Grandad cares, so should you

How did it come to this?

I was late to Twitter. I never caught the bug. Still haven't really. Eventually I was persuaded that if you can't beat 'em join 'em.

So we set up a Twitter account for Forest (@Forest_Smoking). This was followed by an account for The Free Society (@the_freesociety).

When we launched the Hands Off Our Packs campaign we set up another one, @NoToPlainPacks. The No Thank EU campaign gave birth to @NoThankEU.

We even set up an account for a campaign that has yet to be launched (@Action_Choice).

Then I thought it would be nice to have my own account so I could tweet about things that are inappropriate to Forest and all the other accounts but are personal to me, or make me laugh.

Hence @SimonClark2014.

(It's a terrible username, I know, but you try finding one with the words 'simon' and 'clark' that hasn't been snapped up already. If only I had a name like Phoebe Frieze I'd be laughing.)

Anyway, Twitter is beginning to take over my life because there are now seven accounts to manage.

The latest is @stupid_plan, the Twitter account for our new Plain Packs Plain Stupid campaign in Ireland.

If you are on Twitter please follow @stupid_plan. Plain packaging is an international issue and what happens in Ireland over the next few months could have a serious impact on the UK.

If you're not on Twitter visit the embryonic campaign website and register your support.

Last but not least, if you don't care about plain packaging, I urge you to read this post by Grandad, the award-winning Irish blogger, on Head Rambles.

And then follow the campaign on Twitter.