Smoking ban?

[BobTheCrate]

I see your out mining for friends again threaded.

[bogeyman]

6. The intolerant brigade will soon move on to other habits they would like to see banned.

Indeed - what's next and where does it all end?

The killjoys are coming!

[threaded]

4. Economics. Lost tax revenues if substantial numbers of people stop smoking will be enormous. As many others have correctly identified, smokers contribute far more to the NHS than they take out.

Would not the extra hours worked by these people more than make up the shortfall?

I am reminded about one engineer at a client site that spends over an hour a day outside the building smoking. Now if he was sat at his desk doing the job he was paid to do...

[eternalnomad]

[QUOTE=threaded]Essentially a cigarette without the additives would be nicotine free to the smoker.
QUOTE]

Factually incorrect

The addtion of additives (especially ammonium based substance) increase the amount of free nictotine.

This is not the same as saying without additives all ciggies are nicotine free

[bogeyman]

Essentially a cigarette without the additives would be nicotine free to the smoker.

Can you point me towards an authoratative reference that supports that outlandish remark, or should I accept because the "Great Threaded says so"?

I guess bogeyman you're trying to get todays dipstick award for being such a dumbass.

I'll leave that dubious honour to you old boy! You make Walter Mitty seem almost plausible.

[BobTheCrate]

I am reminded about one engineer ...

Know what you mean threaded. I'm reminded of the tens of thousands of HR employees rivotted to their desks the whole perishing day and still manage to collectively contribute less than your engineer.

[Denny]

Indeed - what's next and where does it all end?

The killjoys are coming!

You'd better watch out, BM. Picking your nose in public places will also be unlawful eventually

[sasguru]

How dare you discuss this issue on a public forum. I hereby sentence you all to beheading.

[threaded]

Unbelievable just how uninformed or just plain thick many of you are. Guess you're just being wind up merchants. Yet for the terminally thick: natural tobacco when smoked gives off a nicotine that is very hard for the body to absorb, when used to make a cigarette this creates essentially a nicotine free smoke. The tobacco used in cigarettes though is a genetically engineered beasty, commonly known as Y-1, which produces a nicotine that is very easily absorbed. They also add various chemicals to dilate the aerioles in the lungs to aid absorption and chemicals to increase the output of this type of nicotine during the burn.

These things are discussed in many many papers and even memos from cigarette manufacturers, such as BAT nicotine report No RD-437-R, that have come into the public domain.

Not that you'd apologise, 'cause you don't have that amount of integrity.

[Mordac]

Exceopt your already paying for it in NIC and Taxes to pay for the NHS treatment of all those selfish buggers that have smoked themselves to the point of death and have to be treated for it.

Now, if they allowed smoking but refused treatment on the NHS for smoking related illnesses.......

How much revenue do you think is collected annually from smokers? If it wasn't for these "selfish buggers" you would be paying more tax and NI. But then being an idiot, you probably don't realise that.