Smoking Santa?
There are so many things wrong with this picture (and the story, for that matter!)…
LONDON (AFP) - Schoolchildren as young as 12 are to be offered nicotine patches to help them kick the habit, according to health officials.
“It does not take long for young people to be addicted to nicotine,” Iain Miller, a smoking cessation adviser with local healthcare provider Derwentside Primary Care Trust (PCT) in northeast England, said Tuesday.
The PCT has teamed up with the Government’s Sure Start scheme — which aims to improve the health of the nation’s children — to provide patches to 12- to 17-year-olds at six schools.
Seven percent of boys and 10 percent of girls aged 11 to 15 smoke, national statistics suggest. Almost a quarter of 16- to 19-year-olds smoke, figures show.
“By the time they have overcome the spluttering start to smoking and learned to smoke three full cigarettes, inhaling the smoke properly, they can be displaying the key signs of addiction,” he added.
“Young people deserve the same opportunities to break their addiction as older people do.”
So, Kindergarteners are watching santa hotbox a cig AND he’s got an empty liquor bottle in front of him. What’s up with that??
If this Santa says “ho ho ho”, he’s probably just stuttering.
Comment by Heraldblog — 12/22/2005 @ 8:06 pm
Hey kids, I don’t think that’s a traditional cigarette Santa’s smoking. I think Santa scored some
weed from a rebellious elf.
Comment by Kim — 12/23/2005 @ 9:03 am
Why weren’t you at work today, no?
Comment by antje — 12/24/2005 @ 11:57 am
Nothing says Merry Christmas more than this picture of a dirty, gruby looking santa smoking and drinking infront of a group of young children.
Comment by Greg Harrington — 12/24/2005 @ 1:12 pm
Sadly… There is some truth in this picture. Because these are the
kind of people that act out the Santa role in our Malls during the xmas
season but how can you tell your kids no… Thats a bad Santa.
Comment by Tulsa — 12/27/2005 @ 11:31 pm