So, this smoking ban............how many of you are for it, and how many against?

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If you are against it - why are you?

i was just wondering that today wisteria - i do prefer roll ups, just about, but not sure about the radiation dose in normal tobacco. Are you sure?

Do you think they might ban chewing gum next, there is a bloody good argument for this That I would support!

UCM i gave up for 4 months using the inhalator, then started again before i went on holiday (because of stress) now back off them using the inhalator.
Saying that even when i was a non-smoker I still smoked when I went out because that is the one time I really enjoy it, beer and a fag, cant beat it.

I guess youre still fagging it

My back yard's getting a bit cluttered! Shall we use this flowerpot as an ashtray.

I smoke rollies. I like them. I fully respect the fact that many others don't. I won't be giving up as a result of the ban in public places ... I will merely suck on straws instead.

As Peter Ustinov famously observed when questioned on his unhealthy habits .. 'there are few pleasures I would defer for an extra ten years in an old people's home.'

Yes roll-ups are less toxic. The chemicals used in filter cigarettes (which allow the cigarette to keep burning) contain carcinogenic properties.

I do think that pubs and clubs could have Wisteria's Tap Room. Personally, I'd rather that than smokers holding their cigarettes away from them and under my nose in a busy beer garden.

yeah, cos chewing gum gives you lung cancer.

Absolutely positive, that's why they go out if left and B&H/ Silk cut etc don't.

plummymummy, i imagine a very small percentage of people are wrongly convited and sent to prison. In cases like that, it's just very unfortunate. But prison is an enclosed place so should have the smoking ban like everywhere else. It doesn't kill you to give up smoking, i should know as i gave up.

No but it gives you ulcers

not fatal and not destined to give you a horrible painful death.

sorry xposting - too slow

ruty if the government were doing this ban to prevent lung cancer they would ban the sale of cigarettes. Which they wont because they earn a mint from them which is why it smacks of a double standard.
Its about control, not saving lives!

ulcers i mean.

and it can make you fat which is just as dangerous for health and costly to the NHS

i'm for it. but am also concerned. are there going to groups of people outside palces puffing away en masse. just a whiff of smoke can set dd1 asthma off if her chest is playing up.

i think it is about the rights of children and non smokers actually. [ruty farts in protest]
Wait until we get smell o vision on MN...

for - the sooner the better

Enforced withdrawal does not make people give up. Prisons - like psych hospitals, should provide smoking rooms or outside space for people to smoke imo - the same rights the rest of the population has.

Giving up smoking only makes you fat if you over eat whilst giving up!

I'm all for enclosed, windowless smoking rooms.

sorry not windowless, just windows shut.

You are right ruty. Ulcers also coincide with excessive wind so monitor your farting

Doesn't seem to make a lot of difference though really. Pubs that have banned it, have all their smokers outside, so you either have to sit indoors or put up with it. Legoland now has designated smoking areas with pot things for butts and they absolutely reek. I'd like it banned in public altogether.

Um hello, it's prison. All your rights should be left at the front gate before you enter, after all, you ARE there because you have commited a crime. Or am i missing something?