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Queenie
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I think it's great!
I smoked from when I was 13 till 33 (when i got pregnant,) now I am very happy to say I haven't smoked for 4 years. I really don't want my son to smoke and with this ban making it more difficult for smokers I hope he won't start.
I do feel sorry for the smokers as it must feel like they are being victimised, but passive smoking causes cancer and it is time the non-smokers where protected.
It would be wonderful if this helped give smokers the push they need to quit. All of my friends and family who smoke are trying to quit, I actually only have 3 close family and friends who smoke.
Any way end of rant, I'll get of my soap box and they better not ban bubbly lol |
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carla
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In a way im all for it as wont be going home all stinking of smoke, but on the other hand all my mates smoke so ill be stuck inside while the party's going on out there!! |
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J C
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Pubs & clubs in Scotland are a lot better now without the stink of smoke. Alcohol wouldn't be banned for the same reason that smoking is banned. Smoking is banned in workplaces to protect employees who can't leave their workplace to get away from the smoke. |
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LEONARD W
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Before I start I'll tell you all now, I'm a non smoker. However, I'm appalled at the hysterical screaming and ranting of the anti-smoking mob. There should be rooms set aside for smokers. After all, they pay far more in taxes than non-smokers and cost the N.H.S. no more than most people. Lung cancer usually kills fairly quickly. I'm becoming more than a little worried about these pressure groups. Although they are mostly in the minority they are given far more attention than is justified. Someone in the vegetarian section of Q&A wants a tax put on meat and meat products. The cheek! |
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÷×Ryan×÷
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they should make a room for people to smoke in |
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john
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Unemployment will rise in the long run when this law takes effect. |
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ale s
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I think this law is ridiculous. A pub/club/bar without a place to smoke is like fish and chips without the chips. I agree non smokers don't want to breathe in smoke, but separate areas or pubs should be made for smokers. A lot of die hards will stay at home, as during a drink a smoker fancies a ciggy but obviously cannot leave their drink unattended whilst they go outside.
Pubs , clubs and bars will lose a lot of business. Question, is smoking also going to be banned in parks? |
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bala123
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Govt cannot make such decisions which simply satisfies a small group of people.Probably they must bring a consensus and then put forward there ban . |
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diamonds
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i was annoyed at first..being told what to do. now..i am thinking positive - it will cut me down..and that has to be a good thing - lets all just wait & see..it has to be good for all of us i think! |
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meandean
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its all gonna go up in SMOKE i can see it coming off |
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Rochelle N
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If they didn't sell the cigarettes if the first place we wouldn't be having this talk. I think drinking is bigger problem than smoking. I just don't understand all this in the 80's every body smoked and you could smoke in all the restraints. Now a days people are just so stuck up that is isn't funny. |
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jasonsluck13
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yeah, it doesn't make much sense to me... why we want to pick certain things and label them as bad and attempt to ban. i.e. smoking in public, marijuana, etc.. do people not realize there are other things just as bad? do people not realize addiction and unhealthy lifestyles are not limited to smoking and drinking? more people die each year due to obesity, by far, than they do from smoking/drinking. or how about the internet/tv? ..anything can be addictive if you let it. i dunno, i'm just sick of people sitting on their high horse trying to direct everyone's lives. |
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you rang
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Heart disease is still the number one killer in this country. The number one cause of heart disese is being over wheight so we should made it ill legal to serve fat people at public places to eat. Cars put out deadly gases so us outlaw driving. Drunk drivers kill innocent people so thats the end of alcohol. And the list goes on and on by the way I don't smoke. |
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minneyman89
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I'm fed up with all the do gooders telling people what they can or can not do. I smoke and that's my choice why should I have to suffer because people are so health conscious all of a sudden. Soon they will ban drinking in pubs and clubs because it causes drunkenness and violence.Thanks to the Nanny State nobody will have any fun and we'll all live to be 100, How boring. |
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Jim
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I do not smoke, do not like the smell and due to asthma have breathing troubles if I am in a smokey atmosphere. But I think it is totally wrong for such a law to exist, there are far too many of these silly laws saying what we can and cannot do. |
