is anyone else tempted to take up smoking on July 1st in protest of the smoking ban?

Answer 1

Let me get this straight.

There's a substance that gives 1/3 of those addicted to it one or more fatal diseases, and makes 100% of those who use it smell terrible and (when kissed) taste like an ashtray.

You want to encourage people who do NOT have an addition to this substance to risk addiction for the purpose of protesting a ban on public use.

Let me recommend an alternative:

Get together all the smokers you know.

Go out in public, and on the first day of the ban, stage a protest in which all of you light up. Don't limit yourselves to cigarettes. Cigar smokers such as myself find cigarettes to be for wimps feeding an addiction, not connoisseurs enjoying a good smoke.

All of you light up a cigar or pipe, and march down main street puffing away. Be sure to behave in a civilized manor, dress well and respectably. If you look like a group of rowdy criminals you'll only make people more determined to ban smoking. If, on the other hand, you look like a groups of mature adults you might win a few people over.

Alternatively, you can do what civilized, mature people do, and enjoy a good smoke in private, preferably with an 18+ year old Scotch or Whiskey. It is, after all, a rather dirty, disgusting habit, and if others are offended (and really, if you aren't a smoker, the stuff does smell vile) by the noxious fumes with which we choose to pollute our lungs, then it behooves us, as mature adults, to take the habit behind closed doors.

A quick tip for those who do not smoke but are considering it. You can smoke and not be addicted to nicotine, but that entails smoking infrequently, and making sure to NEVER light up because you "need a smoke." If you feel like you really need a smoke, then don't light up for at least a month.

And avoid cigarettes. They're for nicotine addicted twits feeding their addiction. They server no other function.

A good cigar or nice pipe tobacco on the other hand, that's a smoke to be savored.

Answer 2

I am tempted, and I no longer smoke. However, I detest those moralising prigs who aren't satisfied to not smoke themselves, they have to wag their long pointed fingers at every one else. I can accept it in most places, but definitely not pubs, at least let the owners of the establishment decide. The so called passive smoking argument is wilfully exaggerated so as to sell the idea that it has far more affect than it really does. Many experts say that it is almost unmeasurable, and that there are far more noxious substances in our everyday life. Also, there is no economic argument that stands up to scrutiny.

Banning it in all pubs is plain vindictive, imposed by a bullying left wing nannying government, and supported by selfish sheep. Go to non smoking pubs if you don't like it, but keep out of my pub. Another point that has to be made, just to remind the health freaks, pubs do not exist for the benefit of employees (many who smoke anyway), they are there to meet the needs of their customers. Traditionally, smoking has always been allowed in pubs, they go together.

Another message that the intolerant ones need to take on board is that intolerance spreads, there are those out there who would, amongst many other things, ban drinking alcohol. Think about that before you become so self righteous. There is a principle at stake here.

I notice that the usual (it's disgusting) brigade have come out to lecture us on our smoking habit, nice of them to care about our health, however, whilst they are enjoying a drink in the sanitised atmosphere of our local pub, the temperance brigade will be there to lecture them on the evils of drinking. With a tut tut here and a tut tut there.

Answer 3

No, however, if smokers are really so bothered about this ban, they should simply stand outside parliament and smoke for as long as it takes politicians to lift the ban. I can see the advantages and disadvantages of the ban, but don't support the amount of money being spent on enforcing it, and realise that alcohol causes more problems for our police, hospitals, and law-abiding subjects than cigarettes.

Answer 4

No. You abide by other laws which protect peoples safety - for instance like not driving on the pavement incase you hit a pedestrian - so why not this?

And this is coming from an ex-smoker by the way.

Answer 5

No I will be throwing a party to celebrate.

I have asthma and am sick of not being able to go to bars and pubs and clubs without choking on idiots smoke.

Answer 6

Oh, yeah! Let me pump smoke into my asthma riddled lungs... Why not!? I mean, my parents' second hand smoke is waht gave me this asthma! Smoking has also killed many members of my family by giving them all lung cancer, and the ones who are still living are still smoking because their addiction is so strong that they can't and won't quit! Most of them are so addicted that they refuse to see that it's systematically eliminating our family! So, sure! I'm all for lighting up! Let's do it! Bring it on!

Answer 7

its not the smoking its being told what you can do and not do in a free county where are peoples rights will all prisons stop the inmates from smoking as they are trying to stop law abiding people to

Answer 8

Oh heavens no, I quit that nasty habit over 4 years ago.

However, I don't feel it is right or just for the government to tell us we can't smoke. Next thing you know they'll be telling us we can't eat Snickers candy bars, or some other equally stupid thing.

Answer 9

Nope non smoking ban is the best thing that will happen to this country

Answer 10

Smoking ban? when did this happen? doesnt matter, i'll be lighting up anyways!