Should smoking be banned in public places? Reviews

Let us think, first, about not what smoking in a public place amounts to in fact, but what it is like. It's like filling the air all around with harmful smoke. Actually, that is what it is. To subject unwilling bystanders to injury, (sans consent) unnecessarily (we'll consider an objection to this characterisation below) must be wrong. ...  Read the complete review

So, here we are, the smoking ban is now in force and we are now told by our beloved Nanny State that we are now living in a healthier England. I am a smoker, yes, but I’ve also been a non-smoker. In principle I agree with the ban but I feel there has been way too much sensationalism, scare tactics and misinterpretation of ...  Read the complete review

Smoking Ban in England is less than three weeks away. Will it work? It has worked everywhere else. N Ireland. Scotland and Wales have made the transition without a hitch and many people like it, no smoke in pubs and clubs and public buildings although many offices had ban in place. Ban will help bar ...  Read the complete review

I believe that smoking in public places should be banned throughout the united states. I am 15 years old and have watched my grandmother die and am currnetly watching my parents choke from smoking. My neibors smoke, my aunts, uncles, friends, and while all this is going on, Im around it. I want to live my life to the fullest, as do ...  Read the complete review

I will point out straight away that I am 100% behind the smoking ban. As a 100% none smoker I hate going into resturants and pubs and coming home stinking of cigarette smoke, there is nothing worse than that smell in your hair and clothing when you do not smoke! A little about the smoking ...  Read the complete review

right, after a night at the pub eh? DRINKING ALCOHOL KILLS TOO!!! it causes Liver disease and then people like the late George Best BUYS a valuable liver and ruins that one too! There are alcoholics on the streets, in alleyways and even in shop doorways. WHY isn't the government banning DRINKING in our streets???? Oh yes tax revenues. How sad that all there is to worry about is who does and don't smoke!

this summer smoking will be banned in public places in england, which means no smoking in pubs,hotels or restaurants anymore. Now i can understadnd why there doing it because once winter comes no ones going to want to stand out side in the freezing cold for a tab. I am a smoker and i dont think the ban will bother me much i ...  Read the complete review

Just want to add my 2 cents! Why should the non smokers get priority? And before everyone starts grunting and moaning, yes I am a smoker, but do I pull my face at you NON SMOKERS because you don’t smoke? NO I Don't. We all have free will, and I believe that if I am smoking and you don’t want it near you, then you should be the one ...  Read the complete review

Smoking is banned in public places in Scotland, N Ireland and Wales. In England it will begin on July 1st this year. I don't smoke, but I have skimmed the law. £50 fine for smokers in banned smoking place. Smokers can light up in private cars or other vehicles, on the road, outside their house, in ...  Read the complete review

Many a night have I staggered home after a night on the ale: crumpled shirt, untidy hair, booze stained leather shoes, shivering without my coat because I couldn't find my cloak room ticket and not a taxi in sight. Finally arriving home; dehydrated, dishevelled, glazed pinkish eyes looking back at me in a cracked mirror, limbs slightly ...  Read the complete review

Ban on smoking starts in few months time. I welcome it with open breath. Everyone know smoking kills. Smoking is a slow suicide. It kills indiscriminately. Smoking is a habit which is addictive. That is no excuse to stop smoking. Smoking causes cancers. It causes bad health even if you don't ...  Read the complete review

Hi there everyone............. Should smoking be banned in public places? Well as a non smoker I am obviously going to say that yes it should be banned in public places, but let me explain to you why. I am one of the lucky people out there who actually has never had an interest in smoking. I did try it ...  Read the complete review

I live in Scotland. We have had the smoking ban here since - well actually I can't remember - it feels a long time - but probably about 10 months. I am a smoker. I am not proud of it, it scares me of what I am doing to myself, and I would stop tomorrow if I could buy a jar of will power over the counter in the ...  Read the complete review

Why do people smoke? Does it make them look cool? Do they smoke so they are easily accepted by their peers? Or do people smoke because they are weak and lonely and smoking is a habit that helps them cope. I think people smoke for a combination of reasons. I was shocked to learn that there are 73 lethal ...  Read the complete review

Here's an unusual concept.... a SMOKER who is somewhat GLAD about the ban on smoking in public places in 2007. (Hold your fire, smokers of the world, and let me explain)... I am not a smoker who says, whilst lighting up a throat-wrenchingly strong Richmond Superking, "I hate this disgusting habit, I wish I'd never ...  Read the complete review

Ban on smoking will start on 1st of July 2007. Smoking will be banned in public places. I don't mind people smoking in allocated areas, I think there should be places for people to smoke in all public places because some people are addicted to this bad habit and it is not fair on them. Smoking is an ...  Read the complete review

I think it is easy for non smokers to say that smoking should be banned. It makes me wonder how often these whingers and dogooders actually visit a pub, and also why dont they choose to use the already smoke free venues available to them. These people obviously don't drive a car, wear strong perfumes which incidentley give ...  Read the complete review

I know that I may well be out on my own here, but I smoke and I think smoking should be banned in public places. Do any other smokers feel this way? I know I am addicted, that is my responsiblity and I deal with that, I would like to quit, but I have not been able to. That is my problem. No one elses. I chose to start, I can't keep up ...  Read the complete review

The Great Big Smoking Debate In Scotand it is now illegal to smoke in any enclosed public space. Pubs, Hotel Lobbies, Train Stations, Shopping Malls, even, I understand, Bus Shelters. For a long time now many businesses across the country, and not just in Scotland, have deployed a no-smoking policy across their grounds. ...  Read the complete review

I do not necessarily agree that smoking should be banned in all public areas although personally I cannot think of anything I hate more. I was, however, appaulled when I recently arrived at university to find that I was in accomodation with smokers having specifically mentioned on the form that i was non-smoking. O.K. so they are ...  Read the complete review