So, for my first editorial I thought that I should moan about the single most ‘thing’ that pisses me off about England.
So, for my first editorial I thought that I should moan about the single most ‘thing’ that pisses me off about England. Never did I think the day would arrive that, instead of my usual 20 Marlboro, I would be forced to too buy fucking Sovereign. For those of you not familiar with this particular brand of filth, they are not only one of the cheapest cigarettes you can buy (av. £4.76 for 20) but they are also the nicotine engine to 99% of pikies, chavs, and asbo’s. The reason there so cheap is because they ARE shit. Today, that day came round and shat on my doorstep.
Which beggars the question, why the fuck do I have to pay £6.10 ($12 – That right, x2 now. Doing something wrong mr.bush?) for a box of reds when on average they cost $3.15 in the US? (Times). Fuck me, that’s still expensive compared to Asia and the Middle East. In Shanghai 20 Marlboro can be purchased for 92p and in Egypt, after taxes on cigarettes where increased in 2008, they cost around 80p.
We should pay more for cigarettes in England then in Egypt, for several reasons. Firstly, we have a free national health service which undoubtedly plows millions of pounds into treatment for patients suffering from smoking related illnesses. We earn more money, so we are able to pay extra for the pleasure of smoking, thus the government is able to further increase taxes on tobacco. But when did all this spiral out of control!?
It all when bullocks-up when the government - through its various hate campaigns and propaganda, managed to turn smokers into public enemy number one. With the majority now on the government’s side, it’s all too easy for them to increase prices and say “you don’t like it, don’t smoke………it’s bad for you.” I KNOW its fucking bad for me, and I don’t think there a single smoker out there that still thinks that smoking is good for your health.
Now, you would think that if you where lucky enough to be able to pay for and sustain a healthy smoking regime then you would be a very happy camper indeed. And…you would be wrong. Unfortunaly, you can’t smoke anywhere that resembles civilization because of the ‘public space’ bullshit. Since when is a bus shelter a public area? I’m a polite guy, if it’s a sunny day I’d gladly stand a couple of steps away from the shelter, but wtf, I’m not standing in a terenchal downpour because the person next to me thinks he’s going to catch cancer from my ‘second hand smoke’.
Well, I’m sorry guys and girls. I really wanted my first article to be something informative and academic, instead it turned into an article fueled by hatred and contempt. But seriously, I’m sitting in my garden, with NO cigarettes (I only bough 10 Sovereign) and an 1/8th of the nicest smelling shit this side of Middlesex. Should I be mad? Too fucking right I should be.