Smoking should be banned in the UK

[vinegar hill]

Originally Posted by Heeeed the Ball

Its unhealthy, its a waste of money, its unsociable, its not fashionable and servers no real purpose regardless of what smokers say about I need one cause Im stressed out.

Ban it now anywhere in the UK and save millions of lives and use the money saved to help the older folks who we should be looking after

I've never smoked,but fuck off.

[Heeeed the Ball]

Originally Posted by vinegar hill

I've never smoked,but fuck off.

Thanks for that super intelligent remark, a 5 year old could of offered a more salient comment............

[Hulkster]

If you were to go back hundreds of years, you wouldn't 'allow' smoking or drinking, they are both incredibly bad for both the individual and society as a whole.

But both are too firmly established to ban them now.

[alexander]

Think this is the correct thread to post it in.

Returned from the garage across the road from here to get some pipe baccy. Since I bought a pack last a couple of days back it's gone up in price. From 53 kroner to 59.50 kroner and still with just 40 grams in. The young lady at the counter said a pack of tabs have gone up from 31 kroner to 36 as well. That's a rise from £5.90 to £6.60 for a pack of baccy and from £3.45 to £4 for a pack of plain Marlboro tabs.

But then again maybe putting up the prices could work better than a ban ?

[PTR]

Originally Posted by Cock Of The North

One of the comedy classic defences from the smokers is, 'Well yes, it will kill me, but you can just as easily be hit by a bus'

What they miss is that a number 19 is relatively efficient and quick ....... it doesn't involve years of visits as an out-patient and then a lingering death, in hospital, being visited by family who end up wishing you'd just die

I've never understand what it is they are trying to say when they bring that one up.

It makes no sense whatsoever.


They don't seem to get the idea that there are x number of things that could kill you, thus you have y% chance of dying every day - which leads to an expected age of death of z.

By smoking, you always reduce the value of z.