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Whether you smoke or not doesn't have any proven effect on your personality. The point of this is not Smokers are evil!!!, but rather Smoking is bad for non-smokers health and working conditions. If those GIs didn't smoke, we would be just as free: the victory came from their fighting, not their smoking.
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My reason is simple. We (smokers) are contributing as much as the non-smokers. Kindly be telerant of what we are.
Smoking control, I fully support. Smoking ban on all pubs and restaurant... I do not agree. Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree, but we smokers are paying customers too.
Just provide an isolated place/section where we can dine and smoke our lungs out. That is all I am asking. Maybe that concept is too much for your guys to accept, but as a smoker, I think it is a fair request. Again, this might not apply to certain country or region. For towns or cities that have little or very little smokers among the population, smoking ban has already been enforced in eating/drinking establishment.
In reality, there are far worst things that could harm our environment or kill us outright but we are banning them because we are very dependant on them. For example, car. We needed them so badly that we are able to tolerate them and we keep on using them and poluting our environment.
Perhaps taking in second hand smoke in the pub might cause lung cancer. But breathing all those exhaust fumes and smokes (from vehicles) does takes its toll on your body too. But we can't ban car, can we?
I have heard technicians in work places complaining about second hand smoke while they are literally choking with toxic fume from soldering leads compared to anything else. Sure, ban us outright. No more smoking zone. No second hand smoke. Sure. Please continue to enjoy your fine selection of toxic fumes and have a nice day.