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Chrysalis · 04-03-2011, 06:14

I can see the point about alcohol maggy made, but its no comparison.

The uk probably has 10s of millions of nicotine addicts, we dont have anywhere near that many alcoholics. The affect on other people is also in a different league, we get things like drink driving causing deaths, but it doesnt scale up to the affect passive smoking has. eg. my eyes are now sensitive to smoke, I cannot even be in the same room as someone who smokes now, because of this I limit visiting people who smoke and they have to change their habits when they around me, they dont like it of course.

I think the end game is smoking will be banned at some point, but they phasing it in slowly. For political and tax reasons it will be done gradually. For what its worth I think fatty foods will be targeted at some point (maybe not soon but I suspect by year 2050) will be as we get stories too often now going on about obesety and its strain in the nhs etc.

04-03-2011, 06:14	#251
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Should smoking in cars carrying children be banned? I can see the point about alcohol maggy made, but its no comparison. The uk probably has 10s of millions of nicotine addicts, we dont have anywhere near that many alcoholics. The affect on other people is also in a different league, we get things like drink driving causing deaths, but it doesnt scale up to the affect passive smoking has. eg. my eyes are now sensitive to smoke, I cannot even be in the same room as someone who smokes now, because of this I limit visiting people who smoke and they have to change their habits when they around me, they dont like it of course. I think the end game is smoking will be banned at some point, but they phasing it in slowly. For political and tax reasons it will be done gradually. For what its worth I think fatty foods will be targeted at some point (maybe not soon but I suspect by year 2050) will be as we get stories too often now going on about obesety and its strain in the nhs etc.