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To think public smoking should be banned

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 15:57

I live in London and am sick of constantly trying to avoid breathing in disgusting cigarette smoke or the weird sickly smell of vapes. There’s only so much you can swerve, speed past people or cross the road. I feel it’s very selfish to smoke in public spaces, especially crowded streets when people can’t avoid breathing it in. Why can’t people take responsibility for their own health - and others - and just give it up? It’s disgusting and really selfish.

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cookiebee · 29/10/2024 20:14

So the OP is now harassing me through private messages, truly a bully who started this thread just to be nasty!

To think public smoking should be banned
EalingLucy · 29/10/2024 20:13

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Someone has taken this very personally!

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:12

DoIEver · 29/10/2024 20:08

vent their shit sticks

😂😂

@Floit I don't care if other people smoke or vape but this phrase has made my week!

Shit sticks, cancer sticks, strawberry sticks - they’re all gross! You’re paying for worse health, fine, but just don’t get in my face with them!

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:11

SleepToad · 29/10/2024 20:10

Ok kier...sorry but I know you hate pubs, but on the list of things that the government needs to do to improve health I would have thought making the fast food industry responsible for improving its products and not using shit sugary, salty, fatty, ingredients. Removing shite ingredients from ready meals too. To educate people to be able to cook for themselves and not over eat. Would be higher priority

Agree this is important too!

but also people need to eat and what they eat doesn’t make me feel sick and have to hold my breath in when I’m walking down the street

maybe if it did I’d start a thread about it

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:10

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Ooh those are big words.

If you can’t handle a response, why join a thread just to snipe and goad? Bully lol. Because I have an opinion? I’m hardly going and shouting in actual smokers’ faces, you don’t have to click on the thread if you don’t want to hear it?

People are entitled to smoke all the want, but it is my business when it is in my face and I’m allowed an opinion on it.

If you can’t handle that, maybe go calm down with a fag.

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SleepToad · 29/10/2024 20:10

Ok kier...sorry but I know you hate pubs, but on the list of things that the government needs to do to improve health I would have thought making the fast food industry responsible for improving its products and not using shit sugary, salty, fatty, ingredients. Removing shite ingredients from ready meals too. To educate people to be able to cook for themselves and not over eat. Would be higher priority

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:08

Ooh those are big words.

If you can’t handle a response, why join a thread just to snipe and goad?

People are entitled to smoke all the want, but it is my business when it is in my face and I’m allowed an opinion on it.

If you can’t handle that, maybe go calm down with a fag.

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DoIEver · 29/10/2024 20:08

vent their shit sticks

😂😂

@Floit I don't care if other people smoke or vape but this phrase has made my week!

cookiebee · 29/10/2024 20:06

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HappyMe6 · 29/10/2024 20:04

While I’m a non smoker myself ( and I hate the stench) it’s the smell of weed that I think is far worse to

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:02

cookiebee · 29/10/2024 20:00

I don’t smoke, just hate judgemental idiots, live and let live!

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Alright wheezy. Yes live and LET LIVE - ie stop blowing smoke in my face when I’m getting from A to B. It’s quite a reasonable ask.

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 20:01

Locutus2000 · 29/10/2024 19:51

Lol. The only people I know who still smoke are 'affluent'.

Have you seen the price of a pack of fags these days?

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That’s not true. You see homeless people smoking. It’s such a pernicious habit that they’d prioritise it over eating. It’s sick.

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cookiebee · 29/10/2024 20:00

CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 19:57

This one’s a 60-a-day, with that many exclamation marks.

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I don’t smoke, just hate judgemental idiots, live and let live!

Vettrianofan · 29/10/2024 19:59

Locutus2000 · 29/10/2024 19:51

Lol. The only people I know who still smoke are 'affluent'.

Have you seen the price of a pack of fags these days?

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DBro needs to give it up. Each packet must cost a fortune. He always complains he has no money- why's that then?🙄

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 19:57

cookiebee · 29/10/2024 19:54

Well done OP on getting a good old smoker bashing thread going, haven’t seen one for a week or two. Smoking is still legal so mind your own fucking business, they are outside so deal with it!!!!

This one’s a 60-a-day, with that many exclamation marks.

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Vettrianofan · 29/10/2024 19:56

vodkaredbullgirl · 29/10/2024 16:03

I don't know how you can walk and smoke at the same time. I sure can't rather sit down at home having one.

