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I respect people's choice to smoke, as long as they respect my choice not to have to breathe it. The way it is at the moment, if I want to go out, I don't have a choice.
I also think it's sad how this debate always seems to descend into a scrap between 'disgusting and thoughtless' smokers and 'smug and self-righteous' non-smokers. Stereotypetastic.
I've never burnt any toddlers, or small people or actually anyone that i know of. Short of me waving it above my head, not entirely sure where else i can hold it?
wtf don't they know about global warming.
You can still smoke outdoors, and seen loads of pubs with those heaters for their outdoors
or just get one of these and smoke where you want .. :thumb:
http://www.john-bauer.com/smoking.pic.helmet.jpg
If people need their nicotine fix they could alway get chewing tobacco.
http://www.tobaccofacts.org/tob_truth/spit.html
You mean one of these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah
TBH, there IS NO PROOF THAT PASSIVE SMOKING KILLS so until they stump up some conclusive proof, I'm going to fight this tooth and nail. From the comfort of my own home.
and what the fuck was all that toddler burning bollocks about?
You obviously don't smoke.
Yeah forgot about that.
Are they buggery!?!?
Leaving aside the fact that I think it's up to smokers to decide whether or not they are being done a favour with this ban... Yes it may help the so-called "social smokers" to give up (as I have already said in this thread, I'm sure) but it is merely an annoyance and extremely patronising prohibition to those who choose - and, shock horror, maybe enjoy - smoking as part of their lives.
You [as a non-smoker] can jump for joy about the smoking ban as much as you like, be my guest, but please don't presume to speak for smokers and about the supposed "favours" being done for them when you really do not have a clue and also the mere concept of prohibition as a favour is utterly preposterous. I know it is an insanely alien concept to the majority of non-smokers, but some people who smoke actually enjoy it and are not addled, weak and desperate to quit.
At the end of the day your killing yourself and the govermant think they are doing you a favour by placing bans in an attempt for you to think more about giving up. Period
From the view of a non smoker (even though not necessarily my view), why should a non smoker have to sit in a smoked filled room and breath the smoke in? You [as a smoker] wouldn't understand though.
I didn't know you felt so passionate about smoking anyway.
Which is what I've been trying to say all along but always got sh!t for saying it.:rolleyes:
There not saying you cant smoke at all, they are just stopping you from smoking when there's others around you that can become effected.
I'll be blatantly honest, i don't even give a moments thought to anyone around me when i'm smoking. Well not usually.
I remember i had a cold last year and i didn't smoke for a week and i nearly gagged when i sat behind someone that smoked cos of the smell and the smoke. I felt a brief moment of sympathy then i got better and forgot.
I don't get why it's anyones business that i smoke. You probably inhale more car fumes.
I dont care weather you smoke but some people dont appreciate breathing in your smoke.
As for car fumes, I probably do.
But i don't care that they don't appreciate it. If i did, i would only smoke in my car or something. I should be allowed to smoke whenever and wherever i like. Why are your fresh air needs greater than mine?
My fresh air needs are equal to everyone, your not being banned from smoking in the open air, infact you being made to smoke in the open.
I don't see why you all just don't start smoking. It's a proven fact that non smokers whinge more and have less friends
Fair enough you don't want to have to sit in a smoke-filled room, and I can appreciate that, but this whole "smokers should all want to quit because they're killing themselves" thing is bullshit. If I quit, it'll be because I'm not enjoying it anymore. At the moment I'm considering it purely on the basis that I can't *currently* afford it. I couldn't care less if it's killing me or not. I'm going to die anyway, I might as well go knowing I've done what I wanted with my life and that INCLUDES smoking.
And people who complain about smoking in the street need to take a long hard look at whether one poxy cigarette is going to cause them that much damage when there are cars going past you emitting far more of those dangerous fumes than that said one cigarette is doing.
Not too sure I really want to waste my money on slowly killing myself, thanks. And I've seen what it can do to people.