Question:
Anyone else glad that smoking will be banned soon?
Want Your Bad Romance
2007-03-26 11:49:49 UTC
Smoking will be banned in public places soon here in wales, UK, and it's about time too! I'm fed up of adults puffing away with not a care in the world about other people. Finally, i can just have dinner with my mates without having to think about what second hand smoking is doing to me. Smokers will still be allowed to smoke but just not where it disturbs other people which i think gives all non-smokers more freedom and gives smokers a better chance to give up and be clean.
28 answers:
caroleoctober16
2007-03-26 12:09:46 UTC
I have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, so the smoking ban means that I can go into pubs, clubs etc without suffering all night and the next dayfrom other peoples smoke making me breathless and coughing. Roll on July.
Brian E
2007-03-27 00:01:21 UTC
Without reservation, even better than sliced bread, I stopped a long time ago but am not too offended by a smokey atmosphere as I acclimatise easily to it, but the smell lingering on my clothes is only noticed the following morning and is atrocious.



We are the only animals that I know who gravitate towards fire (with the exception of domesticated animals), others run to be clear of the danger, and they would most definitely not breath smoke by choice.



The human animal, for all our intelligence, are ridiculously stupid in so many ways. I despair!



You criticise adults for smoking, but I see young children smoking outside the school doing the same, and teenagers defying the law in places to smoke where most realise they shouldn't, again with complete disregard for those around them.



I just hope that giving up when they have to is easier for them as fresh smokers than it was for me and all those other adults who have a long term strong craving to overcome.
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:53:47 UTC
You will love it! I live in LA and still can't believe when I visit towns in the US that allow smoking in public places. It's so disgusting! You'll love coming home after dinner or happy hour and not stinking.



You'll also be surprised, however, that some establishments are so dirty and full of old smoke that they will stink of cigarettes for years to come, despite the ban.
anonymous
2007-03-26 19:06:11 UTC
I smoke and i agree with you...it's about time us smokers were outcasts..poluting your air with our smoke...but don't ban tobacco full stop as you all will have to pay extra tax to make up the lost revenue...it's a weird thing all this as we are constantly told we die from smoking..yet the tobacco companies are liable for nothing and the government makes a very healthy profit from it...ban tobacco full stop is what isay then i have no choice but to quit
Toby G*
2007-03-26 19:09:15 UTC
Yep that'll be very good & that's coming from a smoker!! I gotta give them crap things up!!! I think that would be so good to stop people smoking in the first place too, as I know of people who started in pubs when they were drunk, so it's all good! I think it might be a nightmare for the bouncers in pubs & clubs tho as you bound to get the ones who have had a bit to drink but spark up there fags anyway..??

bring it on!!! ; )
madmynx
2007-03-26 18:55:24 UTC
Yes I am, I choose not to smoke so why should I be contaminated by selfish people who have little regard for the damage they are doing to themselves and those around them. The ban cannot come quickly enough.
masonv80
2007-03-26 18:53:33 UTC
I completely agree with you. The ban was the only thing that gave me an incentive to give up. It's about the only good thing this government has done.
anonymous
2007-03-26 21:28:23 UTC
It's great up here in Scotland. We have had the ban for over a year now. I can have a night out and come home with my hair and clothes fresh - not stinking of stale tobacco.
london_zombie
2007-03-26 18:57:34 UTC
I totally agree. I think that they should have banned smoking in public areas years ago.
D.W
2007-03-26 19:18:31 UTC
Yeah Im pretty glad. The only cigarette I can't elimante at the moment is the one on a night out. I think it will be much better all round for everyone.
Honey
2007-03-26 18:55:36 UTC
Personally I cant wait for it to be banned. It should have been done a long time ago. Especially in pubs where people eat.
Deirdre H
2007-03-26 19:08:00 UTC
Perhaps, while you're at it, you might think of a way to fine people who fart, have bad breath or body odor. Maybe you can ban perfumes which aren't liked by all.



