I'M A NON SMOKER;Why are laws being passed against smoking, isn't a sign on the door enough? Then you decide

Question

The Government is imposing laws, that as adults we should e able to make our own decisions. It would make more sence if they can't accept this, is to pass a law prohibiting young people under 18 in smoking permitted places.

Answer 1

thanks for asking a sensible question I was beginning to think no one had enough sense to ask any thing intelligent any more and the answers are even worse, but you are right in what you say , I am a non smoker also, and don't see the need for these laws as if someone don't obey the signs then they would be asked to leave or obey the rules, but we have lawmakers who don't have any sense so they pass a law and then say see what I did for you, and the ones who sponsor this law will say don't you see I am looking out for you, your health etc, but there have been 55.000 new laws passed since 1955 most are either duplicates of other laws or some thing just as stupid as the one you mentioned,but that is our lawmakers at work , most don't even read a bill before they vote on it, and even more don't understand the bill, A congressman introduced a bill into congress that said they had to read and understand a bill before they could vote on it, it didn't even get to the floor of congress, don't you think if some one votes on a bill they should read it and understand it. it just don't make any sense not to read and understand a bill before voting on it,

Answer 2

A smokers right to smoke inside a building ends where my right to breathe freely begins. I also have asthma and in the winter time get bronchitis very severely..the 2 together are horrible..I also understand addiction and they are free to smoke but why should I have to go to the hospital for a breathing treatment just because they want to light up.. If smoking was not banned, then as you say, people under the age of 18..would never get to go anywhere.

Answer 3

basically as a factor, life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are part of the assertion of Independence, which, on an analogous time as an substantial rfile in our u . s .'s historical past is in certainty legally a letter to the King of britain and has no lawful status. The suitable word interior the preamble to the form (it relatively is a criminal rfile) is: sell the final Welfare, can has been construed to advise that the government could make rules that are meant to guard the well being of persons and society as an entire.

Answer 4

there is a simple reason in 3 words to explain why. Second hand smoke. Second hand smoking hurts their lungs and makes their clothes smell. that is why there are laws against it. Smoking hurts innocent people. People can die for the "decisions" that you(a smoker) would make.

Answer 5

Huh ? Age has NOTHING to do with this ! The laws are being passed because many people don't want to smell someone else's smoke ! The law does'nt say you can't smoke. But you don't have the right to bother someone else with your smoke.

Answer 6

I love your question and it is America the land of free,People forget about who they are.Smoker or Non smoker, you all in pact my life and I urge you who smoke, do it in his or her house then second hand smoke will not have to die.For the Non smoker I love to ask what right do you have to impost the law prohibiting people to do what they enjoy? ( killing the second hand smoke )

Answer 7

Sorry, I do not want to breathe other people`s smoke when I am out in public. I have asthma, and I have an attack if I do. I have to limit the places that I can go because of the smoking.

Answer 8

What about sex in public? What about drinking in public? What about urinating in public?

I'm allergic to smoke, and my son doesn't need smoke in his lungs. In a restaurant if the smoking section is 200 feet from our section, we still have to smell their smoke.

As a person, I think that smokers still HAVE that right. They get to smoke outside. Why do they need to some inside? I know addiction, but if you really can't make it through a meal without lighting up, there's a larger problem at hand than the first amendment.

Answer 9

I agree. Whether or not to allow smoking in an establishment should be up to the owner.


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EDITED TO ADD:

I used to be a taxi driver, and in spite of the law, I happened to see policemen urinating in public, sometimes in broad daylight. It's hardly comparable to smoking.

Answer 10

Because if it is not a law nobody would respect it.


Would a smoker like it if all non smokers went over to them during their drink or meal to fart?