Or walk and smoke and push a wee one in a buggy all at the same time. Absolutely multi talented.

Locutus2000 · 29/10/2024 19:54

rockstarshoes · 29/10/2024 19:16

'Vapes are so gross. They smell of old, sweet popcorn to me. And people smoking them look like overgrown children with dummies. Saw a pregnant women smoking one the other day. I get they’re addictive but I just think there are some things you need to prioritise like your babies health over an urge that will at some point go away.'

You know she is prioritising the health of her baby right? She's not smoking!

From the NHS Website!

People can't win! They try to stop smoking by using vapes & still people moan about people smelling of popcorn 🙁

Public Health England say they are 95% less harmful than smoking.

Switching to vaping gets rid of all the negatives associated with long-term tobacco smoking.

cookiebee · 29/10/2024 19:54

Well done OP on getting a good old smoker bashing thread going, haven’t seen one for a week or two. Smoking is still legal so mind your own fucking business, they are outside so deal with it!!!!

Locutus2000 · 29/10/2024 19:51

fashionqueen0123 · 29/10/2024 16:19

It’s disgusting and childish. Lots of other countries ban it within so many feet of the buildings. The U.K. is so behind.
Atleast smoking is literally dying out and disposable vapes are being banned. Luckily where I live is an affluent area and you barely ever see anyone smoking.

Lol. The only people I know who still smoke are 'affluent'.

Have you seen the price of a pack of fags these days?

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 19:50

rockstarshoes · 29/10/2024 19:32

Yes safer! Doing her bloody best!

Honestly this thread is so judgemental!

If someone has a nicotine patch stuck to their arm they are doing great, if they use a vape, they are babyish, look ridiculous, smell of strawberries whatever but at least they are trying to stop smoking fgs!

They’re just replacing one addiction with something even more addictive, and looking stupid in the process. I don’t really care what they do with their bodies tbh, but I don’t want it in my face.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6651627/#:~:text=The%20nicotine%20dependence%20levels%20measured,1.6%3B%20p%20%3C%200.001).

E-Cigarettes are More Addictive than Traditional Cigarettes—A Study in Highly Educated Young People - PMC

E-cigarettes are often considered less addictive than traditional cigarettes. This study aimed to assess patterns of e-cigarette use and to compare nicotine dependence among cigarette and e-cigarette users in a group of highly educated young adults. .....

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6651627#:~:text=The%20nicotine%20dependence%20levels%20measured,1.6%3B%20p%20%3C%200.001).

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 19:48

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 29/10/2024 19:35

Lots of what you've posted makes you look dim but this is probably the pinnacle. I'm baffled anyone can be this ignorant about addiction. I've never smoked or vaped and it doesn't take much intelligence or effort to understand it isn't easy to quit.

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I have supported people through some very serious addictions. I know it’s hard. But it is perfectly possible to give up smoking, and it’s nothing compared to a serious drug addiction which many manage to pull themselves out of. Plus most people I know who have smoked have now given up.

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GargoylesofBeelzebub · 29/10/2024 19:47

YANBU. I would definitely support a ban in public spaces. It's disgusting to get a lungful of cigarette smoke or vape.

TrumpIsACuntWaffle · 29/10/2024 19:44

CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 15:57

I live in London and am sick of constantly trying to avoid breathing in disgusting cigarette smoke or the weird sickly smell of vapes. There’s only so much you can swerve, speed past people or cross the road. I feel it’s very selfish to smoke in public spaces, especially crowded streets when people can’t avoid breathing it in. Why can’t people take responsibility for their own health - and others - and just give it up? It’s disgusting and really selfish.

We were in London recently and I noticed loads more people smoking there than up north.

Smoking should be banned full stop

cout · 29/10/2024 19:42

rockstarshoes · 29/10/2024 19:32

Yes safer! Doing her bloody best!

Honestly this thread is so judgemental!

If someone has a nicotine patch stuck to their arm they are doing great, if they use a vape, they are babyish, look ridiculous, smell of strawberries whatever but at least they are trying to stop smoking fgs!

Pretty much sums it up actually

peonym · 29/10/2024 19:37

Growlybear83 · 29/10/2024 19:06

@peonym I completely understand the argument about the health impact of cigarette smoke indoors, but don't accept that smoking outside is any more dangerous than walking along a road with loads of polluting vehicles. Surely a car that is idling in traffic is emitting far more pollutants and is potentially far more damaging that someone walking past smoking a cigarette.

There's car pollution regs.