Demi
Tue, Nov-09-04, 16:34
Come and join the debate - Should smoking in public places be banned in Scotland?
Smoking curbs debate in Scotland
BBC News Online - 9 November , 2004
The Scottish Executive is about to consider whether or not a ban on smoking in public places should be introduced in Scotland.
The discussion will take place at Wednesday's cabinet meeting and if a decision is reached, it will be announced later that day.
It follows the highest number of respondents to a public consultation exercise in Scotland.
A total of 53,948 people took part, underlining the depth of feeling on both sides of the debate.
Read more about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3978147.stm
When I first gave up smoking, I felt that as an ex-smoker I didn't really have the right to tell other people not to smoke if they wanted to. I am about to celebrate two years smoke free and my views on this have most definitely changed - I hate smoking so much now (especially the smell) that I would welcome a total ban in public places.
I object that, when I've been for an evening out, my hair and clothes smell like an over-stuffed ashtray. I object that I have to inhale other people's smoke. I object that I have to put up with somebody else's disgusting habit. And I most certainly object to the fact that now I'm a non-smoker and have lengthened the odds against dying from lung cancer, a heart attack etc., that I might still be susceptible to such diseases through passive smoking.
As a smoker, non-smoker or ex-smoker, how do you feel about it ???
Smoking curbs debate in Scotland
BBC News Online - 9 November , 2004
The Scottish Executive is about to consider whether or not a ban on smoking in public places should be introduced in Scotland.
The discussion will take place at Wednesday's cabinet meeting and if a decision is reached, it will be announced later that day.
It follows the highest number of respondents to a public consultation exercise in Scotland.
A total of 53,948 people took part, underlining the depth of feeling on both sides of the debate.
Read more about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3978147.stm
When I first gave up smoking, I felt that as an ex-smoker I didn't really have the right to tell other people not to smoke if they wanted to. I am about to celebrate two years smoke free and my views on this have most definitely changed - I hate smoking so much now (especially the smell) that I would welcome a total ban in public places.
I object that, when I've been for an evening out, my hair and clothes smell like an over-stuffed ashtray. I object that I have to inhale other people's smoke. I object that I have to put up with somebody else's disgusting habit. And I most certainly object to the fact that now I'm a non-smoker and have lengthened the odds against dying from lung cancer, a heart attack etc., that I might still be susceptible to such diseases through passive smoking.
As a smoker, non-smoker or ex-smoker, how do you feel about it ???