Quote by Resonance
Smoking ban? It is Wonderful. If you want to kill yourself with smoke then do it in a private place, away from where others don't have to share your carcinogenic emissions.
Yes there is a dichotomy with the sale of Alcohol, but the difference is, you drink a pint of beer or a whisky or three, then it isn't likely to affect me in any way. You smoke and blow it in my and my friends face, then it does. So I am afraid it is tough. Feck off outside in the cold, or give up.
These 'Bleeding heart smokers', really get on my tits. How many innocent deaths have been caused by people having to breathe the polluted shite that passes for air in these places? You do have a choice! Smoke it where it affects nobody else. If it's a public place, you can't because it potentially affects everyone else. Not everyone fancies dying young of lung cancer to protect your rights. What about theirs?
Nobody's stopping you smoking. Just in public places. Instead of whining, why not pop a dummy in your mouth? It's better for you than a cigarette anyway and if the cap fits...
Pubs are closing for two main reasons. Firstly people have less money to spend. Secondly the pubs are charging too much. The pub I go to has seen its takings increase markedly since the smoking ban. That is mainly because more people will eat there now because the air is clean, you don't come out smelling like you've worked a shift at a smelting plant and your food doesn't taste like the contents of an ashtray.
Stop being so bloody selfish, smoke yourself to death in private if you like. But don't expect everyone else to potentially develop lung cancer etc just so you can feed your habit in public.
Incidentally if you are complaining about the additional tax you pay on cigarettes. Take a look around the coronary care unit of your local hospital and see how many of these patients ailments are caused partly or completely by cigarettes. Then tot up the cost of looking after these people. Same goes for alcohol.
Lose the victim mentality. For years smokers killed a great many innocent non smokers via passive smoking. Get a grip and give up or go outside.
(I just wanted to see if I could do an "angry" thread as I've not done one yet really... What do you think? Was it a good first attempt?)
You are one of "those" that DO NOT fully understand the Governments reaction to the DEATH of smoking. Tax will still go up, with excuses of "the DEATH of smoking has not made our dessision to raise tax but life in general. And the reason WILL be the revenue created by smokers !!. They will still spend our money, smoking will go under ground and you will have a pile of ash and stubbs in your front garden !!!. only wish i smoked and i'd stub one out in ya garden too. lol. nur, nur. lol. What will you do when your tax goes up?....... blame us reformed smokers for giving up?....... i bet you will !!!. By then it will be TOO late. Rant over.