Personally, I don't mind putting in the hands of restaurants and other privately owned businesses the ability to decide if they wish to allow smoking or not. It's a matter of civil liberty.



The amount of liberty we have is inversely proportional to the number of laws we have. Any law that prohibits someone from doing something inherently reduces liberty.



Everyone has a right to dine at a restaurant that doesn't allow smoking. It seems that non-smokers wish to dine at ANY restaurant and not smell smoke. They feel it within their rights to define how a business owner conducts business, who they may serve, and what they may allow in their business. Smokers are simply the new people of color.



Non-smokers hear the food is good somewhere, but because smoking is allowed, they feel the need to outlaw smoking just to eat there in comfort. You know what? You don't HAVE to eat there. People CAN find other places to work.



If smokers wish to quit, they may try. If they don't want to, they sholdn't have to. Anti-smoking laws are intrusive and hurtful pieces of legislation that HINDER civil rights rather than promoting them. Do you seriously think that a whiff of smoke in a public place is somehow more harmful to you than fumes from a diesel truck? Do you think it is more likely to make you sick than standing near someone with the flu who coughs?



I'm not a smoker, but I really hate the no-smoking elite who think they are doing the world good. They aren't. It's nothing more than prohibition was early in the last century in the U.S.A.



If people smoke where you are, and you don't like it, don't go there.
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:57:40 UTC
I wish it was that way here across the pond.

I hate smoking and I also hate the smokers who don't give a crap about how you feel about them smoking around you.
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:53:25 UTC
your right, its through other people smoking around me that i began smoking, and i agree its a filthy and expensive habit, im praying that wen there isnt the temptation of others around me smoking that i will be able to give the cigarettes up! as they say space to breathe!!
anonymous
2007-03-26 20:05:57 UTC
I'm an ex smoker and can't wait for it to come in.
anonymous
2007-03-26 19:00:03 UTC
Sorry, sweetheart, but there goes my vacation to Wales!



The wedding and honeymoon are off, too! Hope your folks aren't pissed!



Sincerely,



Gallon in the USA

P.S. Thanks for inventing the English system! Please kill all liters on the spot, they're trying to steal my job!
jinx
2007-03-26 18:54:38 UTC
we have it in ireland for the last 3 years and its great, clothes and hair stay fresh, instead of smelling of rotten smoke after anight out and can have a meal without smoke blowing in your face ,its great,, i gave up smoking before it came in and it really helped keep me off them
THUG LIFE
2007-03-26 20:26:24 UTC
true....i dont smocke anyway ...i've quit for 5 months...

jus 4 years to go still... lol



the sooner they ban it more people will live longer

then the ones dyin smockin weed n drinkin

pointlessly ???
KISS Fan
2007-03-26 22:10:43 UTC
Cool. No more smoking.
eaglejhon99
2007-03-26 18:53:36 UTC
Very much. Hope other country follow that example.
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:57:12 UTC
Well done and will you still be a smug little siht when taxes go up, how to you think that the gov is going to compensate for the billions of pounds raised Thu taxes on cigarettes........

And don't bang on about costs to the health service and that crap.....i have paid into the nhs system for 30 years and have yet to use it. Technically the taxes I paid on the cigarettes i have smoked over the past 30 years helped pay for your education............money i feel was sadly wasted!!!
anonymous
2007-03-26 19:03:02 UTC
yeah, i agree. especially when my dad needs something fixing and i have to fix it, his house always smells of his cigarettes, and then when i've finished i have to go out and smell it even more! it's awful
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:52:24 UTC
Very!
jessie
2007-03-26 19:24:23 UTC
cant wait, here's to fresh air, cheers!!
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:54:03 UTC
yep i cant wait, fresh air at last!
♥pola77♥
2007-03-26 18:53:27 UTC
yeah,as i get headaches with the smell!!
anonymous
2007-03-26 18:52:24 UTC
yep cant wait either
Mads<3
2007-03-26 18:54:55 UTC
incredibly =)


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