Should smoking be banned in public places? Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

You want to ban smoking in public places? Are you really serious about this? Ban drinking in public, ban drinking on public transport and ban anything that affects perception and behaviour in public by all means - maybe it'll make everyone's lives a bit more pleasant. If you believe that, i have some snake oil which cures ...  Read the complete review

This is probably one of the most straightforward issues in my mind. I grew up with both parents smoking around me and I absolutely detested it and as a result never smoked a cigarette. The smell is abhorrent and more importantly, so are the effects it has on you. In my mind, the very possibility that a person's smoking can ...  Read the complete review

I am not a smoker. I am however not an anti-smoker. I think the media have tarnished smoking in such a way that lighting up a cigarette in a pub is now the equivalent to walking in with a shotgun and shooting everybody in the chest. So we are led to believe that smoking is a killer, smoking is evil and smoking can only do the world ...  Read the complete review

As someone who has grown up with both parents as smokers, I have a strong view on smoking. Smoking should be banned full stop, let alone in public places. Now, I appreciate this is never going to happen due to the revenue it creates for the government, as well as the national outcry it would cause. However, senseless bans on the grounds ...  Read the complete review

clearly the answer is YES!

Now, as I'm sure you know, smoking in public places is now banned. Now I don't say this as a smoker. Nor as a student. I say the following statement as nothing more than a member of the public: "Nicotine, is as, if not more, damaging on both a personal and social level as alcohol". The problem is, ...  Read the complete review

I'm a bit wary of this whole smoking ban business. Surely if the government thought that smoking was bad for people they would simply have outlawed it completely, wouldn't they. I mean, what do they have to gain by allowing the sale of life-threatening cigarettes? What's next - a ban on alcohol in parks & public ...  Read the complete review

I am a smoker, and have been for 15 years. I enjoy a cigarette and am not ashamed to admit it! I do believe that the ban of smoking in public places is starting to be pushed to the extreme. Personally I have not objected to the ban of smoking in pubs and clubs. As a smoker this has not affected me in any way, as I would rather go ...  Read the complete review

I was a heavy smoker for 10 years and gave up 1 1/2 years ago, I gave up due to health and money reasons but I enjoyed smoking and I found it really difficult to stop. I am very much for people being free to smoke as much as they want, everyone who smokes nowadays is fully aware of the risks and effects involved and should be able to make up there ...  Read the complete review

I have been a smoker for only three years and when I was younger I hated the kids at school that smoked as i thought it was a pathetic attempt to look cool. However when I was in pubs or bars and people were smoking I never really took a second look at them and I would imagine that this was probably the same as many other people. But low and ...  Read the complete review

In a word. No. Now I realised a slight bit of bias may come into this as I myself am a smoker but I really don't see the problem with us smoking in public places. Now I understand the problem with smoking in restaurants, i'm not a fan of the whole "smoke where you eat" philosophy anyway, remind me a bit of the saying "You dont s.... ...  Read the complete review

I would like to start this by saying that I am a non smoker. When I was in my early and mid teens, I used to be 100% anti smoking, didn't want to be friends with anyone smoking and would be one of those annoying people that coughed and made a fuss when someone lit up around me. I am not proud of this fact, but that's the way I was! I have lost ...  Read the complete review

I am a smoker have been for 15yrs, not proud of the fact but if you don't smoke you wouldn't realise how hard it is to quit. I agree that you shouldn't be able to smoke in restaurants as I myself don't like smoke blowing in my face when I eat. I agree that it should be banned from enclosed areas like pubs where both smokers and ...  Read the complete review

I have somewhat strong opinions on this matter. I am not a smoker, nor are any of my friends or family. I hate it. And I don't think that the ban on smoking goes nearly far enough. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike people who smoke, I think it is your personal choice weather you smoke or not. I fully support the ban on smoking in ...  Read the complete review

i am a smoker. i am not realy for or against the smoking ban. would it be nice to smoke whilst having a pint and not have to go outside...yes. would it be nice whilst out clubbin to not have to go on a massive trek and annoy my girlfriend by leading her off the dance floor...yes. is it nice waking up with clothes that dont absolutely stink of ...  Read the complete review

I am a smoker myself but I am completely agree with the smoking ban. I am not a fan of smoking inside and never have been and would be even, back in the day, to smoke outside the pub anyway regardless of whether or not they had a smoking policy or a smoking area. I can stand nothing more than breathing somebody else's cigarette smoke ...  Read the complete review

Yes it should. I feel enough has now been done to protect none smokers. Smoking areas should have a rain cover fitted and be easily accessible then everyone could be happy. My Husband and I, my elder brother and his wife are all none smokers, our sons 23, 31, 33 are smokers. My Middle brother, his wife, do not smoke neither does their ...  Read the complete review

I think that smoking should be banned in public places because it is unfair to the people that don't smoke to have to sit and breathe in someone elses harmful smoke. Not only does smoke have an unpleasent smell, it does contain carcinogens that cause cancer and clog your arteries. If you decide to smoke then fair enough but some people don't and ...  Read the complete review

I have never smoked and never will. Neither has my husband. There is a couple of Smokers in my family and friends, and that is up to them. If they come to the house, they are free to go into the garden to smoke, but they must shut the door, so the smell doesn't come into the house, and they must put their mess into the bin. Am not sure ...  Read the complete review