Smoking ban......(Hmmmm)

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Less

Yes they do and the easier computers get to use, more of them tend to consider AccyWeb their home. Bring back Windows 95 that will stop them getting online.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Just throwing it in the pot

I smoke lots of that too ... but not in my car, or even before I drive ... it's the impaired thingy.

What I object to about the anti-smoking nazis is that they have made smoking a moral issue ... smoker's are BAAAAD people, weak, ill-bred, and ill-educated.

Our Feds have just added another $4.00 to a carton of smokes. This will mean lots more trips to Tyendenaga where the Mohawks are still selling smokes at about $12.00 a carton (200) ... a little rough, but they do the job. And govts. are still hypocritically damning smoking as they collect billions in taxes ... which they wisely spend on new fighter jets, warships, and more nuclear power plants (at the same time, they are cutting back on funding for day care, health care, education, and veterans' pensions) ... oh, let's not forget their bloated expense accounts.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Neil

Do you have any idea what is in that Ecig you are sucking on?

Nope

Hopefully not half as many as the 70 cancer causing chems that are allegedly in standard smokes

[Margaret Pilkington]

I don't agree with parents smoking close to children, be that in the home or anywhere else...but I do object to the government meddling and nannying.
If they were so worried about the health issues that surround smoking then they would have the cojones to ban them from sale, close down the factories, take the ciggies off the market, but then where would they get the kind of revenue that smokers cough up(pun intended)...Oh yeah - motorists!

[Less]

I wonder?
Do I as a life time prat smoking on average 20 a day have a no win no fee case against the establishment?

You see I left school at the tender age of 15 and went straight into the Royal Navy, back then people under 16 weren't allowed to purchase ciggys and for me to join up my parents had to sign a form passing on guardianship to the Navy.
I was then a no smoker however even though we recruits were obviously under the legal age to buy, the NAAFI on camp sold us cigs, the breaks between lessons were called smoko's and we could if we were quick get through 2 fags before the end of the break.

Like many others that's when I started smoking, so, the Navy being part of the establishment do I have a case of recompense for the neglect of parental supervision that led to me now being a pariah among all other 'right' thinking people.

I also wonder how many others of similar age that joined the forces are still smoking?

Even aged 15 I had a really good beard!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I have never smoked....I have only ever smouldered...and that has depended on who I am with

[Accyexplorer]

Will the ban cover Ecigs?

"e-cigs pose no danger to your health, or others, with no tar, or carcinogens passed on via passive smoking. So the advice is to use E-Lites electronic cigarettes to avoid the smoking ban in cars".-http://www.e-lites.co.uk/smoking-ban-in-cars.

"There*are*many*myths*and*misconceptions*about*ele ctronic*cigarettes.*Let's*separate*fact*from*ficti on".
http://casaa.org/uploads/8_Biggest_E...ette_Myths.pdf

[Eric]

Time for a comedic interlude:



Feel free to smoke as you watch it.

[cashman]

Love a good comedian, but that guy aint one. As funny as a fart in a spacesuit. imho.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Will the ban cover Ecigs?

"e-cigs pose no danger to your health, or others, with no tar, or carcinogens passed on via passive smoking. So the advice is to use E-Lites electronic cigarettes to avoid the smoking ban in cars".-http://www.e-lites.co.uk/smoking-ban-in-cars.

"There*are*many*myths*and*misconceptions*about*ele ctronic*cigarettes.*Let's*separate*fact*from*ficti on".
http://casaa.org/uploads/8_Biggest_E...ette_Myths.pdf

nicorette probbably started the nasty lies about e-gigs because they have the monopoly on the NHS help to give up smoking .What they will like even less is that e-giggs may be becoming available via smoking sessation groupls ran by the NHS so nicorette will either have to endure double standards and make tehir own e-cigg or go bust trying to pedal their vile gum and even more vile mouth spray that works for very few people

mind you e-gigs are bloomin addictive too but if you mix your owen liquid you can reduce nicotine content gradually to zero pretty quickly

[Accyexplorer]

I've split views on this one.
On one hand I see the obvious sense in not smoking in cars (with kids present) due to health issues,protecting them that cant protect themselves etc.
But on the other we should be able to do it in the privacy of our own home, car, and the like.Plus (I THINK) we should be allowed to smoke in private places such as restaurants,pubs (at the owner's discretion).
Gov seem to be taking away more of our freedoms every day.

You can give a child second even third hand smoke from clothes,car seats, furniture, carpets
Protect Children from Third Hand Smoke Exposure | About Us | Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Parents who smoke only in garden may still harm children, doctors warn - Telegraph

Should they make it so that everyone quits smoking?
Or should those of us who do smoke be cast out into the cold for our filthy carcinogens and polluting ways?

[gpick24]

The problem is, when it comes to smoking, there is no compromise, someone is always going to lose their freedom of choice.
From a non-smokers point of view, I want to be able to go to my favourite pub or restaurant without having to breathe in second hand smoke, I want to be able to sit in a works canteen or travel with workmates to a job again, without being forced to smoke. Now, with the smoking ban I can do all these things, but at the expense of the smokers freedom of choice. Unlucky on them. I`ve had to breathe in their carp for long enough, they can stand out in the cold if they want a fag.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Smoking is an addiction......so something started to be with the 'in' crowd soon becomes something that you can't stop.
I never started...I wasn't sure that the 'in' crowd was where I wanted to be....I didn't like the smell of cigarettes and felt sure that they would taste as vile as they smelled.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by gpick24

they can stand out in the cold if they want a fag.

Well, that just about sums it up, eh.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by Eric

Well, that just about sums it up, eh.

For thirty odd years it was the response of smokers to me - "if you don`t like my smoke go and stand outside", now the boots on the other foot they don`t like it.