To think public smoking should be banned

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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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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?)

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

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

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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

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

Try Google for stats on effects of passive smoking

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.

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

havent you ever heard of passive smoking?

And enjoy the yellowed ceilings and furnishings reeking of stale smoke!

Apart from making me feel sick and making my clothes and hair smell? And where’s the scientific evidence to say if I’m sat next to a smoker outside a cafe I’m not negatively affected? You know passive smoking is bad right? It’s perfectly possible to get lungs full of smoke when you’re walking down a London street - huge quantities of people smoke!

Not rtft but I agree 100%, i don't really mind a vape but smoking is vile! My neighbours smoke and they are in and out constantly. I can't have my windows open at the rear of the house or leave the back door open as it comes in right through the house. Disgusting!

Everyone smokes weed where I live so a vape is the least of my issues.

This is a very rare occurrence.

i want a simple thing, which is to walk from my workplace to the local train station without inhaling the smoke of 20-30 cigarettes or vapes.

i don’t see any open drug taking (!) or smell any weed!

Totally agree with you, OP.

At the least, entrances to shops, banks, etc., outdoor markets, bus stops and train / tram platforms should be smoke-free, as well as outdoor seating in bars, cafés, restaurants.

I agree with you, OP. If they want to smoke their filth, they can do it in their own homes and stink themselves up.

I'm a wheelchair user, so am usually at the same level as the hand holding their gross habit, so it blows directly into my face.

It really pisses me off how much money it costs the NHS too. There's an entire department in my local hospital dedicated to smoking-related illness and giving up smoking. Not to mention the other departments they end up in, when it inevitably gives them cancer. That money should be spent on people who get ill through no fault of their own. Either that, or smokers should have to pay for smoke related treatment (I feel the same about drug and alcohol users too).

That’s honestly completely disgusting.

I really think that people should start calling it out.

if it bothers roughly 50% of the population, why are we letting the other 50% get away with it?

AS said up thread it is probably a working class thing and them not being from an affluent area and all. They won't be able to smoke in their own homes as they can't afford their own home and have to rent in a non affluent area with other working class plebs all standing outside their rental properties smoking

I don't think we can stop people smoking in public places.

But I do think it should be banned on school grounds and within maybe 50 of school gates, and hospital grounds etc.

They just snorting coke instead