In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
They are taking a different approach to banning it though - they are
insidiously making it socially unacceptable as they have with ciggies.
And yes, nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man IIRC,
and yet it does a fraction of the damage that heavy drinkers sustain.
Heavy smoking can knock 5 years off your life - most heavy drinkers
are dead by 60-65 and very poorly for at least of those years (as well
as abusive and violent)..

Though the point is you don't consume other peoples alcohol unlike you
can breathe their smoke....

Them drinking affects their body not yours..

Until you get assaulted by some drunk in the city centre.

Yes very obvious Dave, but the principle is the point;!...
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Tony Sayer