Mary MacGibbonNew Zealand
Dec 27, 2023

Apologies to Old MacDonald. Much poetic licence needed.

The Coalition had a farm EIEIO
And on that farm they had some smokes EIEIO
With a puff puff here and a puff puff there
Here a cough, there a cough, everywhere a cough cough

The Coalition had a farm EIEIO
And on that farm they had some vapes EIEIO
With a puff puff here and a puff puff there, 
Here a suck, there a suck, everywhere a suck suck

The Coalition had a farm EIEIO
They said the vapes were to stop the smokes EIEIO
But they told big lies, said they did no harm (well not much)
And clinicians said to raise the alarm
With asthma here, inflamed airways there,
high risk of lung disease, gasping for air

The Coalition had a farm EIEIO
And on that farm the kids got hooked EIEIO
With nicotine here, nicotine there 
affecting brain growth, but no vape quitting programmes anywhere

The Coalition had a farm EIEIO
And on that farm big tobacco and government got rich EIEIO
But the doctors said they were really scared
The risks were high, and the kids could die 

The Coalition had a farm...
and got sued for killing New Zealanders

 

Have a good break everyone, if you can, and here's hoping for action in the New Year!!

 

(Picture from Freepik Music Images.)

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