smoking ban??

Pastmaster

rmg1 wrote: »

Are they really going to allow that as a word?

I think that this all depends upon how frequently and widely a word is used - note "bouncebackability" last year.
It is being used fairly widely just now.

rmg1

The only problem with that word is you can't get it in Scrabble!
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DUKE

Anyone fancy a roll-up :-/

rmg1

Is that a politically correct question, these days?
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harmony802005

i didnt mean to start a heated debate

rmg1

The only reason that this becomes a heated debate is that most of the non-smokers see most of the smokers akin to lepers. They seem to forget that people smoking pay around £8billion (yes, billion) to the Government and only request around £1.2billion in NHS treatment.

OK, we all know that smoking is bad for you, but then again, so is too much saturated fat, salt, breathing exhaust fumes and getting carbon monoxide into your lungs, and a whole list of other things.

I quit smoking 6 years ago. My OH still smokes around 20 a day but that is her choice. I suppose the non-smoking brigade want me to harangue her into quitting?

It has been proven by the Governments own figures that smoking is at least third on the list of dangerous activities (alcohol and drug habits are far higher up the list than smoking in terms of NHS-resource requirements).

skyrocket

The point is that if you eat saturated fats, salt, drink yourself into a stupor or take as many drugs as your mind can stand that only affects YOU.
If you smoke around other people they are affected as well.
I am an ex-smoker myself but why I ever smoked will forever remain a mystery to me.
It is a disgusting, deplorable and selfish habit when people smoke around others. If you want to smoke yourself to death go for it but leave me out of it.
Bring on the ban.

rmg1

But, apparently, you are quite happy for yobbos to get drunk and start a fight which may involve innocent bystanders, costs the police/NHS time, money and resources they can ill afford (yes, they're all pleading poverty again!).

Or maybe you are happy for someone to turn to crime to fund a drug habit, which will again cost the police (theoretically at least) time/money/resources as well as costing the NHS time/money/resources when they've finally come to their senses and decide they want to quit drugs.

And you want to know the one thing I find most annoying ....... if I was a drug user and wanted to stop, I would get Methadone free on the NHS. If I wanted help to stop smoking, I would have to pay for the patches and/or gum!

So, who's costing this country most?

harmony802005

ok well i will just say that i dont smoke around anyone that i know its just respect but at the same time smoking helps me cope with stress as i have alot of that in my life,i just think we shouldnt be told where we can smoke we all have rights in this world but ppl seem to forget that,even when i go out to dinner and its a smoking place i dont have one at all i go outside if i need to xxx

rmg1

I just wonder what will be next?
The Government is banning smoking in enclosed public areas. Will it be smoking in my home, next?