Im not an expert on the law, but surely we have some personal rights, as do non smokers.
2007-07-06 09:05:35 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I don't know any. But you are right we have personal rights, which is why public smoking is being banned in a lot of places. You have the right not to be subjected to things that can kill you.
2007-07-06 09:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
If you want, you can give it your best shot and write to your congressman and your local city council members. I even suggest you get really grass-roots and go door-to-door to have your neighbors sign a petition too which you can mail to them. And after getting enough "sorry, no thank you's" and doors shut in your face, you'll soon realize that the majority of the public LIKES having smoke-free areas now and couldn't give a damn if smokers don't like having to step outdoors and shuffle off to the side a bit. There's no big-government nanny-state conspiracy going on here, and anybody who claims that Big Brother is encroaching on everybody's rights with smoking bans is full of baloney and has no clue how our government even works. If private business owners were willing to fully accomodate both smokers and non-smokers (i.e. by creating truly separate sections for their customers with separate ventilation systems and entrances) then the government would not have gotten involved. These smoking restrictions are a result of majority public opinion, plain and simple, and we're not going to go back to the old way of doing things where everybody has to breath in your crap anytime they go to a public place. As an analogy, do you think it should be legal for alcoholics to force some of their drink down the throats of anybody who goes near them? Your right to smoke ends where my nose begins. Tough noogies if nowadays people are no longer willing to accomodate YOUR habit.
2016-05-20 00:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, smokers do not have any right to smoke in a public place. Parliament is sovereign, and accountable to people. No human rights apply in the human rights Act, or the UNDHR (United Nations Declaration on Human Rights).
One remedy may be to challenge the validity of the Act of parliament that came into force, but that would be futile. The courts cannot strike down a valid act of parliament.
2007-07-10 06:16:43 · answer #3 · answered by Worked 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue of the smoking ban is currently being pursued in the ECJ on the basis that it infringes Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention - the right to enjoy private life etc. However I wouldn't hold your breath as this article clearly relates to private life and smoking has only been banned in public places.
2007-07-06 23:14:27 · answer #4 · answered by Salacity 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Us smokers no longer have rights.
I'm now more of a social outcast than I ever was before.
I'm now told I can't smoke for up to half an hour in my own home if I have a worker/repairman coming to visit me.
Well in futer I'll demand they give me a bit more of a specific appointment instead of saying between 12 and 5pm.
2007-07-07 00:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by charliegirl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
More than personal rights we should have. I call them equal rights. If they have a restaurant for only non-smoking patrons, then for Heavens sake, make a restaurant for only smoker's! They do have exhaust air-conditioner's, even before they took away the rights of smoker's. I swear on my child's life, ffs, that NO human, or animal has ever died, or even became ill from 2nd hand smoke. It is a lie told by the government for money, and control of the people. A fear tactic.
2007-07-06 10:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by xenypoo 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The day drinking, being obese, and driving cars is banned, is the day I will give credit to the "I don't want to inhale smoke" crowd.
Drunk driving really does kill innocent people. Those that are obese really do drive up health insurance costs. Car exhaust really does harm to our air, land, and water.
Targeting smokers is just a "feel good", all talk, minimal action measure.
2007-07-06 09:26:55 · answer #7 · answered by navymom 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am a smoker but I would love every smoker to give up. Just to please the NON smokers, just think how much it will effect them eh?
Taxes will have to rise to offset the £1.2bn revenue raised by the government from smokers.
Then every tax payer in the country will be paying higher taxes just because some people don't want others having a choice.
2007-07-06 09:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by Longjohn 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
subaru222 where was it stated that it was the will of the people about the smoking ban It was never put to a public vote things may have been diferent if it had gone to a public vote.
2007-07-08 11:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I got half way into designing a petition, but then I rolled it up and smoked it.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
2007-07-10 05:55:37 · answer #10 · answered by manforallseasons 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes people do petition smoking bans. Everyone has the right to say what they like or dislike.
2007-07-06 09:16:04 · answer #11 · answered by jewelfreak22 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