dennis@home wrote:


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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Steve Walker wrote:
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I was very glad that the smoking ban came in. Although I have asthma
and sarcoidosis affecting my lungs, I've never had a problem in that
respect and was not overly concerned about the health effects of
passive smoking. I did however hate coming home with stinging eyes, a
sore throat and stinking clothes.

No smoking areas were of little help, as smoke does tend to drift
around and more of a problem is that many smokers can be very selfish
- if we went out as a group, even though only a small proportion
smoked, they would insist on us being in the smoking areas or they'd
sulk and ruin the evening.

I'm all for positive legislation defining smoking & non smoking areas
provided an element of choice is involved. Entirely possible to allow
smoking areas with extraction & filteration.

It doesn't work.. there is always a stupid smoker that will deliberately
walk across the no smoking area with his drug spilling everywhere.

Now we need to have non smoking areas outside so that non smokers can
enjoy unpolluted air outside as well as in.

It really would be simpler to get rid of fags.




Nah, teh answer is to make smoking compulsory.