is around 27%, bearing in mind that in this specification including infants, children and young people are included to 16 years! Subtracting these children and adolescents that leads into a smoker's figure of nearly 40% since 2009 from the FDF announced tobacco imports can not be a different conclusion. And also not true that the tobacco tax (according to time. Leaflet about the professional import of cigarettes from 01/01/2010 1,120%, plus 7.6 with the possibility of federal VAT, the tobacco tax, depending on the type of goods, to increase up to 300%, see Article 11 TPC) as the only incentive tax OASI and DI are, as the EL benefit. A large part "disappears" into the smoking prevention, and one looks in vain for how much each Non smoking organizations to get subsidies. Non smoking organizations, which by the way (500 1/2 day Friday -) with worthless (so various visitors) business courses deserve a golden nose and be afraid not, the people publicly to call for denunciation (see website "per acre"). And to return to the figures from the Federal return: The revenue from the tobacco tax for 2009 was 2.19 billion, 2.16 billion in 2008 (note the allegedly claimed by the EDI annual decline in smoking rates!). Despite this income was allegedly willing to health is not the Swiss Parliament tried, the smoker smoking cessation at the cost of health insurance, or even leave free. And precisely on this issue and keep the health insurance held back more discreet, but for quite selfish reasons. A comprehensive study of the EU shows namely that the "economic loss" cause the Non smoking is much higher than that of smokers. The cost of care aging people to exceed the cost of care by some smoking-related diseases, and these now have the time to carry health insurance.
Now, would the arguments for and against passive smoking, there are many safety. Who wants to deal with the medical controversy, I recommend the article by Daniel Schaaf (Online) "Medical Research for a good cause becomes a farce", as stated in this report are various references. And just this farce and the Lügereien Non smoking advocates moved me to the initiative of the Free Swiss hosts agree. This has to do with nor pay for the health consequences of smoking, as well as the recognition that Non smoking may feel bothered by smoke. This has rather to do with the manner of approach of the tobacco opponents. Said of tobacco opponents to be disturbed by the presence of Smoking lounges, tobacco opponents who believe they ban with strict prohibitions against the majority will of the people from smoking, tobacco opponents are under the guise of health promotion quite willing, especially older people from some only remaining contact, namely to remove the regulars.