Day: June 2, 2022

Increasing the housing stock puts downward pressure on prices and fosters economic growth At both the federal and provincial level, Canadians and their legislators often look down their noses at...

《菸害防制法》修法一直受大眾的矚目。目前台灣有近三百多萬吸菸者,但非吸菸者卻有近二千萬。對於非吸菸者而言,縱然他們可能真心希望台灣是民主和開放社會的範例;假如決議就只有簡單的少數服從多數,吸菸者幾乎可以說是沒有勝算,結果不是真正的民主,而是多數人暴政。 民主是和衷共濟,透過協商找出最接近兩全其美的方案。本次修法,屢受關注及討論原因之一,是衛生福利部提出的版本中,包括全面禁止電子煙在內之各式類菸品。 「為甚麼不乾脆戒菸?」對那些非吸菸者,可能會覺得戒菸事在人為,只要有決心的話,誰都可以立地成佛。然而事實證明,過去幾年容許吸菸者有替代品可供選擇的國家,吸菸率的降幅尤其明顯。以英國為例,自從 2013 年英國公共衛生署積極建議吸菸者改用電子煙,英國整體吸菸率下降了 25%。相比之下,世界上電子煙法規最嚴格的澳大利亞,同期的吸菸率僅下降了 8%。 Read the full article here

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May 20th marked the annual World Bee Day of the United Nations, an excellent occasion to debunk the myth that the bees are dying because of modern agriculture. This common misconception...

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