Thousands to police smoking ban

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Keltoi said:
Actually there is a reason, they enjoy it. Unless it is made illegal as a substance, they have every right to smoke if they so wish it. I don't want Big Brother telling me what vices I can have and can't have. If the popular vote of the people expresses their wish for cigarretes to be illegal, that is fine.
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I would support a TOTAL ban. The fact that they enjoy it isn't a good reason at all. They enjoy it whilst shoving the fumes down other people's lungs too. They know they're harming other people but they don't care. We enjoy life.
 
England said:
I would support a TOTAL ban. The fact that they enjoy it isn't a good reason at all. They enjoy it whilst shoving the fumes down other people's lungs too. They know they're harming other people but they don't care. We enjoy life.
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This just goes to our different understandings about what we want from government. If a community wants to bad smoking in public, they can do so. However, I don't want the federal government telling me what I can or can't do in the context of vice. I don't know about the U.K, but here in the states they put a fairly heavy tax on cigarrettes. It seems hypocritical to allow people to by them and give money to the government but put a ban on public use.
 
Keltoi said:
This just goes to our different understandings about what we want from government. If a community wants to bad smoking in public, they can do so. However, I don't want the federal government telling me what I can or can't do in the context of vice. I don't know about the U.K, but here in the states they put a fairly heavy tax on cigarrettes. It seems hypocritical to allow people to by them and give money to the government but put a ban on public use.
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Hypocritical? They haven't banned smoking on the streets or in peoples' own homes. They've banned it in public places where it can cause harm to other people. Does it sound hypocritical to allow people to purchase alcohol with tax which ends up in the government's hands yet bans them from drinking it on the streets, shopping centres, work places etc?
 
England said:
Hypocritical? They haven't banned smoking on the streets or in peoples' own homes. They've banned it in public places where it can cause harm to other people. Does it sound hypocritical to allow people to purchase alcohol with tax which ends up in the government's hands yet bans them from drinking it on the streets, shopping centres, work places etc?
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Alcohol impairs one's judgement and performance. Slightly different scenario, but I understand your point. Denver, Colorado passed a smoking ban that includes people on the street, so perhaps I was thinking of a different situtation. However, I'm still uncomfortable with my federal government dictating vice to people. I know anti-smoking actions are popular right now, but I think people need to keep in mind what other areas of life this will allow the federal government to dictate to us.
 

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