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Old Yesterday, 17:59
Hackettboy
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Most people think they are above the law anyway ,
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Old Yesterday, 18:09
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Most people think they are above the law anyway ,
Actually compliance with the no smoking laws; the real ones from 22007; not 'rules' posted hopefully on signage; seems to have been almost total. Certainly I have not seen anyone break them.
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Old Yesterday, 18:13
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I think that most smokers will always smoke wherever the hell they want, regardless of any No Smoking signs.

I often go into town to help my mother with the shopping and there are always large groups of smokers stood outside the main precinct, puffing away and creating huge clouds of filth in the process. You should see the looks that they give you if you cough or wave your arms around to dispel the smoke. I have never smoked myself and I think it is a filthy habit. Mind you, I have asthma, so smoking would not be a good idea. My dad smoked heavily for most of his life, though and he recently died from lung cancer, as a result of this. He basically contributed towards his own ill health and death, as do most other smokers and he remained in denial about this until the day that he died.

Mum and I run the gauntlet of "The Smoke" whenever we walk into or out of the shopping centre. We call it Lung Cancer Avenue, in fact, lol. Still, I guess that it keeps the Macmillan Nurses and the cancer wards in hospitals in work. My dad was the only one in my immediate family that smoked and he paid a heavy price for it. So, I have no sympathy for smokers at all. They made that choice to wreck their own health and so they must accept the consequences of their own actions. They have no one to blame for their health issues but themselves.

So, in reponse to the thread title, I guess that smokers will carry on smoking, because there is no one around to stop them and they know that they are relatively safe from prosecution. No one would be brave enough to confront a smoker face to face. I know that I certainly wouldn't.
Are they breaking the law, well no they are not. Funny people blame smoking for lots of things, but the thought of blaming traffic for the increase of asthma suffers unthinkable
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Old Yesterday, 19:33
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I wonder how these "it's my right to smoke, put up with it and shut up" people would act if people were deciding to spit around the entrances to buildings or walking down the street and some landed on them, and they got a similar "it's my right to spit, so put up with it" response when they objected. They wouldn't like it I imagine. So why should we have to put up with clouds of smoke when going in and out of buildings and fags waved in our faces while walking down the street? It's not unreasonable (or hard) to smoke out of the way of other people.

I notice even in places where they ask you not to smoke and provide plenty of designated areas (like lots of zoos, theme parks and the likes), lots of smokers still ignore it and light up where the hell they want. With this sort of behaviour, is it any wonder so many people see smokers as rude, selfish and ignorant?
Lots of smokers seem to think if something isn't a criminal offence then its fine. There are plenty of horrible things you can do that aren't criminal.

Also they will go on about air pollution, thats a separate matter. The air in London is terrible for instance, but that's a different matter. Just because the world isn't perfect no reason why we shouldn't all try to make it a better place.

It's all very well saying just stand 10ft away and you won't smell it. But in reality it needs to be further than that and its often difficult finding a spot many that is far enough away from all the smokers dotted all over the place. That's the reason why they have a designated area outside many places and aren't just spread out.
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