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It was also noted that while under the Health Act 2006 it is illegal to give out free tobacco in the United Kingdom, Parliament is exempt from this as the Palace of Westminster is a royal palace, and therefore legally exempt from the legislation.

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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

There ought to be a documentary made about this, but snuff films are illegal.

[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I love how UK has so many of these weird traditions that just went too far and now everyone just feels bad to stop it

[-] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago

By that line of reasoning they can also shoot up speedballs whenever they feel like it. Man the people who write the rules just casually flaunting their invincibility to thus aforementioned rules.

[-] bcgm3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

"Rules for thee, writing the rules to control you while snorting stimulants for me" 😌

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

It's a monarchy. I don't think there was ever an expectation of equality.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Really the complete opposite.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago

Used to do snuff because my workplace banned smoking anywhere on campus. I'd go in the bathroom and snort a pinch a few times a day.

Hanging out at the guy's cube next to the door, I was horrified to find that you can hear everything in there! Fuck me. There could hear me snorting and see me coming out with red eyes. My supervisor, who was great woman, asked me very nicely if I had a drug problem because of the "tracks" on my arm. (It was a caring thing, not a nosy thing.) LOL, they were burns from working in a rubber plant that hadn't faded yet.

Anyway, that was my first tech support job and I got my hands on a 386 Windows 3.11 machine! Started my career.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

I honestly didn't know anyone did snuff any more.

[-] wintermute@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago

It's still very popular in Germany, you can find it in every tobacco store and most supermarkets.

[-] magikmw@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

It was very popular on high schools in mid 2000s here. I guess easier to hide than smoking.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I'll order some online every now and then. For some reason they sell snuff in Europe and not snus(dip) and in the states it's the opposite.

Snuff is quite invigorating, like snorting a cup of coffee or something. It also makes everything smell nice for a long time as it's scented like fruits and perfume. Of course there's the sneezing and brown boogers too though.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I didnt even know you actually snort the shit. That sounds painful.

[-] Lightsong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah and what did it feel like? Light head like when you had first cig of the day? Or?

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You have to do a very small pinch or you're going to be in literal tears. It's a solid rush, makes your scalp tingle, but no, not like your first cig of the day.

It's also pretty gross. Know those lacy cuffs they wore back in the day? Those were literal snot rags for snuff. You gotta blow out the brown boogers eventually.

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[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

theres a pub in dublin, ireland that sells it from behind the bar. kinda fun as a novelty. mulligans on poolbeg st

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I did it in the mid to late aughts. They sold it at all the gas stations that had the weird flavored Camels that came in tins. Got bored of it eventually but it was widely sold then.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Back in the 80s they'd give schoolkids cocaine, pretty sure your boss was bumping.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 32 points 2 days ago

I love these old, mostly-harmless traditions.

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 42 points 2 days ago

This one is especially harmless

the last recorded instance of an MP taking snuff was in 1989, when 1.5 ounces (43 g) was taken at a cost of 99p

[-] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Honestly, I'd try that just to put my name on the page of that record book.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

I genuinely find that surprising given the corpses that have been haunting that place over the past decade or so

[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 3 points 1 day ago

interesting, as the article mentions that it is free.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

They are required to keep it full, my guess is they know that refilling cost that.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

TIL smoking was banned from the house in the 1600s!

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

That was before they knew the health problems with secondhand smoke, but also before the invention of fire extinguishers.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Definitely before they knew, but not before some suspected.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Anyone who smokes for more than a few years and is honest with themselves, knows it's very bad for them. You don't need scientific evidence when you can feel it in your chest. It's also very addictive, so it's easy to push all of the physical evidence aside.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I have been smoking regularly for 23 years, minus about a year total of quitting twice. I get regular aerobic and anaerobic exercise from work. Sure it will probably give me cancer, and I smell like an ashtray, but it's not fucked with my health noticeably yet.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

How much do you smoke? I smoked a pack per day, and it was obvious within a few years that it was fucking with me. I still had better cardio and fitness than most people I knew, because I was a distance runner, soccer player, martial artist, dirt bike rider, and a bunch of other physical activities that most people don't do, but it was still obvious that it was impairing me.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Depends. If I'm working hard long hours I'll smoke less than a pack. If I'm off work and drinking I can do two whole packs. It balances out to roughly a pack a day.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I guess you've been lucky then. Most people can feel the negative side effects pretty quickly.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I hear there's been a potential lung cancer vaccine developed in Cuba. Due to the bullshit US embargo, I wonder if we'll ever get it if it works.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

There's always something that'll potentially cure cancer, just out of reach. It's like cold fusion.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh yeah I was very skeptical when I first read about it. Here's an abstract, from this year, on pubmed, which is run by the NIH. It claims that the treatment is both safe and effective.

Evidence gathered so far has been in trials in Cuba and the United States for sure, probably other countries as well. I do not think it is FDA approved yet, so it's only being tried on people with stage 3 or 4 cancer who have run out of treatment options. I would love to see a big trial on people where it was caught earlier, I imagine it would be even more effective and could potentially "cure" the cancer.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wait! It's a vaccine that you can administer after you already have the condition and it'll work?!?!

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's what all the papers that I looked at said. It's immunotherapy. This is why I'm so excited for them to start trying it on people with less advanced cancer.

I believe there's chemotherapy to prime the body, then 4 shots in two months and then a booster every month? Maybe it's wrong to call it a vaccine but that's what doctors are calling it.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well, like every other promising cancer treatment I've read about, I hope it becomes available to everyone as soon as possible, and that it's safe and doesn't lead to I Am Legend.

[-] baatliwala@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Counterblaste is a lovely word. Lots of gravitas.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, of all the Tudor neologisms that didn't really stick, 'counterblaste' is one of the more regrettable ones.

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[-] Breve@pawb.social 7 points 1 day ago

Get here in time when our day comes

You thought it was gold but it was bronze

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