Alex Massie on "cigarette permits"

GOOD TO see Alex Massie having a go at the SNP for their ludicrous attempts to "denormalise" smoking.

However, as Massie points out, the Scottish Parliament have also voted to ban coin-operated sun beds.

The rationale?

"The aim is to provide protective legislation - legislation that protects young people and the public, that makes it clear there is a risk associated with these machines." - Ken MacIntosh MSP

Protective legislation? What next - a government Bill preventing you from going outside on a hot day? Massie asks the obvious questions: what next?

I shudder to think.