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Dicky Ticker 01-02-10 05:10 PM

Smokers may face tougher bans
 
We may be few and far between and cost £2+.billion a year but 1. where does this figure come from,does it include all the free handouts and consultation panels?
One thing I will say is that smoking,though undesirable, at least does not invoke the same consequences as alcohol with regard to violence and crime.
Sometimes I think the government put to much emphasis on subjects to draw our attention away from what in my mind are greater issues.

beabert 01-02-10 05:21 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
+1 alcohol should be the no 1 target.

Dave20046 01-02-10 05:25 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
I'd tend to agree but they're also penalizing drinkers, unfortunate but as it (supposedly) costs them money atleast they have an excuse and haven't just done it on a whim - this isn't a laid back issue ...like starting a war.

Milky Bar Kid 01-02-10 05:34 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
The only problem I have with smoking is that it tends to be more harmful to passive smokers than the actual person smoking however, that said, I think the current legislation is more than adequate to prevent passive smoking. I don't really see how any further legislation will do anything other than alienate more people.

Dave20046 01-02-10 05:38 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
Agree ^

Bluefish 01-02-10 05:50 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2167688)
Agree ^



+1, If you don't like it ban it, obviously motorbikes will be on the list somewhere.

Wideboy 01-02-10 05:51 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
but what your forgetting.... once smoking is banned or if it dies out, watch them tax something else

Dicky Ticker 01-02-10 06:03 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
Stick an extra 5p on a litre of petrol----we can afford it---------NOT

Bibio 01-02-10 06:04 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
so they should......... its a disgusting habit.

dont tell me you still smoke DT

Bluefish 01-02-10 06:18 PM

Re: Smokers may face tougher bans
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibio (Post 2167727)
so they should......... its a disgusting habit.

dont tell me you still smoke DT


so if you do something that we don't like, you accept it as fair to hound you untill you stop. :rolleyes:


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