We have laws over here in the UK that stops people from smoking in public areas bars, resturants...ect. I am a non smoker and I think the way they are going about this is total bullshit. They should have given the bars, resturants. ect the option of either allowing smoking or the right to not allow smoking. this would have given both the smoker and non smoker the choice of either going into a bar that allows smoking or does not allow smoking. In the work place it should only be allowed in designated places.
Trying to force the smokers to give up by placing higher taxes on the cigs will not work.
Alcohol also causes deaths and puts a strain on the NHS so in effect they should do exactly the same thing which they have done to ciggs.
The trouble with our society is if the goverment introduces something which does not affect the way they themselves live, they dont give a shit, but if the goverment were to ban something that directly affects you, you would also be up in arms just like the smokers are.
Its not only smoking that causes health problems, cars and the particles from car tyres is far more toxic than ciggy smoke. I always laugh when I see joggers running down busy roads thinking they are keeping fit, when infact they are just inhaling more car fumes and rubber particles than the average guy walking down the road.
Here is some more info on other toxic air pollutents ..should we tax all of these to the hilt or should we just ban all of them ??? We are all to blame for health problems which we create by the way we live today, so give the smokers a break...
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/06/ne...tml?sec=health
Ozone pollution is formed at ground level when hydrocarbons from motor vehicle exhaust and nitrogen oxides from industrial emissions react chemically in sunlight. The pollutant is distinct from ozone in the upper atmosphere, which is formed naturally and shields the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news...eport_says.php
Exposure to city smog increases the risk of an early death, according to a new study of urban pollution and lung disease, which connects long-term ozone exposure with death for the first time.
Scientists who followed the progress of almost 450,000 people for 18 years found they were significantly more likely to die from lung disease if they lived in areas highly polluted by ground-level ozone.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1013131530.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...ow/1037736.cms