Ban smoking? Shouldn't they ban all cars?

nutshell

totally agree the fumes given out from cars is far more harmful ...

<3 Decode <3

i think they should ban idiots.

Whatever.

Erm. lets ban cows as well then they pollute more than a V6 Range Rover.

i like tacobell

yeah and ban volcanos shitting out loads of smoke have you seen those things? their like giant factorys or a million cars

lilflashinchick15

I agree.. ban smoking screw them!

4what it'sworth

I really hope that these same people who think that this smoking ban is great and see it as a victory remember that when one of their freedoms is the next to be banned. This whole smoking issue could be resolved without banning it altogether, but too many do not want any compromise at ALL. Smoking is LEGAL. You are right, then ban all cars, transportation, industry etc. I am an ex smoker, but I see this as just another freedom that we are losing and nothing to cheer about..

Finland Red Egypt White

You can work it out. I'm looking at statistics on my cig pack.

Tobacco - 19,019 Deaths.
Alcohol - 2,831.
Motor Vehicle Accidents - 1,731.
Illegal Drugs - 863.
Murders - 203.

Barbara Doll to you

No more banning.

McClean

They ban smoking in certain buildings, not altogether.
They also ban cars in certain places.
Its a silly analogy anyway.

cheryl m

What are you on about!? Do they let cars run their engines in restaurants and bars where you live? If so, yeah, ban that!

Katie B

They are banning smoking more for health reasons really. But I think its should be up to the individual if they smoke or not but is nicer if they ask none smokers if its ok the light up.But I think there needs to be more enviromentally friendly cars built as if I didnt have my car I couldnt get to work as there is no public transport to were I work.

DOT

and beans?

Kevan M

First things first.

Cars should be regulated enough and more effort into converting them into a sustanable source fuel which is non pollouting. Smoking is an addiction and gives off higher levels of toxins and carcogens then any car fuel exhaust now and some how I doubt if there is any way to make them non toxic.

Karen

Should we ban cars????Car exhausts contain a range of toxic substances that can have a serious impact on health.
Once released into the air, these substances are breathed in and transported in the bloodstream to all the body's major organs.
Potentially dangerous vehicle emissions include:
Carbon monoxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Sulphur dioxide
Benzene
Formaldehyde
Polycyclic hydrocarbons
Lead
Tiny suspended particles
The most obvious health impact of car emissions is on the respiratory system.
It is estimated that air pollution - of which vehicle emissions are the major contributor - is responsible for 24,000 premature deaths in the UK every year.
Many of these deaths are due to asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases - all of which are known to be aggravated by exposure to car fumes.
A Dutch study, published in March, of 632 children aged 7 to 11 years found that respiratory disorders worsened as air pollution increased.
Impact on blood
Pollution can cause breathing difficulties
Many pollutants produce harmful effects on the blood and the coronary system.
Researchers estimate that one in every 50 heart attacks in London are triggered by air pollution.
Lead, for instance, interferes with the normal formation of red blood cells by inhibiting important enzymes.
It also damaged red blood cell membrances and interferes with cell metabolism in a way that shortens the survival of each individual cell.
This can lead to anaemia - a shortage of blood cells - which can reduce the body's ability to circulate oxygen and vital nutrients.
Benzene has a suppressive effect on bone marrow and impairs the development of red blood cells.
Exposure to the chemical may result in a diminished number of blood cells - cytopenia - or total bone marrow loss.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is similar to suffocation.
CO binds to the haemoglobin contained in red blood cells 200 times more effectively than oxygen, and so can dramatically reduce the ability of the cells to transport and release oxygen to the tissues of the body.
Toxic chemicals may also stimulate the immune system to attack the body's own tissues, particularly the cells that line human blood vessels.
Central nervous system
Research has shown that exposure to lead can lead to behavioural changes.
It can also impair mental function, causing problems with learning and memory.
The immune system appears to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of pollution.
Substances such as benzene, nitrogen dioxide and small particulate matter interact with the immune system and may cause changes, ranging from overactive immune responses to immunosuppression.
Cause of cancer
Long-term exposure to Benzene has been shown to be linked to leukaemia.
It is also thought that the harmful impact that the chemical can have on the immune system may lower the body's defence against tumours.
Polycyclic hydrocarbons are also thought to be carcinogenic.

Choccywoccy

and your point is?

goaltender

Money, is the key to your question. Smoking bans are propogated by people who are getting government grants. They infect communities and make proposals to "save everyones life." The more bans imposed, the longer their grants continue to flourish. Yet, there is absolutely no evidence to support their claims. We are being duped! And controlled.

silly gorbie

........sorry but I fail to see any connection.

flying_blind_and_dyslexic

no, just gore

xcongoneout

KEWL THOUGHT...
What about: Heroin*Cocaine* Volcanos*Farts?
Haaa maybe not since this are not fatal...

pretty much, government earn to much money for them to do that though!

and they will also need to make public transport a hell of a lot better!

Sheryl Reyes

we cant ban cars of course the way we could not ban cigarettes...

pals

The tax paid on cigarettes is higher than anything else, If everyone stopped smoking at the same time. The NHS would crash!
If cars were banned we'd have to rely on public transport, resulting in nothing getting done and no one going anywhere when the trees shed their leaves!!

carlos_frohlich

Smokers means cost to NHS and Cars means profit at several layers (When cost becomes bigger than profit, then, we already know what will happens)

ufo18

It must be wonderful to live in a box , open the door at 0900 am look toward London say hail the PM, wait for your food parcel of the daily ration

big dealman

i see no reason to ban anything.people just love to put other people in catagories.make them miorities.smokers are another fine example.

k8!

I think they should ban u from asking stupid questions that have no resemblance at all !!!!!!!

foxy

we all have to see that we can,t just keep using our cars like we have been indefinitly.....we all should be limited to the amount of milage we do per year,this would cut out small trips to the school with 4x4s or to the shop at the corner,all un necessarry trips ,we would save up our miles for an holiday trip and get a whole lot healthier........ok i am in cookoo land i know

kavekarst

I'm for breathing air free of stink.
I can't do anything about the millions of cars.
I'm better at one on one.

I don't like the stink smokers have on their clothing, the stinky trail that lingers in an empty hallway, their stinking breath as they rasp and cough up gobs of tar, but most of all their idea
I'm wrong to ask for air unpolluted by their poison. I first tell them face to face to take their smoke elsewhere. For those who bluster, get rude, or ignore me I've another response. I've had them put off public transportation for smoking. I've had them asked to leave restaurants and taverns for their smoking. I've had Airport, train station, and ferry terminal security guards escourt them to the taxi stand for smoking. I've had city police cite smokers for misdemeanour tresspass for refusal to depart when requested and I've gone to court to testify in misdemeanour cases; I've heard judges
denounce smokers as scofflaw's and fine them for smoking.

There is no point to a ban unless citizens step up and insist upon enforcement. I do my share. If I smell your stinking habit in posted 'no smoking' public place or on my property
I'll start the legal proceedings. All non-smokers should.

billmanskills

we should ban trains, im sick of them waking me up, they are really loud underneath bridges

William D

i take it your a pedal pushing tree hugger get a life

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