Ban smoking in public places

oh by the way does mjt mean michael jackson thriller by chance?

mjt is having a joke lay off a bit

(knock, knock
who's there?
doctor
doctor who)

errr mjt
how old are you, 12?
GROW THE HELL UP!!!!!

michael jackson is dead.
He will come out of his grave and be like the zombies in thriller
THRILLER! THRILLER!

Well people are never satisfied. Now they are complianing of people smoking outside and they want the smokers hidden from view? We smokers did smoke inside till we were kicked out? Make up your blooody mind. Pubs are shutting at an alarming rate due to the smoking ban. People are losing there livelyhood. Its alwys been known that smokers spend more money in pubs and clubs NON SMOKERS dont spend as much. They should have had non smoking ares and smoking areas in pubs and clubs and many people may still have there jobs and livelyhoods. There are more things to worry about on this earth than smoking so thats my view.

I think the smoking ban has been one of the only good ideas made by the government and has actually, well in my opinion made a difference. Soon enough people will start to see the positives to the ban of smoking in public places. Okay maybe it can be good for some people, they may be old and smoked since theyve been a teenager and are hooked on them, but some just some because some how its "cool" or its the "in" thing to do. Its a dangerous habit and can cause bad illnesses, people need to be more aware of the dangers.

Well said Rosee, and very nicely put. Congratulations on such a mature outlook for your age, you are more more mature than some of the 'adults' here appear to be, You have put your argument across in a non-confrontational way and I hope even the people who disagree wth you will respect you for that,

in my own opinion I believe that the smoking ban has been the best idea the government have put onto place and kept. im in year 11 and most of my year smoke at school and im fed up with walking into a classroom and smelling the soke from cigarettes smoked by everyone else. it's the same in the street, im walkign through town behind somebody and a waft of smoke comes at me, considering the fact I suffer with asthma, I think that the government should also ban smoking on the streets. to be honest I think the reason behind the incresed number in asthma sufferers are because of second-hand-smoke.

there's no need to smoke, most people I know smoke because of stress, to be "cool" or just out of curiosity. smoking really isn't the way to go.
i've had many troubles with my family that smoke, my mother had suffered with pneumonia in her lungs twice because of smoking (and she was also an asthma sufferer!) but she's given and in the long-run it's made her a lot healthier than she would have been if she had carried on smoking.

Dont make me laugh edd
I reckon you only disagree with that because you have an addiction you cant control.
Anyway I agree cause I am sick of walking down the street or in the local mall and suddenly walking through the middle of some saddo's smoke cloud, and I know I'm not the only one.

In response to 'Ed' - I think the cat-o-nine-tails should be brought back for the use of insulting and louch behaviour - plus a bar a soap to wash your mouth out. YOU are the problem with society as you obviously have a couldn't-care-less attitude towards anyone who thinks or does something you don't agree with. It's about time the majority of the decent public grip the throats of people like you, with your attitude, and toss you onto the nearest muck pile which is where you deserve to reside.

"theres no evidence passive smoking can kill"
There is. Read medical journals. Why do you think so many authorities are banning it, despite the money it loses them in tax revenues?

"you dont like breathing in smoke but your quite happy to pollute the earth with your car?"
Motor vehicles cause far more pollution globally than cigarettes, I am the first to agree with you. Unfortunately they are a necessary evil and nobody has come up with a viable and practical alternative to the internal combustion engine. So we have to live with it. Smoking on the other hand is unnecessary and serves no useful purpose to society or to the individual, it's pure gratification.

"I daresay you want all smokers tagged and rounded up into camps but your too much of a wet wipe to say it"
I hadn't thought this through quite to that extreme but now you say it, it sounds like quite a good idea!

get a pair of bollocks mate, theres no evidence passive smoking can kill and im sick of being persecuted for my habit. you dont like breathing in smoke but your quite happy to pollute the earth with your car?
people like you are the cancer eating away at the heart of this country, 'ban this, ban that, bla bla bla bollocks....' do you know how annoying it is now the smoking bans come in? I cant smoke at work, I cant smoke in the pub, and now you want to ban me from smoking in the street? I daresay you want all smokers tagged and rounded up into camps but your too much of a wet wipe to say it