Smoking Bans...

smoking is injurious to health both to active as well as passive smokers. myself being a passive smoker can't tolerate it even a bit. my sincere thoughts about ban on somking in restaurants.

I am not a smoker and I cannot stand the smell of smoke, so I am all for a smoking ban in restaurants.

firstly what leads people to smoke??? the youth get encouraged towards smoking by watching their favourite stars in movies smoking with high intensity.. and the health organisations should be set up in every area to spread awareness programs in people by which they can quit smoking.. in restuarents smoking should be banned as the other people who dont smoke are also affected and are at high risk of cancer passive (smokers) from the one who smoke.. even if the law of country take some strict steps that the people should not smoke on roads and public places if they do the same then they should be fine and even can be behind the bars for one day.. let them smoke in their homes so that their people are affected why the other people shoukd pay for the enjoyment of smokers..

Smoking should be outrightly banned. The UN should ban it world wide. It is known that Non-smokers are at a higher risk than the smokers themselves. Not only in restaurants but also in every public places. Osigwe

I agree that smoking should be baned in some area's, but not all, I am a smoker, but I do respect those that are not. It is very hard for people with lung problems, to be around smoke as well as alot of other things. My dad was very ill. a long time with emphysema and I never smoked around him. Anyone that came around him that smoked did so outside. Other smells bothered him as well. With emphysema the lungs lose the ability to push the air we breath back out, so once it is in the lungs of such a person, it bothers them for a long time. I don't want to inflict this on anyone even though I am a smoker. in some places a smoking area is fine other it is not.

Yes, it's not fair to the second hand smokers, since it can kill us faster than the first hand smokers.

There is no way each and every resturant will follow this suite..its not practical

The way our country baned it was all the air-conditions places were strictly NO SMOKING and I think that quite reasonable...

In our country there is a "supposed" ban on public smoking, however people still do it regardless of the law, i think it depends on the individual and there respect for other peoples health.

I think amoking is ban in few restaurants and definetly it should be banned in all the restaurants.

I think theyre should be a total ban. I lost someone close to me because of smoking.

I am all for a complete ban on smoking in ALL public places, not just restraunts. It is nasty and disgusting to smell that while you are trying to enjoy a meal. I also can't stand employees standing around outside the door of an establishment smoking. Then I have to walk through that cloud of smoke. It is terrible.

Yes i think they should be banned because most people r alergic to it like people with asma

Live and let live ... sure smokings not the best thing going, but then inhaling the levels of carbon monoxide etc that our cars are spewing out at us on our roads day in and day out and the general pollution levels in our cities are not all that great either. Why stop at banning smokers in restaurants....lets ban all cars and other such vile toxic spewing gadgets too...UTOPIA here I come... Please...lets not get carried away... Live and let Live

Yes it should be banned in all places where people commute.

Absolutely not! It should be up to the owner of the establishment.

yes not only restaurants smoking should be banned in all places where there are people.people should have smoking laces where people would go only for smoking and nothing else.hehe.sounds weird but yes smoking should be made to only restricted to such areas where there are no non-smoker ,children or patients.and restaurant?yes definitely its a place to eat and meet definitely not for polluting.

I am a smoker and I think that they should either have smokers in there own room or ban it for good from restraunts. I don't like my children around smoke, I don't even smoke in the house. I always ask for the non smoking section at a restraunt and then just go outside to light one up.

In my country specifically in the city where i live smoking is ban in public places, such as in the shopping mall, restaurants, government offices, transport services. The city ordinace was controversial though it was push through due to public sentiment.

i guess yes, they should be strict if they want to ban smoking in their restaurants... or at least give a smoking area so people who dont smoke, or allergic with it will not inhale their smokes.