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It is not banned because it is not yet politically possible do it. If tax revenues were the reason, then governments of all shades would not have been actively seeking to make it more and more difficult to smoke for the last 30 years or more.
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But I'm sure they sit down and discuss it. and probably come up with a smoker will smoke no matter what. just like a motorist pays the price of petrol no matter what. and there will always be new smokers to take the place of the quitters.
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The number of smokers in the UK is far too large for them all to be criminalized overnight. However make no mistake, we're moving towards a situation where it is very, very tightly regulated. I can't yet for see when it might be banned outright, but 10 years ago who could have forseen it being banned in all enclosed public spaces, including pubs?
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by the time it does come to where it may have been banned. peoples attitudes towards a dictatorship government would be stronger anyway. and they wouldn't allow it.
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Why, that's very kind of you. Mine's a whisky.  |
And an orange juice for me, please.