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Originally Posted by SlackDad
I hardly think a reasoned look at the effect on depression and social isolation of the smoking ban is 'insiduous'. If that of course is what you are referring to.
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OK, so I'm grandstanding (just a little
). But the difficulty I have with the mental health angle is that those who put it on the agenda are pushing supposition and estimates of illness as reasons for not introducing a public ban. This merely begs comparison with the general health argument in favour of a ban - statistics that have been quoted in this thread ad nauseam - yet they are quiet on that point. Either health is an issue or it isn't; if it is, then the death-from-smoking argument wins hands down.