Thread: smoking and the pub
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Old 27-10-2005, 14:29   #304
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Re: smoking and the pub
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Originally Posted by clarie
Further to Chris T's post, consumption of alcohol does not affect the health of the person you are sitting next to. Exclusions to this might be drink driving and violence/abuse caused by alcohol. However, those incidents are minor when compared to the deaths caused by smoking - and furthermore with the ban on smoking we are talking really about protecting the health of non-smoking strangers. If a non-smoker chooses to sit with a smoker, then they take some responsibility for the effect it may have on their health.
I'm not so sure whether nearly half of all violent offences being alcohol related is minor when compared to smoking.
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