cigarette ban for anyone born after 2000

[d000hg]

AS long as your smoking doesn't impact on my life in even the most slightly annoying way, of course. Then it's unacceptable.

[Lockhouse]

I started out anti anti smoking a few years ago, but on reflection I think it's probably a good idea. I hated it when my kids started smoking even though it was only socially. The age limit thing is the way to go. It's not about freedom, cigarettes cause cancer.

[Platypus]

it's your life and you should be able to do as you please. Ideally we'd all have private healthcare so that people who didn't smoke wouldn't have to pay for people that do.

No. Ideally we'd have a system where smokers don't pay for the healthcare of non-smokers (which is what happens now).

[The Spartan]

Alcohol causes liver disease and leads to violence on a Saturday night, too much fast food causes obesity, type two diabetes and other problems should we ban those too?

[hyperD]

Alcohol causes liver disease and leads to violence on a Saturday night, too much fast food causes obesity, type two diabetes and other problems should we ban those too?

No. But you can be guaranteed that a bunch of bansturbators whose very livelihoods depend on tax payer's funding, will.

[Lockhouse]

Alcohol causes liver disease and leads to violence on a Saturday night, too much fast food causes obesity, type two diabetes and other problems should we ban those too?

You can put "Too much" before "alcohol" as well. That's the point I think, it's possible to enjoy alcohol and fast food in moderation without harm whereas nicotine is more addictive than heroin and even two or three fags a day can cause cancer.

[moggy]

No. Ideally we'd have a system where smokers don't pay for the healthcare of non-smokers (which is what happens now).

+1

[BrilloPad]

Alcohol causes liver disease and leads to violence on a Saturday night, too much fast food causes obesity, type two diabetes and other problems should we ban those too?

About 3 years ago a taxi driver took me from home to JP Morgan(early shift on bank holiday pre cycling days). He was quite elderly. He reckoned that there was far less violence around these days - due to kids using drugs instead of alcohol.

Interesting viewpoint - and if correct might be an argument for legalising some drugs(and taxing them too of course).

[d000hg]

Alcohol causes liver disease and leads to violence on a Saturday night, too much fast food causes obesity, type two diabetes and other problems should we ban those too?

Stopping people drinking to excess would be fine. That certainly impacts my life more than smoking does.

No. But you can be guaranteed that a bunch of bansturbators whose very livelihoods depend on tax payer's funding, will.

So you think the smoking ban in pubs was a good thing, or liberal kill-joys messing with our rights?

[The Spartan]

About 3 years ago a taxi driver took me from home to JP Morgan(early shift on bank holiday pre cycling days). He was quite elderly. He reckoned that there was far less violence around these days - due to kids using drugs instead of alcohol.

Interesting viewpoint - and if correct might be an argument for legalising some drugs(and taxing them too of course).

I have often thought about whether it would be a good thing to legalise certain drugs and sell them at say a pharmacy etc like you say the tax attached to them would raise more money and it minimises the black market for it of course it won't eradicate it but the war on drugs doesn't seem to be going very well so why not take a different approach