RE: The smoking ban?

monkey-nuts

Ha ha I agree its not fair they are taking away our right to choose! Iv said it before and I doubt this will be the last time make food houses non somking make non food houses smokeing! Then everyone is happy!"

And before you non smokers go all crazy with-"what about our freedom of choice not to breath your smoke!" You will have freedom of choice you can go to the pub down the road where they are a non smokers pub! At least that way you can have the choice your not forced into anythin!

Plus think of the possible job losses that could occure from little pubs closing who rely on their local trade many of which could be those terrible smokers. The doo gooders dont think far enough ahead....

Shredder

I am a smoker too....bloody good point you have made there !!

dzgrl'02

In some places if you're idling more than 10 seconds you have to turn off your engine. So yes, I guess so BUT as an ex smoker it's really not that big of a deal. Public smoking has been banned for a few years now and if I was still a smoker I wouldn't care. My boyfriend smokes and he deals.

malibugirl

God I dont know if we stopped doing everything or going everywhere or eating everything that was bad for us then we would probably shrivel up and die anyway! Ridiculous - Lifes too short! Oh and I do NOT smoke by the way!

Andy M

No. I'm a smoker too and I'm a victim of this government's witch hunt as are you. We should start a revolution: let's all go down to our local town halls and light up.

tommybear45

yes, Finally!!!

louie3

yes they should, i am a smoker myself and i dont drive, so why should i have to breathe in the fumes from their lazy mobiles!!! plus run the risk every day of being run over cos half the people driving cars shouldnt be allowed behind the wheel of a dodgem!!!

Pinkflower

I dont smoke but i think the government has no right to tell people where they can smoke and tell bars/pubs etc if people are allowed to smoke in their place they have bought the place not the government. God what is this world coming to listening to everything that is said to us.

sukis

same here they should do

neoconammo

smokers all need to protest smoking bans by not spending money at non-smoking bars, light up in mall restrooms and drop it in toilet if challenged because it can not be proved if you flush it, think of great ways to fight bans.

m c

I think they should have too turn off their engines, they are putting out more smoke than you do. I think the smoking ban is because the tobacco companies pissed off some politicians, you know how them Liberal are, their way or they get with the Media and turn it into some kind of conspiracy or bad for the health thing. Before some one starts making allegations , I do not smoke.

spannerbox

Your walking the streets ? are you allowed to do that ? don't go shouting about it, or the government will want to tax it ! and hey if your happy smoking carry on, don't let them take away your freedom, and all you none smokers, just wait till your tax bill goes up, because we've all stopped smoking and the government has lost millions !!!

paul_601

Totally agree. The smoking ban is going over the top. People should at least be able to smoke in the pub - it should be up to owners to decide if they should allow smoking. Can't imagine being in a pub without being able to smoke - a pint and a smoke just seem to go together.

Mugsy's Place

You are most likely right about everything you say, but at this time smoking is at the top of the hit list. who knows what is next most likely car emissions.

jillionsing

I object to the smoking ban because:

a). Cafes etc should be allowed to provide areas where people can smoke- to be fair to their customers...
That would mean people can still enjoy a drink with a cigarette i.e. if you're stressed...

b). Whenever someone dies of a (stress-related) heart attack & they are a cigarette smoker, that is classified as death caused by smoking (& so are a lot of other conditions) which means the statistics to "prove" the link / dangers are grossly inadequate
(& smokers do help pay for the NHS...)

c) Where I live, you cannot go out on the streets after 6pm because of all the grown-up kids swaying about gang-style, very obnoxiously & swearing their heads off AGGRESSIVELY because they are already drunk!
They think they are so "in" & kool but my child thinks they're CRAZY.

They should also BAN ALCOHOL to be fair, as that has screwed up & killed countless millions of lives, whilst costing tax-payers HUGE sums...

d). If tobacco is now classed as harmful & it means by using these we are actually "self-harming"
then surely madly encouraging petrol sales
which cause poisonus fumes to spew out of the backsides of our cars, trains, planes etc.,
should be classified as harmful,
especially as that is linked to global warming which threatens the lives of countless millions of people, & possibly our survival as a species!

e). The government's hypocrisy is astounding! Their decisions often have harmful consequences
EG. This nation has recently lost 100 good men illegally because of duplicity. Surely the government's ill-thought out, economic & war mongering policies
should be classified as harmful to humans too?

The list of contenders goes on...

f). Chemical-based pesticides, herbicides, insecticides

g). pumping sewage into the sea

h). Nuclear energy...

b7jac

I am an ex smoker (always the worst!) and whilst I don't agree with the government telling us what we can and cant do, I must say I cant wait for the smoking ban.

Yes i expect we all use things we shouldn't, but its absolutely awful trying to enjoy a night out or a meal with someone puffing second hand smoke your way, and smelling like an old ashtray when you get home. Non smoking areas have never worked as smoke travels. But I also appreciate that smokers want to enjoy a night out too, and what happens when smokers and non smokers go out together. I really cant see how it will work.

Luvfactory

Yeahhhh, it should be like that! Many of this second-hand smoke is such an utter rubbish. There are lots of research into it and the results are so shocking that the anti-smoking brigade wouldn't want you to see that otherwise you'd rebel against the new smoking ban.

naturemonkeyirrepressible

At least with cigs i can stay out of a pub and not have to breathe it.

