09-February-2010

Ban smoking in public places

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One thing that really gets up my nose is inhaling other peoples' stale cigarette smoke against my will. It's about time to ban smoking in public places in this country and stamp smoking out once and for all. You know it makes sense!
Ban smoking - "I came home smelling like a dirty ashtray..." There is nothing worse than coming home from a bar or club after an evening out and finding that your clothes smell disgusting because they have been saturated with stench of smoke. I'm not the only one who is fed up of this, and I'm not some born again non-smoker, I just wish that I had a choice whether or not I came home smelling like a dirty ashtray. Another thing that I really hate is walking down the street behind someone smoking a cigarette. Every time they exhale out comes that cloud of stale smoke and bang, you walk straight into it and aside from crossing over to the other side of the street there is very little you can do about it. It is not a pleasant experience and it is one I could live quite happily without.
	I know there are a lot of people in this country that smoke and I'll be willing to bet that some that are reading this article are fed up with people who don't smoke always harping on about their 'bad habit' and telling them what to do. The simple fact is though that smokers are affecting the health of non-smokers as well as their own. People die each year just because they have breathed other people’s smoke and that is something we really should be taking seriously. In my opinion an outright ban on smoking in public places is the only way forward.
There seems to be a huge number of web sites on the internet dedicated to stopping smoking or with information about smoking. Here are a few that I thought might be of interest. The Net Doctor This site is very interesting as it contains information on many health issues as well as smoking. The link above takes you to a page all about smoking and how to quit and it even includes an 'addiction calculator'. Definately a site worth checking out in my opinion. Lung Cancer The facts about lung cancer. Another page from the Net Doctor site which may be of interest to those who smoke! Women and Lung Cancer An interesting site with some pretty dramatic statements regarding lung cancer among women. Apparently the information is slightly out of date now though because breast cancer has just recently overtaken lung cancer.

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Do you support a ban on smoking in public places?

Fed up smelling like a dirty ash tray? If you are then do you think it would be a good idea to ban smoking in public places?

Get a life. Get your mum. Get smoking. Get the green stuff. Get the lowness of the Titanic.

your mother's kid. 08-Feb-2010 17:16

Why waste all the political energy and national funds in banning smoking instead of eradicating malaria? Malaria kills far, far more than smoking ever did. We have got our health priorities wrong.

A Far Far Better World 30-Jan-2010 10:02

I need many materials about the harm of smoking to support my essay. after colleting them, I realize that smoking is many harm than these things I imagine. therefore, I think that it is time to ban smoking in public

holiti 30-Jan-2010 03:42

I'm on drugs, and cigar's. I'm as high as the Titanic.

your mother's kid. 29-Jan-2010 17:09

Dont smoke cigarettes, smoke the green stuff. Im as high as a kite.

your mother 27-Jan-2010 10:08

I am a ninth grader who is doing a research paper on Banning Smoking in Public Areas. This article sort of helped me on information. I did get an A+ thanks to the information from this website, so thank you.

SoulSina11 from YouTube 27-Jan-2010 01:19

I think that smoking should stop in public places because it is not right for people to talk around the streets and find people are smoking in bars and also clubs but the mean think is that we try and stop young people and parents smoking for thier own good and for young kids like babies and other but why can't people look at the people are trying to suppoort them and why can't they see what they have in live and see who they are hurting in their lives.
PLEASE JUST SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO YOURSELF!
That's my opinion about it

skiee 26-Jan-2010 13:38

Smoking damages your health, you're right, so when smokers tell people to 'get a life and start smoking' I don't get it!

get a life smokers 23-Jan-2010 14:30

Cigarette smoking is the worst - I agree to the comments below, it is heath damaging.

Health Expert 23-Jan-2010 14:27

Smoking is very bad for you Cigarette smoking is the greatest single cause of illness and premature death in the uk.

UK 23-Jan-2010 14:25

Facts about smoking:
It can give you cancer
You have a shorter life
It can give you LUNG cancer,
It makes your health bad
It should be stopped!

Anon. 23-Jan-2010 14:22

It's not just the adults' fault - the kids can cause it too, because the kids are in actual fact more likely to throw a cigarette on the floor, where as adults actually throw it away in the dust bin. However the kids do have a point, saying that the adults also smoke - but just a reminder that the kids and the teens smoke too, it all depends on the background you're coming from.

TheAdult 23-Jan-2010 14:13

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