Ban smoking in all private cars.

You may be expecting that - most sensible people aren't.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

You may be expecting that - most sensible people aren't.

The sensible people being the ones who don't drive, don't smoke, don't do anything that affects them yet. but when the time comes that it does. they'll be shouting the loudest

Or would they be the ones taking a rational perspective on things, rather than running about shouting "the sky is falling, the sky is falling".

btw, I drive, drink (but not at the same time ), and don't have an issue with people smoking (but not in our house or cars).

Over-reaction is just as bad, imho, as under-reaction to these things.

[injuneer]

I wish they'd banned it when I was a kid then I wouldn't have been so car sick with my parents puffing away in the front. I wasn't given a choice. But it was enough to put me off smoking for life.

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

When they stop taxing tobacco and making huge amounts from it then they can start to come down on it till then sod off.

So does that make it ok for millions of doctor/hospital visits every year due to smoking related illnesses?
" The Doctors open,Go get a bottle of chest medicine luv I pay my taxes on my fags "
Sounds logical to me

---------- Post added at 15:43 ---------- Previous post was at 15:37 ----------

Originally Posted by Gary L

We are getting too used to being told what we can and can't do. we actually start to believe that it's all good for us and expect to be given new orders concerning everything we do in our lives.

all these new orders come with their own fixed penalty if and when we don't comply.

We are almost at the state of mind where we are expecting those people who knock on your door to tell you about Jesus to say "whilst we're here we need to come in and inspect the property for any illegal activity. you will be commiting an offence if you obstruct us whilst we are carrying out our duty"

Having watched someone die from years of smoking Gary was not nice, I do not need telling of the danger of second hand smoke.
If they are really serious they will totally ban it, but ofcourse they make money from it so that will not be in the immediate future, got a huge deficit to clear off.
But in the meantime if people wanna play russian roulette be my guest.

[Richard M]

People fiddling around with the cheap iPod dock they got down the market on a Sunday are far worse drivers than smokers.

Tobacco taxation is far more then the cost of treating smoking related illnesses same cannot be said for alcohol which costs more then it raises in revenue. Fact is if you want you can find valid reasons to ban just about everything but that doesn't mean you should or that people shouldn't have a right to do something that is LEGAL. If there is such a problem then make it ILLEGAL but we all know they won't because they want the money while lecturing all and sundry in the process complete hypocrisy on this and the only thng is that all the political parties will be the same on this issue.