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gav552001
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I presume that this is a uk based question on the impeding ban on smoking in public places? I am a smoker and have given it up in the past. I think im a polite smoker for instance if there is someone eating or if i am in the company of none smokers i wont light up or i will move away i think thats only polite, however my view with this is that we a rapidly becomeing a " police state " there is also the arguement that yes giving up will benifit perhaps millions and help free up resources in the NHS, however the downside is the revenue lost by people giving up will have to be clawed back from somewhere so you will see an increase in prices as taxes are put up to compenaste for this,(for example i like everybody pay tax on my earnings however i was shocked to find out that when i put money in to a savings account im taxed again on it ! so thats two lots of tax on the same moeny) i also believe and i have seen first hand that local economies will suffer as well the amount of small pubs near me which are either closing or have leases up for grabs is astounding ! this " the local" is another piece of the true british identity will soon disappear as people will go to the local alcohol outlet and buy what they want and invite friends round, i also believe that as an adult i have the right to decide what i do and where, i totally agree that there should be a smoking room in pubs as there used to be we would be happy with that and im sure there are enough people out there who do smoke the enable pubs to staff them adequatley and thus keep everyone happy.
And if the governement was serious why not ban the sale of tobaco completley? or is that because of the revenue they would loose ? |
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nemesis
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As a smoker who is consistently trying to pack the cigs in, I am defo for the smoking ban. It is definately going to give me the impetus to give up once and for all. However, i do believe that there should be smoking and non-smoking pubs. Smokers have rights dont they? |
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sian E
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YES and NO...... i am a smoker, i respect others who do not smoke but i think they should have smoking rooms with ventilation instead of chucking us all out side like animals. x |
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joevette
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It should not be put in the hands of politicians. If I own a diner and I want to allow smoking that should be up to me. If you as a consumer don't approve you have the freedom to chose another place to eat/work. This country and its laws are based on the idea of the least government interference possible and the consumer should determine how I run my business. |
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ypresgreen
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Whilst I can see both sides of the arguement I am against the ban. Smokers are not evil people and we do have rights the same as everyone else. I am becoming really fed up with the nanny state telling me what I can and cannot do all the time. |
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bluenose
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Against. Why can't landlords choose whether or not to allow smoking in their premises.
Nanny state gone mad, i say. |
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JULIE D
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AGAINST - freedom of choice has just flown out the window. |
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don45123
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both....i think there are some sensible compromises...i am a non smoker |
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Manuel G
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I quit smoking about 30 years ago, but, I say smoke em if you got em. Just don't dump your ashs on the floor or ground. These no smoking bans are a clear example of the minority over taking the majority. Do gooders are on the rampage now a days and the only way to fight them is to fight fire with fire. It's like the law in Ohio where you cannot get within 6 feet of a topless dancer. they take the fun out of everything. DO GOODERS. They all think they are making this world a better place to live. So long as they are happy and everyone else is miserable, they love it. But, the are too naive to know that we are killing hundreds of people every day in Iraq. Whats their answer to that fact??? Oh, and about PETA?? if they had their way, meat would be off the table and back in the pasture. I never thought 50 years ago that people would rather eat a turnip than a T Bone steak. but how wrong I was. |
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Volksmecha
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I'm strongly against it - it's just a cheap way of curtailing our liberties. Prohibition is a very poor way to deal with a problem of this kind. |
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kat k
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MIXED....I pay 8 bucks for a pack of smokes, and most 6dollars of that is in taxes, and now I am told I can-not smoke anywhere!!!
I think it is actually GOOD for the upcomming generation..maybe it will encourage them not to smoke..but for us old timers, it bites! |
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V
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it's been called an anti-social habit many times but i've met sooooo many new people out in beer garden that i wouldn't have met if i sat still in the pub all night.
definitely not anti-social any more! |
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Shoe1
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I'm against it!everyone has the choice to do it,if you want to fart,go do it in the toilet and if you want to smoke, you just do it outside or in a smoking area,just as long as you don't harm those around you or discomfort them where they are.it's fun,relaxing and i just like smoking.should they ban cars?their smoke is more dangerous than cigarette smoke.... |
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lazerath s
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I am against the smoking ban instead of banning smoking in public houses all they needed to do was give the pub owners a choice smoking or none smoking and for them to display a large sign in there window stating which that way everyone had a choice as a disabled person i do not get many pleasures in life and a pint with a cigarette was one of them now I will have struggle outside and stand like a leper |
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Charmaine K
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I am a smoker and I get the urge to stop every now and again, but this total ban on my right to damage my own lungs using my own money has made me decide that I will not give up smoking. the company i work for is also banning us from smoking during office hours or on company property so we will have to leave the grounds at lunchtime to smoke. i don't usually leave my desk at lunch, but from now on i will be out for the entire hour every day no matter how much work is to be done. i agree that people have the right to breathe clean air, and i have always taken non-smokers into account - but what about my rights??? |
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Kika
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AGAINST. Why are people talking about 'clean' air when 4x4s roam our streets? hypocrisy of a high order.
