Smoking Bans

Are you in favour of banning smoking in public places

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What is this 'specious'. Where can I buy twenty.
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Brian, my axe is already sharp enough for the task I have in mind for it. The wooden block I'd like to rest it in has demonstrated it's softness.
 
I've been working hard all day to achieve that and then I go and manage it accidentally. Its' strange is'nt it?
 
Further to the debate. The OTC in Ireland has made it's annual report.
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The Office for Tobacco Control is calling for tougher regulations to deter young people from smoking.

In its annual report for 2004, the OTC says that while the number of smokers in Ireland is declining, the prevalence of smoking among young people remains a cause for concern. The report also hails the success of the smoking ban which it says has already brought health benefits to the Irish public.

In 1998, one in three Irish people smoked, while in August 2005 this had dropped to one in four people.

The OTC says the decline is due to a range of anti-smoking measures, but with a compliance rate of 94% the smoking ban is obviously having a major impact.

In fact, according to this report, there does not appear to be any downside to the smoking ban.

Before it was introduced, publicans and those in the hospitality sector warned that it would have a negative impact on business, but the OTC says there is no evidence to support this.

However, the OTC is warning that there is no room for complacency as it has noticed a slight increase in the numbers smoking in recent months.

And while the number of women smoking appears to have plateaued, almost one fifth of 15 to 18-year-olds smoke even though it is illegal for tobacco products to be sold to them.

In a bid to tackle this continuing problem, the OTC wants a price hike in cigarettes in the budget, a complete ban on tobacco advertising, better compliance with the law on selling tobacco by retailers and continued support programmes for smokers trying to kick the habit.
 
A complete ban for Northern Ireland as well as Wales and Scotland - England must surely follow now
 
Tony does seem to have certain things in common with Mrs Thatcher. I would imagine he'll probably wait and see how it goes in those countries before committing England to anything.
 
I did see an article where a smoker who was forced to use a smoking cabin somewhere, protested that with the confined space, the smoke was so thick that he would contract lung cancer quicker and conflicted with his human rights !

Just the kind of statement that leaves you speechless, would me anyway.
 
Originally posted by simmo@Oct 18 2005, 08:48 AM
Tony does seem to have certain things in common with Mrs Thatcher. I would imagine he'll probably wait and see how it goes in those countries before committing England to anything.
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Good point simmo.
 
It's not a case of the smoker losing their rights, its about non smokers having rights not to have to put up with the obnoxious smoke.

They can smoke 100 each day as far as I am concerned but I have a right to enter places and then exit without my clothes stinking of their exhaled toxic smoke.
 
I am a smoker but I would still be in favour of a ban only because hopefully the next generation will not grow up thinking that it is acceptable . I fully hear the views of smokers and that's fine but I wish my parents generation had known the full effects and had done this before I had started . It's an addiction which is harder to quit than heroin . That last sentence is fact , not opinion. I don't think any of us want to end up with emphesyma by design.
 
Yes, he looks an ash, and his resolution has gone up in smoke. He's no match for the pro-smoking lobby, lounge, or even bar. What a drag.
 
Im not a smoker and have never smoked before.

However, im against this ban. Some of my friends are smokers and a beer in one hand and a fag in another is the norm for them in the pub. I dont think smokers should be 'outcast' like this. Im against it.
 
The Government has decided on a free vote on the smoking ban in public . I hope this will mean we get the complete ban rather than one that leaves some workers to face the risks in poorer areas
 
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