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.

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+1 alcohol should be the no 1 target.

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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.

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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.

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Agree ^

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

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but what your forgetting.... once smoking is banned or if it dies out, watch them tax something else

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Stick an extra 5p on a litre of petrol----we can afford it---------NOT

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so they should......... its a disgusting habit.

dont tell me you still smoke DT

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