Should Smoking be Banned in Public?

You can do something. You can move. Air is free, and it is an attack on personal rights to say that a smoker can't smoke. I understand that smoking is a health risk, and I believe that you shouldn't smoke around children. Still, governments chip away at our rights every day and giving them one inch is leading us to a society where we as citizens are afraid to move for breaking a silly law.

get annoyed, who cares about you! People who smokes have rights to. TN and IL have both gone smoke free, but thank goodness I live in KY. No I dont smoke but it dose not bother me that someone does. your car pollutes the air more than 10 smokers do. Oh better off your farts pollutes the air more than 20 smokers do.

In a public place people can do what the law allows them to do. If the law allows someone to smoke in a public place then it is up to them whether to smoke or not. In the end you need to realize that it is not your air.

I see both sides of this coin.... but the Government is already doing way to much. I am a smoker, but if i know that it bothers someone, i will try my best to not do it around them. However, I am highly addicted to them, yes I am trying to quit but thats not an easy thing to do. I believe that non smokers deserve to be in non smoke environment, however, why is it so that, inorder to have a smoke, why is it the smoker t hat has to go out in the freezing cold. I am not saying that non smokers should be outside, but, you are complaining that we shouldnt beable to do it anywhere thats public, and that simply isnt fair. there are concederate smokers and non smokers.. then there are obnoxious smokers and non smokers. If a smoker is at least trying to not be right there where people that dont smoke are, arent they at least trying? I always, if in an area with other people, leave the area to smoke. I have actually had non smokers come up to me and get on to me, well I am sorry that I made a mistake and become addicted but I did, and they are not illigal so I didnt break any law doing so. Why is it that non smokers think we should have no where to smoke... or never leave home... because I can tell you this... usually you get to really needing a smoke before you go home.

Smoking where I am have been banned on public transport, shops and resturants. The recent development where smoking has been banned from clubs and Pubs. The clubs and pubs have lost a lot of revenue from it. My local club has accommodated for smokers by have out places where smokers can go without leaving the site of the club. They have an outdoor section for poker machines so those who do smoke can still play the poker machines.

im not saying your opinion is right or wrong. the air is free and everybody has their personal space to do whatever. What about all the other air pollution you breath in that you cant smell thats eating up the o zone layer and causes acid rain? If people are gonna smoke let em toke up go some where else and find find your personal non smoking bubble

Yes, smoking in public places should be banned. Smoking is bad for your health and secondary smoke can cause a lot of health problems on non-smokers. Children and pregnant women are especially at risk in this case. People who want to smoke should smoke in private in designated places.

Do you drive or use public transportation? If so you are also contributing to polluting the air. You can wear a gas mask. You don't have to breath second hand smoke. That is your choice. You have an option to avoid smokers.

I checked your profile, just to make sure you were from the US. Most public buildings and places have already become smoke free. You don't hear all the smokers complaining or not going into a building, resturant, etc, just because we can't smoke there. As for being outside somewhere that smoking is allowed, you don't have to stand next to a smoker, go stand somewhere else, that is if the person is rude enough to be smoking around those that don't. I am a smoker, but, I am also curtious to those that don't smoke. You have lumped all smokers into one category (the point that bdugas was trying to make). Not all smokers are rude and/or inconsiderate. I pay taxes, I work, and I have rights. So does it mean because you don't smoke you have more rights than I do?! I don't think so, that is why I live in the USA! So before you get on your little soapbox, take into consideration, not all smokers are rude!! I guess the next thing you'll discuss is how the sun causes cancer and try to tell me I can't be a sunbather??? same difference!

Actually, smoking is banned in almost all public places. If you are talking about being outside and near a smoker, all you have to do is walk away or ask the smoker to put the cig. out. Most are more than willing to oblige. As for polluting the air...the cars, trucks, factorys and a whole number of things pollute the air, the water, the earth. The smoker's are really the least of your worries there.

Yes, I think it shoud be banned in public. It is unfair for passive smokers, have to breathe polluted and smelly air caused by the smoke. It is also very annoying if you smoke in public transportation with jam packed full of people. Also, it contaminates air in air conditioned mall when I go there. My government already order all public building to facilitate smoking room, but I think all the smokers will not agree on this rule because it limits their smoking :(

I too hate it when someone smoke around me, especially when I'm in a car. But then again, it is not your air. You should also think about the consequences. Just think how much riots will there be of smoke addicts not able to smoke. So I say no, unfortunately, I wish smoking was banished from the earth. But oh well.

no, smoking is one way to relax, to shut up our stress and if somebody banned it I think this world can change a little to a dark side of the human. :D

That's the issue with some of the states already passing this law. In kansas, you can't even smoke in your car with your kids in it. There is no designated areas either. I don't smoke, but that's a harsh reality for smokers, and I don't want to be caught near a smoker who hasn't had a smoke for long enough to make them sensitively irritable. Anything but that!

Yes, second-hand smoke is awful. I believe in the freedom to smoke if you chose but you should never force someone near you to ingest second-hand smoke.

i think it should .In my own opinion,smoking really do harm to smoker,but it do much harm to ones who doesnt smoke .she can get lung cancer easily by sitting with smoker.. this is called second-hand smoke.. smoker should know that their smoking is doing harmful things to ppl around them. hv a good day

Yes, absolutely, I think smoking should be completely banned in the public... I konw I sound a little extreme but I just really hate smoking thing...

Yes, smoking in public be banned would have my vote. In my country this is already implemented and I am glad that smoking is only allowed in designated areas. It is harmful.

i am really surprised with the postings of people in favour of smokers here!! It's just like saying they have every right to throw acid in the air where they are standing and its the duty of the people around to move away!! Isnt it funny?? lol...!!

I have adult asthma. I do not like it when people smoke in restaurants while I am eating. I try to eat at restaurants that do not allow smoking, but these are rare. I think public smoking should be banned in most restaurants. The only ones that should be allowed to have them are bars---the type that you see in the movies where there is only a counter and a few boothes. I do not go into these because they are dives. Who would eat at these anyway? Families should not or would not be going to such places late at night. I think public smoking should be banned in hotels because they is nothing worse than the stinky smell of smokes as it clings to clothing.