Pubs were the last, very last bastion of smoking- a real refuge. I can see that the holier-than-thou non-smokers might like smoke-free pubs, and that's fine, but having NO ALTERNATIVE is a ridiculous, over-zealous, one-size-fits-all approach. We're not trusted, as adults, to make decisions for ourselves to go to a place that allows smoking or otherwise. So now we're to be criminalised and our civil liberties are being even further eroded. It almost makes one vote Tory, but those gits were all for the ban. It's a middle-class conspiracy to paper all our pubs with creme fraiche, and the usual endless jackboot stomping on the human face of the working class. |
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Misha-non-penguin
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I think it's too much. They should have introduced a license for certain establishments to allow smoking. |
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christine b
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i am totally against smoking ban we have compromised with the non smokers by agreeing not to smoke where they eat but now they are trying to stop us smoking altogether who,s brave enough to admit they love to relax and enjoy a cigarette.
even drug addicts now have more rights than smokers well if you enjoy a pint or a drink watch out it will be you next, as the tax goes down he collects from smokers it will go on your drinks or something else you enjoy, so gloat non-smokers it will only be for a little while before he taxes what you enjoy to make up for loss tax from smokers. |
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Showtunes
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Against.
This should not be a gov't issue at all. If you dont want to smell my smoke, then you dont have to frequent the same places. When I have my kids I do not smoke-they have never in their lives seen me put a cig in my mouth. Nor are they ever around it while with me. However when theyre not around I enjoy my smoking. I like to be able to go to a bar and do it. I am not saying I should be allowed to blow it in your face, but if I am being respectful, and the private business wants to allow smoking, that should be there right.
If people would take a stand instead of whining to the gov't then places would divide smoking and non. I would freqent both depending on whether not I have my kids at the time.
I dont blow it in your face, I only ask your allow me to take it into mine willingly. |
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TONY H
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against ! |
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animal.ntf
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against, it doesnt really bother me because i live in spain, but smokers have rights. you go to a pub, people are socialising, they should be allowed to smoke. its all these 'i've never smoked in my life' types that need to get a grip. England is going down like a lead balloon, and thats pretty fast. |
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spider 1
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Against in pubs.
There should be separate rooms for smokers,they should not have to go outside in all weathers.
I'm in total agreement with non smokers and understand all their issues, but smoke rooms or smoking and non smoking pubs would be the fairer solution.
I hope all the smokers can stop then lets see where the needed taxes come from! |
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tomb
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Against - I'm a very ocasional smoker, approx 1 cig every 3 weeks. But when I do smoke I like it to be in a pub, with a pint, after some pub food, crossword in hand. I just won't enjoy this situation without a cigarette which is a real shame. Why should my occasional pleasure be penalised? |
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Yellow Walrus After Dark...
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Smokers pay £20 billion pounds in taxes each year for their voluntary donation to the goverment and then the goverment ostracises them. Talk about biting the hand that feeds...you either ban cigarettes for their obvious detriments, or keep it perfectly legal not this in between crap of embarassing people out of a habit that the goverment actually condones. That's the biggest lie of all, "Oooh we're banning smoking in public places, and we don't condone smoking...but we'll have that tax thank you" |
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Robin
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I am for it. |
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anthuk2003
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Against because people who smoke whilst working in the open air don't hurt nobody;smoking outdoors in the open air while working or not isn't technically against this smoking ban and if hard bosses try to discipline or sack people for it, they could indeed smoke in secret as suggested. Compulsion isn't right;if those who can't easily give up don't want to;why force them and use draconian action at all? |
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ERIC W
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Against,
Just waiting to see where or what will be taxed to make up the shortfall. |
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STEPHEN P
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split decision really i agree to not have smoking in resturants but i think pubs and clubs is stupid you should be able to have a cigarette when you go out for a drink |
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