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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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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 17:34

Getonwitit · 29/10/2024 16:36

Do you drive ?

No. For environmental reasons. I live in London. Public transport is enough.

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 17:32

Beesandhoney123 · 29/10/2024 17:31

The normalisation of drinking alcohol daily and in large quantities would be better to stop first. At least people smoking don't vomit on pavements or piss in public. Or are a danger behind the wheel of a car

I’ve never seen anyone vomit in public. piss maybe twice? Never witnessed a car accident. Whereas this is multiple times daily. Completely different things.

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Bignanna · 29/10/2024 17:31

JemimaTiggywinkles · 29/10/2024 16:37

I think banning things in public needs to have actual evidence of harm to others. "It smells horrid" would be a reason to ban farting in public, so that isn't a good enough reason to ban stuff imo.

Try Google for stats on effects of passive smoking

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CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 17:31

2dogsandabudgie · 29/10/2024 16:35

Outside is for everyone so not sure how a smoker can be in your space.

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It is for everyone - including me - so they are encroaching on my space and many others.

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Beesandhoney123 · 29/10/2024 17:31

The normalisation of drinking alcohol daily and in large quantities would be better to stop first. At least people smoking don't vomit on pavements or piss in public. Or are a danger behind the wheel of a car

Whammyammy · 29/10/2024 17:31

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.

😂😂😂😆

Bignanna · 29/10/2024 17:30

Havalona · 29/10/2024 16:37

I think objectors are merely jealous of the fact that smoker of cigarettes can afford to pay £20 a pack these days.

They often often can’t afford it, they prioritise it over their family’s health!

Bignanna · 29/10/2024 17:28

needapokerface · 29/10/2024 16:01

That's your opinion and you are entitled to have it, but so are the people who enjoy smoking or vaping.

If we all stopped smoking, drinking, vaping and generally having fun with our crappy hard working lives, we would all be dull and miserable.

In my opinion clearly

Have your fun, but don’t spoil the environment and health of others with it !

LovelyCinnamon · 29/10/2024 17:25

As a smoker I would agree with rules similar to the ones for alcohol: not allowed to consume on the street for ex (It is forbidden, right?)

GoldCat255 · 29/10/2024 17:21

I agree OP. It is disgusting.
If they want to pollute their lungs with crap, get them to do it in the comfort of their own homes.

Mummyoflittledragon · 29/10/2024 17:10

CreamLampshade · 29/10/2024 16:27

They don’t have to go outside - they can smoke in their own homes!

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They have to go out to work to earn the money for the overpriced cigarettes. Ergo they can’t just stay in their homes.

Tutorpuzzle · 29/10/2024 17:05

FreshOutOfFucks · 29/10/2024 16:10

I suppose it probably should be.

I don't really see that many people smoking in public these days. But last week I was walking down the road behind a man who was puffing away on a Marlboro Light and it was lush. I gave up smoking almost twenty years ago and I still love the smell of cigarette smoke.

Can't fucking stand vapes though. They're like car air fresheners.

Couldn’t agree more with this. What I really miss, though, is that fug of fags, beer and general hilarity when a pub door opened as I walked past on a winter’s evening. Happy days!

But clouds of sickly vape fumes? Definitely shouldn’t be allowed!

jeaux90 · 29/10/2024 17:02

Things that people do in public that are irritating:

Fart
Shout on their phones on loud speaker
Smoke
Vape
Eat on public transport
Men who take their shirts off in public streets
Play loud music
Eat smelly food in public areas

I mean I could go on OP....personally though none of these things actually rile me enough to think they should be banned because thankfully we don't live in a dictatorship.

BoundaryGirl3939 · 29/10/2024 16:56

Cigarette smoke doesn't bother me at all. I actually like it. And I don't smoke. I like the smell of cigars too.

And those fruity tapes are fine too.

HermioneHerman · 29/10/2024 16:56

Walking through a cloud of smoke and vape as I try to get into and out of the hospital I am training at (narrow pathway next to a busy entry road, nowhere else to go) is one of the least pleasant parts of my day. There is a park and side street right there but of course it has to be right on the pavement. Absolutely gross.

PassingStranger · 29/10/2024 16:54

Yes, at the bus stop today and it stunk.
You don't need to do it.
Give up.

BoundaryGirl3939 · 29/10/2024 16:53

It's a free world. They can smoke/vape on a public road if they want to. City life will never be perfect. You seem controlling.

Wellingtonspie · 29/10/2024 16:52

I mean weed is illegal and people
smoke that walking down the street so sod all
chance of a smoking at all ban being enforced.

Notimeforaname · 29/10/2024 16:49

They don’t have to go outside - they can smoke in their own homes!

I still disagree. The air is full of pollutants, smoking is no exception. It's best to just accept people smoke and you'll have to live alongside them.

Unless you move out to the the middle of nowhere, away from people, you'll just have to lump it.

OneTC · 29/10/2024 16:49

tobee · 29/10/2024 16:27

No.

Yep 👍

Gingerbee · 29/10/2024 16:49

Over the summer, I lost count of the number of people smoking outside of cafes etc. The ones that really annoy me are the ones who turn away from their friends to exhale right on to the neighbouring tables. Witnessed a toddler in a pushchair scream and saw smoke. Someone discarded their cigarette and some how it landed in the pushchair.
Also, as other PP have said the smell of weed can be overwhelming in certain towns like Bristol.

Cherrysoup · 29/10/2024 16:49

Gogogo12345 · 29/10/2024 16:35

Are some of them not shop staffing their break though? If so it's not just an hour while doing shopping

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Never, always somebody with a full trolley, not in uniform. The staff seem to have a specific area out of the way.

Boomer55 · 29/10/2024 16:48

If you live in London (like me), surely you’re more bothered about various forms of weed, and illegal drugs being openly taken?

Like it or not, smoking is a legal pastime. 🙄

OliviaRodrighost · 29/10/2024 16:48

I don’t smoke anymore but when I did I always went out of the way of others! It’s very selfish otherwise. Fair enough it’s legal but it’s very antisocial. It’s horrible when someone lights up at an outdoor cafe next to some children for example.

As they say on No More Jockeys - it’s lawful but it’s awful.

Havalona · 29/10/2024 16:46

Some people sound so perfect in every way, so much so that the superior intolerant tone should be taxed. Then we wouldn't need a budget at all.