http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13467728
Hmm not sure what to make of this really, i appreciate the health issues but its all getting a bit extreme now, any other sociatal group were treated this way there would be uproar.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13467728
Hmm not sure what to make of this really, i appreciate the health issues but its all getting a bit extreme now, any other sociatal group were treated this way there would be uproar.
yeah but if smokers start shouting from the rooftops all that happens is they double up in paroxsyms of phlegmy hacking coughs.
If smoking were invented today it would be banned. It's a historical quirk that it's legal. But the genie is out of the bottle there so whaddaya do? Looking back it's just bizarre that people used to be able to smoke on the Tube and in pubs and bars. You used to come out of the pub reeking of smoke and that prolonged exposure to smoke can't be good for you.
Banning it in open air seems a little extreme though, the exposure can't surely be as prolonged or concentrated as in an enclosed space and they've already dealt with that.
I like the bit in that article about it being legal to smoke on the median in the road, i can just picture NYC being full of people stood in te middle of the roads on their fag breaks
they don't have 'fag' breaks in NY.Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo
in greenwich villiage they do
Good.
It's a dirty habit and if this forces people into quitting then only good can come of it. The privacy of ones home should be the only place allowed.
Going too far though I do agree with banning smoking on beaches. Some people are inconsiderate disgusting bastards and just treat them as giant ashtrays. It was a bit of a nightmare when my son was younger as I constantly had to pay close attention to every scoop of sand he was playing with.
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