Sharing is not always a good trait (Should smoking be banned in public places?)

Member Name: Trishajs

Product:	Should smoking be banned in public places?
Date:	11/11/09 (125 review reads)
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Advantages: Respect for others is an attractive quality

Disadvantages: Smokers getting grumpy when they cannot get their fix

Ok = this is the moment this ex poacher turns gamekeeper.

Yes I think smoking should be banned in public places. I smoked for many many years and I had no idea until I became a non smoker, how revolting it smelt and how absolutely vile it made non smokers feel.

When I used to be told how I stank of cigarettes, I could not smell a thing. When people coughed because of my smoke, I thought they were being a pain.

I know so much differently now and it really is an extremely unsociable habit.

But I am not going to tell anyone whether they can or cannot smoke- it is their decision and I will not be critical. But I will say that non smokers should not have to suffer the side effects.

I am truthfully saying this because of the smoke and the smell, not just because I am now an ex smoker. I am also a vegetarian, but I wouldn't dream of saying you should not be allowed to eat meat in public- it does not impact on my life if you do so- only the animal has suffered.

I don't have a garden and when the weather is lovely, I would enjoy sitting in the outside area of a cafe having a cuppa, but I rarely can because that is where everyone is puffing away.

So I strongly support each individuals right to smoke, but I do not support that they inflict their smoking on others.

I equally don't like that smokers have to risk getting pneumonia as well as everything else as they go outside in freezing conditions to feed their habit.

We need to find solutions that suit everybody.

I am very glad I have finally given up, and apologise to everyone who I inflicted my habit on- I really didn't appreciate how I was affecting those around me. So for that I am very sorry.

Summary: Breathing is essential-please let me do it