With cars/planes/buses/etc. they push that exhaust poison out all day long & do i get a say or choice in breathing that in ???

Veritas

You can choose to be a non-smoker or an intolerant anti-smoker. At the very least, smoking should be allowed in those pubs, where the owner decides to allow it. If not, the owner may choose to have a no smoking pub. That seems fair, and staff can choose where to work according to their predilections. But make no mistake, the affects of so called passive smoking have been massively exaggerated to gain support for the anti-smoking campaign.

What people don't seem to understand is that intolerance becomes persecution and it spreads to other things. If you are a smoker, you are a pariah, but if you take drugs, and probably commit crime to feed the habit, you are regarded as a victim.

You are quite right, motor vehicles emit far more dangerous fumes, and there are toxins in so many other everyday substances, not to mention food, that, why the overboard obsession with smoking. Why not improve ventilation.

The hysterical smoking ban (particularly in pubs) is a testament to the power of the government, supported by the media, to whip up a storm based on false information, and to use this to indoctrinate a gullible public into doing its work for it.

yelletale

yeah we are slowly becoming a communist country.......it is very sad i was thinking of moving to a third world country to be free...

tricia l

alcohol does more damage than smoking, you dont want to kill someone after you have smoked 20 marlborough lights but you would if you consumed 20 pints of lager,

Ian UK

As an ex smoker I can sympathise. However, the one thing that annoys me when I go on a night out, (apart from how expensive it is now because of all the binge drinkers who've caused the government to hick up the prices) is coming home stinking of cigarettes!

smedrik

Only those who chose to buy SUVs. It's all relative, just as there are let offensive options for smokers (patches guys, chew) there are certainly more responsible vehicle choices for drivers.

hehe care fumes aren't as deadly as smoke. I could lock myself in a garage with 20 smokers for an hour and emerge much more alive than being locked in a garage with a running car.

blueeyes

You got a point there, I am a smoker but I don't pollute the air half as much as the vehicles out there, why the heck can't they just leave us alone, and as for the non-smokers if you don't want to inhale my fumes then stay clear of me when I smoke, they say smoking kills you but a cars fumes are more potent to any human being than any damn cigarette is.
Yes if that is what it takes for govenment to realise that cars are also polluting the air, with all the crap that comes out of the exhaust.

happynspirited

Yippeee, no smoking, I can't WAIT! I've spent all my life (well, the old-enough-to be-going-out-bit) putting up with breathing in people's manky smell of smoke. Now, in the essence of fairness, all the smokers are going to have to put up with my non-smelliness inside bars. AND you don't potentially get killed for it either! What a deal. Pity they can't put a ban on people who wear enormous quantities of reeking perfumes as well. Or have BO. And yes, or idling cars, I don't own one either and I'd LOVE to have no emissions from them. Then again, I do eat, and I'm sure my food will have to be transported by lorry at some point in the food chain...hmmm. Complex. As for the taxes going up as the government has no revenue because smokers stop smoking, I'm sure my National Insurance bill will go down to compensate, due to the downturn of having to support people with lung cancer, whether due to direct or passive smoking. Then again, maybe people who smoke can just carry on, and get Darwin awards....and reduce the population, and then there'll be more space for me and all my non-smelliness.

greybeard

The smoking ban in public places starts 2nd April here in Wales, an I for one can't wait! (it's in July in England) to eat a meal without some plonker lighting up will be heaven! Stinky Pubs, where your eyes sting with the fumes will be a thing of the past, You'll all be outside sparking up, you Lepers!

No!!!

Car fumes aren't as deadly as smoke fumes.

You would have to be dumb to go and smell the fumes anyway!!!!!!!!! We do use cars to much though but they ain't killing us (as much as smoking) and we are doing a lot to help with cars!!!

We can complain because when we walk past a smoker it harms us and some people die from it and you are the ones paying for things that kill yourself but we don't want a free sample of smoking off you!!!!!!!!!!

I must say i think your question is dumb because

SMOKING KILLS

and some people answering want to keep killing them self's and harm the others around them (passive smoking). so if you want to be a mean person and hert others keep smoking in public but you can go to your home and smoke. It isn't up to me if you keep smoking but i would like to make sure you can't smoke in public!!!!!

Lots of you are saying lets go and smoke in our local shops or town centers but think if children are there you would be harming them and if lots of you are smoking round them you may cause life thretening damage, you must feal SO BIG & COOL for harming and maby even killing a child, killing others and yourself, horible.

You may think smoking is cool but it just isn't all it is is drugs you can take in public but soon you wont be able to!

What a great desision by the govenmet to ban smoking!!!!!

Some of you are talking about polution and the government are also trying to stop that but this argument isn't about polution it is about Living.

LIFE IS SHORT well you are making it EVEN SHORTER IF YOU SMOKE. It would be a slow and painful death.

Keep smoking if you want but i hope this has help change your mind about it all.

Remember... SMOKING KILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It is sad that the smokers are winning in this question but in the UK i am glad the non smokers are!!!!!
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the ram

Get a grip you muppet, driving a car is of benefit but inhaling your crap is not. Bet you do not turn down a lift of your mates where as non smokers would turn dow a cigarette from you.

Ruby Tuesday31

Please try and give up that would be a sensible solution!! You don't need it you;re just brainwashed into thinking you do!

Think On!

Danny D

You need to chill and realise that you are addicted......not only to smoking but to talking crap as well

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