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Dale-Jaime M
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i think its a gd think as a lot of people do not smoke and smoking causes alot of problems |
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ssracing
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i think the ones passing legilation like this need a lit cigar shoved up their a** |
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henke
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is drinking in public places apart from licenced premises not already banned |
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Hera
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I think that this law is completely autarchic. By using the facade of health they simply want to manipulate people. Because if we want to be fair, there are so many things affecting our health that no one seems to care about. It is all about a matter of interest. If the state tells me that I cannot smoke anymore because it harms people who don't smoke, then I, as a citizen, demand a ban of cars in the big city centres. Every one can use public transportation, can't they? Why do they keep polluting us with their fumes which are far more harmful than smoking? And who decides where the big industries are building their next factories, especially the ones which extract metal and which spread 100% cancerous fumes around miles and miles away, reaching populated areas. No one seems to care when entire cities are exposed to these dangers. People should not be fooled by laws like this one. Politicians do not give a damn about public health but only whose interests they are serving. This is restriction of freedom, not an effort to keep down the smokers. So far, the non-smoker had the choice of where he would go to enjoy his drink or food. If a place was not designed good enough or poorly ventilated to meet his standards of a clean air environment, he simply wouldn't chose to be there. He was free to decide. The status quo indicates that the smokers will no longer be free to decide. It isn't about smoking. If only people could open their eyes and their minds. |
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andrew c
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not happy at all! i,m going to continue smoking till the day i die,i,ve smoked for 30+years now and i,m as fit as the next person at my age. besides at 1500+pounds a year in taxes on my ciggs i think i,ve contributed to any treatment i may require due to smoking. as for the ban its practically in force already and i won,t have to change my habits until they ban smoking everywhere but at home. by the way if it is solely a health issue what is the date for the banning of fast food? |
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Lisa F
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personally i cried and it gets worse in September the smoking age will go up to 18 , i only just got legal !!!!! |
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Becca Baybee <3
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in scotland its already been banned.
in ways its really good as im not a smoker but my mum and some other my friends are. but when i go for meals and stuff it feels better as smoke isnt all around and that.
but just today i found out when my mum has vistors at the house like imporantant people or people from school ect.. she isit aloud to smoke coz its public or somthing now i think that rediculas we should be aloowed to do what we want in our own house!
so im half and half! |
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Pete H
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Long, long overdue. As nicotine is an addictive substance and harmful others not indulging, cigarette smokers should, maybe, have to register as addicts and attend courses to wean them off it. At least those of us who don't smoke, the majority by far, will now be able to go to pubs, clubs and restaurants and not come home smelling like an ashtray and also with cleaner lungs. Yes, yes, I know that you have heard all this before but, with the exception of a very few, it REALLY will curtail your life span. |
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crosbie
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Absolutely brilliant. It's been banned here in Ireland for a couple of years and it's the best thing ever - even smokers agree! |
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Marxsparx
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Its great news, its just pathetic that its taken this long!! |
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the_tent_man36
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Straight up Non Smoking I'm pro, the rest someone dictating what to do I'm con, but , at the end of the day non smokers shouldn't have to put up with us, I'm a smoker, and i believe it will do us some good and all.
As for Bubbly, i don't think you have to worry for a while , the whole country is on a no smoke zone, lmao. |
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CanaryTravel
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I agree with this.
Just thinking that while I wait for the train in the morning there won't be anybody next to me rushing to finish the last cigar before the next train arrives ... |
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beckyschristine
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In Ohio, we already have the smoking ban, that went into effect last August. Want to hear the sad part? Bars and restaurants now have lost alot of their customers. I have a friend who owns a restaurant and she put a sign up asking non-smokers... where are you? To all the people who work for American Cancer Society can literally breathe easily now that most parts of this country is now "smoke free". What's next? The MADD organization banning alcohol sales in restaurants and bars? BTW, what state do you live in? I want to know because I won't visit that state! |
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