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BANNING SMOKING IN CARS[update]
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Braken | Report | 22 Nov 2011 22:43 |
If you think about nearly everything is bad for you one way or another sugar salt coffee fat tea need I go on |
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Suzanne | Report | 22 Nov 2011 22:22 |
all this about passive smoking,what about the fumes from cars and lorries that we all breathe in daily,dont you think thats harming you(but of course it would be silly to ban driving wouldnt it) in the grounds of my local hos,staff are not even allowed to smoke in there own cars during breaks,the staff carpark is a quarter of a mile from the main hos,its mad. |
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Annx | Report | 22 Nov 2011 15:56 |
I think the main reason for this is to protect the health of children from passive smoking. I grew up with heavy smoking around me and hated it and suffered serious chest infections as I got older. My sister missed a lot of school due to bronchitis. Both parents deaths were smoking related. Yes, I would ban it anywhere there are children present. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 22 Nov 2011 15:43 |
what really bugs me about all this is the government's double standards - we all know that alcohol abuse costs millions of pounds a year to this country - night time - particularly weekends, the main job of the police is sorting out drunken "revellers"" falling out of drinking establishments, courts deal with alcohol related offences ranging from GBH, drink driving, domestic abuse et al, yet the governemt allows advertising in all forms. Bars offer "happy hours" and special offers and the supermarkets offer great deals on bulk buys, particularly with Christmas coming up |
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Merlin | Report | 22 Nov 2011 14:11 |
I,m an Ex Smoker.Capstan Full Strength.Gave it up 20 yrs ago.The price of Cigs now is really too much,However if the Government really wanted to stop people smoking they should just Ban The Import of it,(More likely to see a squadron of Flying Pigs) as the taxes from it are quite considerable.Banning it in cars? well its up to the individual to decide this,most cars now come with Air Con which can be switched on,Ashtrays and lighters are installed in most.But if Men or women like to be Kissed By an Ashtray or smell like one,Thats Their freedom of choice,which they are entitled to make. :-S |
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Janet | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:36 |
I think if the driver of a car, who has bought, insured and taxed it, is 'alone' in the car he should be able to have a smoke in peace regardless of what anyone thinks. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:29 |
Just as an aside. When buying a new to me car, the first thing I look at is the ash tray for signs of it having been smoked in because if it has you usually find that the inside roof is stained with nicotine, and also despite valetting the smell never goes. |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:23 |
I'm not a smoker, and welcomed the ban in public places, but this is just silly. How will it be policed? I see plenty of drivers using mobiles - if these are not prosecuted, how will the smokers be? Do we really want the over-stretched police force doing this rather than catching speeders, drunk/dangerous drivers or un-roadworthy cars? |
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Julia | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:19 |
I am not posting this to be controvercial, I'm really not. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:02 |
I'll do what I bl**dy well please in my private property and in my own spaces. |
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Wend | Report | 22 Nov 2011 11:02 |
Yes, I'd like to see that thread back. Slaps on another NRT patch :-S |
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StrayKitten | Report | 22 Nov 2011 10:56 |
i didnt make a fuss as all the times iv tried before iv failed :-( |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Nov 2011 10:50 |
Well done for kicking it Stray, hadn't realised either that you were s moker or that you had given up. All without a song and dance so well done. |
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StrayKitten | Report | 22 Nov 2011 10:44 |
i thnk allllllllll smoking should be banned, they shouldnt sell them either, :-D |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 22 Nov 2011 10:31 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Nov 2011 09:32 |
I agree with Mildred and Island and also add that people do smoke with children in cars. |
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Helen in Kent | Report | 22 Nov 2011 09:18 |
To follow up on something Ann said, I think drinking alcohol in public should be banned. At a recent fireworks display most of the teenagers had a can of beer in their hands. If people want to get legless and be offensive then let everyone do that in their own homes. I like to drink wine but I never feel the need to do it in the streets. Picnickers will just have to go without booze - won't do them any harm - and any organised outdoors do will need a license, just like your average village hall. |
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SpanishEyes | Report | 22 Nov 2011 09:08 |
I only tried a cigaret there or four times when I was 18, however my father smoked Weights, my mother smoked but not regularly, both lived to their mid 80s, my grandfather smoked a pipe and grandma smoked both lived to well into their 80s. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 22 Nov 2011 09:03 |
smoked salmoin Dermot? give it time :-D |
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Island | Report | 22 Nov 2011 08:39 |
I don't smoke so step back from customers in shops who obviously do because, frankly, they stink! |
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