Do you agree with the ban of smoking from all public places? Why?

Answer 1

Yes I agree. It's highly unhealth for even people to be around smokers. Smoking should be banned from everywhere.

Answer 2

I'm a non-smoker. I've never smoked in my life, but I disagree with a ban on smoking in all public places. If I don't want to inhale second-hand smoke, I can visit restaurants, bars, and other public places that ban smoking. If I choose to enter those establishments that allow smoking, I enter at my own risk.
If politicians believe smoking is such a serious health issue, then why don't they have the courage to nip it in the bud by banning the manufacture and sale of cigarettes??
The government has no right to tell citizens what they can or can't do, as long as it's not intentionally harming anyone else. When will this "Big Brother" attitude come to an end? If we allow the government to ban smoking, it's only a matter of time before the government can ban soft drinks, potato chips. beer, or wine consumption in public places. Where will it all end? Will the government eventually be allowed to force us to stop eating Big Macs because it's unhealthy? Will we be forced to stop eating chocolate because some idiot politician thinks it's not good for us? The government interferes with our lives too much already. It's time for politicians to stop passing laws that protect their special interests and start passing laws that give citizens more rights and freedom.
Could it be they don't want to give up all that tax revenue generated by cigarette manufacturers and sellers??
Let the free enterprise system determine where people can smoke or not smoke. If businesses see a drop in revenues because they allow smoking, savvy business owners will enforce their own smoking bans.
If smoking bans are to be enforced, who will pay for the "cigarette police" to spy on smokers and arrest those who violate the law? Average John Q. Citizen...that's who! -TKO-

Answer 3

No--because it's based on propaganda, not medical science. I wondered about the "effects of secondhand smoke" in public places--I am asmoker, but don't want to cause a problem for others with what is basically a dumb habit. So I did some checking. Here's one example of what I found:

In the 2006 US Surgeon General's Report, the focus is on secondhand smoke. The report claims (among othr things) tha tsecondhand smoke in public places increases the risk of cancer for non-smokers. But the research cited to support this was ALL published at least 19 years previously--and NOT ONE citation was of a study that examined the effects of secondhad smoke in public places. The only "evidence" was a modest correlation between rates of cancer and having a spouse who smoked--and the researchers themseles said that this could not be considered evidence of risk in other situations (public areas) where exposure was limited and incidental.

The rest of the claims in that report are no etter supported. What we have here is what sociologists call "moral entrepreneurship"--a group of activists with a cause. That's fine up to a point--I'm all for discouraging smoking. But they need to be honest and stick to the facts--and these activists definately should not be permitted to force their views on others without any evidence that there is real harm to others.

Answer 4

I do feel sorry for smokers and business people who allow smoking in their establishments because this ban represents change, inconvenience, and economic loss in some cases. But I agree with banning because unfortunately, this is a habit that fills the air we breath with smoke and it is difficult to contain it, even in a "non-smoking" public area. If this smoke didn't "travel" and penetrate the cells of my body, the fabrics I sit on, the walls of the places I visit, then I could be assured I wouldn't inhale it, but I do. Plus, the smell is rotten and reeks. I know of so many terrific people who have died of lung cancer, and they smoked. I don't want to die of lung cancer because someone else is smoking next to me.

Answer 5

Yes, I do. I am glad most places are becoming this way.
Smoking is bad for you, and even second hand smoke. I think it's gross after a bar, restauraunt, club you come home and you smell, your hair and everything else on your body. If your not a smoker it's not pleasant. I am glad this is becoming more effective in most places...maybe ppl will realize smoking sucks!

Answer 6

Absolutely yes. Everyone has to share public places, and smoking is a health risk that non-smokers should not be forced to take.

Answer 7

I really do want smoking to become banned. I think its unhealthy. I really just dont like it. It kills innocent people. People that have been smart enough to stay away from smoking, but somehow, through second hand smoke, the innocent people die anyway.

Answer 8

Yes I do agree. As a former smoker I really have come to hate cigarette smoke like most former smokers do. I hope that smokers will be discouraged from smoking. It is really bad to have cigarettes in charge of your life which is really what happens. Also there is a disease called "Bergers Disease." Only smokers get it and when they do they have to have their arms and legs removed.

Answer 9

Okay, first of all I'm not a smoker, but I think they are carrying these smoking bans a little bit too far. Restaurants can have 2 separate rooms, 1 for smoking and 1 for non-smoking. What's wrong with that? There are too many other things happening out here that they should be worrying about! I have busted so many people for drugs and alcohol that I truly wish smoking was all they did.

Answer 10

Absolutely. It is a smelly, unhealthy, extremely intrusive (on those around the smoker) habit. Smokers always say they have the right to smoke. Well I have the right not to breathe in their filthy air. And that's my rant for today ...