Do smoking bans infringe on the rights of smokers or are they good laws that protect the non-smoking majority?

Answer 1

I'm a smoker...an occasional smoker, the only time I do smoke is if I go to the pub...but now that doesn't really happen...not a bad thing at all. And you know the morning after a night out and you pick your clothes up off the bedroom floor..they don't stink..thats great!!
But back to your question...I believe it's a good law to protect the non-smoking majority, smokers still have the right to smoke on the street or in the comfort of their own homes, public places are just that "public" and smokers don't have the right to inflict their second hand smoke on everyone else be they smokers or not!

Answer 2

Well in my opinion I think they are good laws that do protect the non-smoking majority. We don't want to be inhaling everyone's second hand smoke, endangering our lives for the sake of the smokers. They are good for family places such as restaurants where there are kids around. Bars and pubs should be an acception though, seeing as how they get more business from smokers.

Answer 3

I think it protects the non-smoking as much as it protects the actual smoker. If the smoker can't smoke now, he'll probably have to wait a little longer thus reducing the amount of cigarretes they smoke a day. :) I think its a great idea and should be ban period! For the future of the smoker and his/her surroundings.

Answer 4

They are good for the non-smoking majority who have rights to clear air. I know if I were a smoker, I would use this ban wisely, and think about quitting. It just might motivate someone.

Answer 5

I believe they are excellent laws that protect the non smoking majority. i don't care what someone chooses to do in their house or property, but when I am out in public the last thing I want is to have someone blowing smoke all over the place. I have a small child and nothing drives me more crazy then when someone is smoking outside of building I am trying to enter and I have to walk my son straight through it. Not only is it a disgusting habit but it is also dangerous.

Answer 6

Both.. Its a ***** isn't it. As an ex smoker I am so glad not to to see people smoking all the time because there is less of a trigger for me.

As an ex smoker, I am incensed (literally maybe) that the government can pass such a draconian piece of law and I want to smoke just to annoy them and all the pious do-gooders who tell me it is for my own good. LIKE I DO NOT KNOW. Patronising bas**rds!!

And relax.........

Answer 7

>human beings who smoke have rights? what modification? Please factor out the ammemend asserting non-human beings who smoke have rights. What a dumb arugment. particular, regulations against what private organization can enable it extremely is legal infringes on their rights. in case you dont like the human beings who smoke being there dont pass. Non smoker. >the place are those 'rights' that a ban might 'infringe' upon? announcement of independence. >Do you have a 'suited' to yell "hearth!" in a crowded theater? Do you have a 'suited' to construct a nuclear weapon on your front room? there's a existence like expectation that many ppl might die or be harmed. there is not any expectation that somone might yell hearth if there wasnt one. there is an expecation that ppl would be smoking in a bar.

Answer 8

I absolutely think they are good laws that protect non-smokers(and even smokers for that matter if it causes them to not smoke while out)

Answer 9

This question is too intellectual for me....so im just going to say....uuuummmmm....blue!!! :)

god..okay then i'll answer...jeez, as a smoker in scotland i found it extremely annoying that we got the ban first, it was crap at first and yes everyone thought that it was unfair on smokers, but really what is it going to take for this country (Britain) to cut down its percentages of heart disease cancer and strokes.... this is the measures that the government has had to take and i think its the right one...

i for one do not smoke as much as i used to, and hope to give up really soon, it is a good law, but the government really need to be careful because its like we're getting more and more like a nanny state all the time!! Its great for our kids though, but bad for the economy, cause when they all grow up to be non smokers, where will Gordon put all his tax ...in saying that, hopefully the nhs will be under a lot less strain therefore money could be saved through less cancers etc!!

Answer 10

It's funny, my former boss was REALLY anti smoking, to the point of being an a$$ about it. One night, he got really drunk and killed a family of four. Now, my smoking, killing just one, me. Drunk driving, four dead in a split second. (his sorry stupid a$$ walked away, literally. They found him passed out 1/2 mile down the road)