2006-11-30 21:35:34 · 27 answers · asked by Sam 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No it is not. But what is against civil rights is 275 people every year in the uk dying of cancer through passive smoking. Now justify that ciggie in the pub!!
2006-11-30 21:37:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't think smokers should have rights as smoking affects everyone who has to put up with the disgusting stink and thick eye-burning suffocating smoke that hangs in a room full of smokers. I smoked for 25 years non-stop and gave up 8 months ago - its only now I can fully understand how selfish and anti-social the habit is. Seriously you won't know until you stop, just like any addiction. Drinkers don't realise how obnoxious they are until they sober up and its the same with smoking. (Sorry, I'm presuming you are a smoker)
2006-12-01 05:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up here in Scotland we have been banned from smoking in public places since March 26th,as a smoker i think it sucks that we can't have a ciggy when we are in a bar or out for something to eat,it's difficult as the 2 go hand in hand,drink and a ciggy!l also understand how non smokers must have felt about passive smoking too!most of the bars and restraunts have put beer gardens outside with heaters for the winter but it still kind of puts you off going out for a drink when lt's cold,also some non smokers are moaning that they cannot enjoy the beer gardens in the summer because of the smokers!what more do they want,just can't keep them happy.However l do tend to smoke less now because it's a hastle getting some1 to look after your drink while you go out for a puff,if there are just 2 of you,you either have to finish your drink,and loose your table or leave it at your table and risk getting your drink spiked.Saying all that tho we in Scotland have been used as guinea pigs to see how it works out and it's about time the ban was in England 2!!
2006-12-01 05:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jacqui 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This question and most of the answers are based on a legal fallacy - that "smokers" exist as a cohesive, recognised subgroup in society and therefore have rights protected by law. They are not, and they do not. It is not illegal to discriminate against "smokers" because there is no such legal person as a "smoker". To put it simply, you do not have a right to smoke and so obviously cannot take action to protect that right. Your employer can dismiss you for being a smoker - not for smoking at work, or for disregarding non-smoking restrictions, just for being a smoker - and there isn't much you can do about it. (That is not speculation - it has happened. The subsequent lawsuit was dismissed.) The restrictions that are coming in in July in the UK are very similar to those in force in New York and California, where a ban on smoking in public is rigidly enforced. Get used to it, folks - by this time next year in the UK the only places you will be allowed to smoke will be your own house and car.
2006-12-01 06:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
What about the civil rights of the non-smokers who are forced to breath the second hand smoke. Smokers are not only damaging their own health but that of all those around them. Nobody can justify smoking. Good question though.
2006-12-01 05:41:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The smoking ban is proposed to be within places of employment, and public ENCLOSED areas. You will still be permitted to smoke in the street in public.
As for civil rights, there has to be a line drawn.
Compare it to American gun culture - they're allowed to carry guns (in fact a lot of them seem to think they MUST), yet as soon as you start waving the thing around in a menacing fashion, the police are likely to take a stand against you, to protect the general public.
Smoking, to non-smokers, is an annoyance and affects health, so it is in the interests of Joe Public to ban it in enclosed areas, where you can't escape from the smoke.
2006-12-01 05:43:41 · answer #6 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Smokers can still smoke, just cant smoke in enclosed public places.
May be you ought to ask if its against the civil rights of those poisoned by 2nd hand smoke?
2006-12-01 09:19:02 · answer #7 · answered by robert x 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I'm a smoker and I agree with the ban !! That said,many on here are going on about the air being polluted with smoke,what about those who drive? Are they not polluting the air? They also contribute to pollution with the exhaust fumes.Are you going to stop driving? What about drinking and driving? Does that not hurt people when a drinker insists on drinking and driving?What about the smell from drinkers? Are those of you who drink aware how you smell after drinking? I suspect not! So you see, it works both ways. I agree with the ban,and will respect the law.Those who are slating smokers,be fair,look at your own life style. No doubt you have vices that others object to as well.
2006-12-01 06:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It seems to me that in the 21st century, where we are very keen to support minority groups, we fail to give support and rights to the minority group of smokers. Why are they the villain??? It is a perfectly legal substance to buy and smokers are not doing anything illegal. I understand some of you, who says that smokers haven't got the right to pollute the air, but how about car drivers and factories??? Now you've never heard that we must reduce global warming by cutting out smoking activities but you always hear them banging on about it in the news that car tax this, road tax that in order to reduce the effects on global warming. As an environmentalist, I ask, why not put a ban on car drivers (and they are definitely not the minority in our society). This smoking ban non-sense is exactly what Hitler did. Are we heading back to those days, when now with modern technology we could install proper smoke extractors in enclosed spaces? Why are we making these advances in technology if we are not using them?
2006-12-01 05:50:41 · answer #9 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Smokers are infringing on the rights of non-smokers every time they light up. Non smokers have the right to breathe clean air and for their clothes NOT to stink of cigarettes on a night out. I hate walking into a smoky bar. I certainly wouldn't stay long, if at all.
If you want to kill yourself, that's fine, but I would appreciate it if you didn't poison me while you did it.
And don't say smoker's seats in a restaurant are a good idea. There is no air barrier that the smoke can't cross. The smoke still gets to us, usually while we're still eating our meals. That's the other thing. Smokers say "I want a cigarette after my meal" fair enough, but did you consider the people on the next table who are just tucking in?
Go outside, you won't bother anyone then.
2006-12-01 05:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not their civil rights, but as smokers pollute the air everyone else breaths, causing some of them to have respiratory illness, and even death in some cases. Smokers should think about this.
2006-12-01 05:48:35 · answer #11 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