Smoking Ban - Is it right? - [Closes 13/08/07]

[-Soph-]

It's right, I can't see why smokers can't smoke in their home/outside, it doesn't hurt them.

[lAdmire]

I think it'll help smokers quit smoking. By smokers smoking in public, it's causing lots of people health problems which is not right. I think that the smoking ban can make a change and stop people from smoking.

The thing I don't understand is, why are they selling cigarettes? Instead of banning them from public places, ban them in all. I know people will still smoke it, but the numbers will drop dramatically.

By smokers smoking in public places, lots of people are dying from lung cancer when they didn't do anything but breathe. I think smoking should be kept in homes.

[jrh2002]

I dont smoke and think its a good idea apart from in pubs and clubs where it should be up to the owner if they want to allow it and the staff shouldnt go for a job there if they want to work in a smoke free place.
It should be our choice if you go in a smoking or non smoking bar/club

I will give you some of the good and bad points (my opinion)

Good.
Your not breathing in smoke in the pub.
Your clothes dont smell like you have just drove your car in to glasgow airport.
It has stopped quite a few people i know smoking

Bad.
All the smokers now smell really bad because its not in the air in the pub to disguise the smell on them.
The streets are full of people looking like tramps blocking the paths up.
Pubs where kids were only allowed in the gardens now have to sit surrounded by all the smokers from the pub.
The streets are being filled with f.ag ends. this filter is annoying.

I and many other non smokers seem to be sitting/standing in the gardens of pubs with friends who smoke because the pubs are really empty inside.

I could go on and on but i doubt the law will be reversed or altered.

[:Hazel]

i think its brilliant & when i go to pubs/clubs now my hair and clothes dont smell and i dont feel as bad because im not inhaling the crap someone else is smoking. i love it

[Pitch]

I can't stand the smell for smoking. Its nasty and I always look at the smoker feeling pitty for them. There is no reason to smoke and hopefully the ban will reduce the number of people that smoke. It just causes health problems in long run and problems I would prefer not to have.

Smoking is pretty much like asking to die sooner but a whimps way out as they don't want to feel pain .

I think it is right. It should be against the law to "kill" someone, or shorten someone's life, or cause any irritation to anyone in a public place. A public place should be enjoyable for everyone to be in, and should not be spoilt by the smoke from cigarettes, which can be very irritable to some. Further more, it can encourage people to stop smoking, which can be a good effect from this ban too. However, they should, like some people have said, revise this ban. Like build smoking rooms around the country, etc.

Btw off topic: Usually on the bus, when its crowded, I would have to sit beside someone. No offense to smokers, but if the person I sit beside is a heavy smoker, it would become quite unbearable for me

I dont smoke and think its a good idea apart from in pubs and clubs where it should be up to the owner if they want to allow it and the staff shouldnt go for a job there if they want to work in a smoke free place.
It should be our choice if you go in a smoking or non smoking bar/club

I will give you some of the good and bad points (my opinion)

Good.
Your not breathing in smoke in the pub.
Your clothes dont smell like you have just drove your car in to glasgow airport.
It has stopped quite a few people i know smoking

Bad.
All the smokers now smell really bad because its not in the air in the pub to disguise the smell on them.
The streets are full of people looking like tramps blocking the paths up.
Pubs where kids were only allowed in the gardens now have to sit surrounded by all the smokers from the pub.
The streets are being filled with f.ag ends. this filter is annoying.

I and many other non smokers seem to be sitting/standing in the gardens of pubs with friends who smoke because the pubs are really empty inside.

I could go on and on but i doubt the law will be reversed or altered.

If smoking is banned like this, so should drinking, fast food, cheap food full of additives and colourings, and WiFi.

If the sole reason for the ban is to cut out the health risk, why is it not classed as illegal to clog up peoples arteries, make them obese, give them heart attacks? Cheap food full of artificial ingrediants is also unhealthy, why is that not banned? Also, the WiFi arguement; does it give radiation poisining or not? Its not proven; but ban it anyway!
This law proves that the current government is favouring a nanny state (if you dont know what it is GOOGLE IT). It should be peoples choice to smoke where they want, you can quote back and say "should it be peoples choice to kill if they want", to which ill reply dont be such a tool. Clearly, smoking is bad for you, but then so is many things, they give off bad things; cars cause pollution, they arent banned. All this ban is, is a gimmick, some councils didnt even put in place the bylaws to allow fines to be given to those who broke it!! If you are near someone that smokes, and dont like it.. why not take full advantage of the fact you can move.
(im not a smoker)

[Jebbo]

yes its great stops me from getting Cancer

[lDuckFunk]

yes its great stops me from getting Cancer

Scotland got it's smoking Ban more than a year before England, and there is such a difference. Much better atmosphere when you go to eat out etc. Only bad Point is Smokers always stand outside the Fron entrance to places, which you are forced to walk through.

[lew!]

Yeah, it is right. Being a smoker myself - but It helps people who have allergies ect and who just dont like being in that enviroment.. and yeah - if we dont like it.. we can quit!

[YoManGo!]

It's right, I can't see why smokers can't smoke in their home/outside, it doesn't hurt them.

because my mom would beat me and tell me all about her dad who got lung cancer, mostly.
tbh i dont care. its not gonna stop anyone smoking, and its not like i ever smoked in a pub or club anyway, ive only ever done so in parks etc.

[samsaBEAR]

im kinda in favour of the ban, however now i've realised instead of keeping the smoke inside the pub/whatever, there's a massive group outside of it, which makes it worse if you have to walk past and there's like 5-10 smokers blowing the smoke out.
also, what i dont understand about this ban, and im sure a lot of you will prove me wrong, is that why restaurants/pubs/clubs etc are classed as public places, and roads/streets (especially on a high street in a town centre) and public parks arent classed as public. its stupid really, if you're gonna ban smoking in public places, at least ban it in parks to, especially where little kids play to.