Am I a freak or what? (Should smoking be banned in public places?)

Member Name: paddythedaddy

Product:	Should smoking be banned in public places?
Date:	06/02/01 (23 review reads)
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Advantages: Help me stop Killing myself and you!

Disadvantages: My teeth will never be yellow again

I am a smoker.

I am sorry.

I feel I have to apologise for my filthy habit a lot. If you are a smoker too, you may or may not feel like I do about the subject of smoking in public places.

I do have a choice when its comes to smoking, I know if I really wanted to quit, I could kick the habit straight away.... who am I kidding? Smoking is a difficult thing to give up, we all know the chemical and psychological reasons why, so I won't bore you anymore with them. If you're a smoker or not, you may be able to empathise with me.

I started smoking when I was 15 'cos I thought I looked cool (this was only 7 years ago, but before mobile phones were the 'in' thing). Before I knew it, I was hooked - but I am not looking for sympathy!

I know how stupid smoking is, as does every other smoker in the world. We are the most stubborn 'Cult' ever, smokers rarely ever admit, or mean it when they say how horrible it is to smoke (not to other people anyway!).

This is why I think smoking should be banned in public places.

When I have kids (god forbid!), I don't want them passively inhaling someones smoke! We all know the dangers of passive smoking, those of you that remember Roy Castle (trumpeter and Guiness book of records host) know how fatal even being in smokey atmospheres and never smoking a ciggy can be.

Smoking is also quite tacky, it makes me cringe to see pretty girls with a 'fag' in their hand. It does make you look cheap and common (God I sound like a bore) but thats the way I feel!

Stopping me from smoking in Public places will not only benefit you non-smokers, it will help me give up and hopefully persuade the more militant smokers to kick the habit firmly in the yellow teeth. By taking away our privelage to kill ourselves, you and your children (I don't mean to mince my words!)it could help make the world a better place!

So in conclusion (con
clusion? I hear you ask! Was there ever a point to this?) I just want smokers to realise that I know how the game is! We all want to give up really! And to those non-smokers, perhaps you could all help the likes of me to give up the dreaded 'Cancer Sticks', come to sense and start enjoying a healthy life!

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