Should smoking be banned in public areas

I'm your typical Gen Y'er....socially conscious, stigmatised and aware of what others might think, and your typical closet smoker who wouldn't be caught dead walking down the street with fag hanging out of my mouth like some sort of Illawarra slapper/bogan, this or would light up in a public place, (unless I could find a cave) whether it be in the street , up a tree, in a drain or in a swimming pool... or even while snorkelling off a remote island with a mouth full of marbles...even in the company of Frodo the stoner because I know just how bad it looks when other people do it, especially females (call me sexist if you will) but I do observe and uphold these social codes, even without this rule being enforced by our federal government already.... unless those around me smoke themselves at their place. I might have 1 or two cigarettes a day ... but I absolutely cant stand the smell of others smoking around me, especially when I haven't had one for a day or so...(cant stand the smell of it in cars or homes, makes things smell dirty)....so am mindful as to what others who are non-smokers experience when they walk past a smoker in the street...*it absolutely stinks* almost as much as Frodo the clown.

(Note: I am taking the piss out of fords today, as I read yahoos CL early this morning before the smelli melli thread was wiped)

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Anyway,

how do you feel about their banning smoking in all public areas? Good, bad, indifferent?

Meaning no smoking while walking along the street, down by the beach...having sex on a park bench...basically in all areas where people might frequent.



Look, I say we ban lots of socially offensive behaviours while we're at it...like chair sniffing, earwax consumption, naval picking and farting.... eating garlic, picking toenails squeezing zits , and all manner of offensive things.

Why just stop at smoking in public areas?


I actually like the idea of it myself....because I get annoyed with seeing bogans smoke in crowded or public areas when I feel too embarrassed and polite myself to light up, at the risk of offending others.

Dead against the idea.

Indoors, fine, no issue with that.

But outdoors?

Nah! They can go fuck themselves.

Yep, ban it. Disgusting habit.

Should also be banned in private places too...I mean smoked salmon and smoked cod is one thing, but please...ladies I beg you



And yes I have seen the ping pong tricks

smoked chicken is nice... tastes like chicken too

Tried to smoke a chicken once, didn't like it.

Too hard to keep alight, and too big for the ashtray

you should probably stick to quail then

Have you ever tried walking through a crowded place with kids..(ie the Easter show)...and having some fool bump into you with their cigarette?


This or have come home from a night club and found a cigarette burn on the back of your clothing?...(people getting to close on the dance floor with their cigarettes and the head falls off)


Comes down to consideration and the right of others being able to enjoy a public place...this opposed to inhaling someone else's smoke.

Ok, you could say tolerance of others right to smoke is one thing...but when tolerance means our tolerating their obvious lack of regard for others right to enjoy a public place free of cigarette smoke....then tell me, who's being intolerant?

I don't have a problem with others doing what they like within their own personal space, but when it violates or impinges on the rights of others, then this not on.


Also, every person smoking in public is a walking puffing advertisement for cigarette company's. Smoking is deadly, and should be discouraged from public places.

It conveys an unhealthy image to our society.


Why should a non smoker have to endure a passing pedestrians stale second-hand smoke first thing in the morning when out walking their dog?

My daughters old primary school has the most gorgeous display of gardenias out the front near the gates, just near the drop off bay.

Pity you cant always smell them because of a few bogans who stand there puffing away on their fags.




I am a social smoker....have 1 or 2 a day....(I smoked 3 today...was stressed)...but I never smoke in the company of others who don't.

Would rather go without than force them to endure my second hand moke.

Comes down to respect and regard for others.


Some people are just selfish, and have no class.

Ie...

"I'll fucking smoke where I wanna AY"

"It's my body"


True it is, but why should others have to endure your habit?

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Would rather go without than force them to endure my second hand moke.

I hate second hand mokes as well. All battered and old and noisy. Pollution machines. And dangerous too!

Erotica wrote:

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Would rather go without than force them to endure my second hand moke.

I hate second hand mokes as well. All battered and old and noisy. Pollution machines. And dangerous too!

lol... but at least EPA can be notified when the pollution level becomes offensive or excessive....this or an OH&S issue.


This is the difference.

I truly believe smoking in public places will be banned in my lifetime.

Smoke in a pubic area leads to a bush fire

Gross.

As an ex smoker I would say NO.

As a social smoker..(I have one every other day now)...I say no.


The smell of them especially in the morning makes me feel sick.


*blocks nose*


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