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No it won't, not anytime soon anyway. The taxes raised through the sale of cigs far outweighs the health cost of them, the government doesn't see any need to ban them now when it's profiting so much.
But if it bans it in public it gets more money, from the fines as well as the tax.
Smoking wouldn't be banned, but doing it apart from in your house would be.
Which is wrong. As long as I don't have to breathe that shit in, and a non-smoking room and bar would do, I don't care.
I meant the enclosed ban in public places.
Do you take the theory of consumer choice seriously?
Why? When I'm walking around town I don't really want to breathe someone else's smoke in, nor do I want it blown in my face.
How many people exactly blow smoke into your face in a day?
How dilute is any smoke which you might have to breathe in?
There needs to be a compromise, sure it's a bit shit that now and again you get smoke blown in your face but it's not the end of the world.
If you are outdoors and there is someone smoking, say, 3 metres away from you, you couldn't sniff a molecule of their cigarette smoke even if there was a million Pound prize at stake. Let alone any further or if both you and the smoker are walking.
Definitely, compromise is the key word. It seems to be a word that a lot of non-smokers can't understand, they're determined to have it all their own way. They should have a tab and chill the fuck out :yes:
Bit like feminism.
I've had quite a few people do it to me.
I'm usually stood behind them when they do it. I don't see why I should have to be infected (or affected) by someone else's filthy habits.
"Infected" Grow up please.
:rolleyes: You know what I mean.
I do, I just think you're making an everest out of a disabled mole's molehill.
Otherwise I'm sorry to say there is no way you're going to be affected by a smoker walking on the street ahead/behind/towards you, or someone sitting on the grass even 5 or 6 metres away from you.
If a man is alone in the forest, can he smoke a cigarette? Or should he think of the inhabitants of the nearest village and refrain from lighting up?
But you're NOT breathing any of it in, are you?:rolleyes:
Bollocks
And so what if you are, the air is already full of toxic shit from car fumes. Are you campaigning for car users to use hydro cars or electic powered cars. Probably not, no offence sofie, I'm sure you're a nice girl and all but people who complain about such trivial matters as this really really pisses me off. :mad: There, anger released.
No it doesn't benefit people in a good way. But the fact remains, there are millions of smokers out there. It is an addiction, now you're getting enough as it is that it'll be banned indoors, we do need a compromise. Now if that means that you might have to get the odd bit of smoke blown in your face that will do fuck all damage to your lungs, then I think you should be grateful for that and stop complaining.
Oh come off it. A person smoking in the street 10 metres away doesn't affect you in any way. And you know it.
You probably couldn't detect smoke particles with the most powerful machine known to man, let alone you breathing anything that is going to affect you or bother you.
Just out of curiosity, do you think there is a safe distance from which to stand from a lit cigarette? Do you think you would be breathing harmful substances from someone smoking 20 metres away? How about 200 metres? How about 10 km? How about 1,000 km?
Because it affects everyone? Why should I have to beathe in other peoples' dirty habits? And quite a few smokers are inconsiderate about it anyway. Yes, there are a few I know of who will ask if I'm okay with them smoking around me, but not everyone's like that.
Because that's kind of the point of being part of a society.
Other people do things which you might not agree with, or like, but because we like living in big groups we have to live with.
Of course if someone is really fat (easily as dangerous as smoking) it doesnt harm you, but then neither does outside second hand smoke - to any degree which is going to reduce your life.