Well, I think that's sad you bring that up considering the USA is the biggest polluter per capita.The air pollutiom caused by smoking is absolutely miniscule compared to buring oil.
Complete ban on smoking in public places just passed in England
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daniel-p
"Well, I think that's sad you bring that up considering the USA is the biggest polluter per capita.The air pollutiom caused by smoking is absolutely miniscule compared to buring oil."
I don't know if you are referring to my comment, but I am not making that assertion. The issue is that of air pollution, since the pollution of cigarette smoke is substantially hazardous to humans. If a person goes to work 8 hours a day and has little choice but to endure second-hand smoke, that is a substantial risk. Yes, of course, burying oil would have a much larger impact, but we are talking about impacts which are harmful to humans in a human environment. -
willyloman
This has been the law in California for several years now and, guess what? The sky did not fall. You'll get used to it.
Beaches are next here, by the way. Several cities have already outlawed smoking on public beaches.
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bonnzo
i wish they would ban farting in public places!!! if i submit this, you guys know that ive had one drink too many!! her goes!!!
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Mary
I hate cigarette smoke and am glad that more governments are banning it. However, I also think the government should be doing more to help people quit smoking. I hear laser therapy works very well. Zyban is supposed to help because it controls the addictive part of your brain. Not sure about The Patch.
If the government gave people incentives to stop smoking and paid for treatment, you'd have alot more people quitting.
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ballistic
glad that more governments are banning it.
I'm not trying to promote smoking - in fact I plan on giving up again soon. My point to this post is that the government had the option to bring in a compromise where some pubs were smoking and some were not, but instead chose an outright ban. The option giving you a choice would surely have been more democratic.
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diamondblue1974
Personally I will welcome it but I have to say, its a sad day when people are no longer left with choice on the matter.
DB74
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Undecided
I've had a ban on smoking in my house for years. It stinks, disclorors the walls, and hurts your breathing, burns holes in funiture, kills people, and cost a lot of money. That's enough reasons for me to not like smoking.
My buddy next door smokes all the time and when he comes in the house you can smell him. His computer quit because of his smoking and not cleaning the cooling fans, you should have seen the brown nicotine caked on the fans, yuk! He can't breath well at all, can't mow his yard, or do any exercise that makes him breath heavy.
My wife worked for a company that let the people smoke and the air would be like fog, this was several years ago, and now she has breathing problems when she does exercise, has to use an inhaler alot of times. I feel sorry for people addicted to smoking.
Ken P.
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Sad emo
Only another 36 hours or so to go....
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Sunspot
My favorite response to someone in a restaurant who asks, "Mind if I smoke" is "Mind if I fart".
Now THAT was funny, Undercover!!
hugs,
Annie....who is NOT USUALLY a big fan of humor concerning body-functions!