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As
a non-smoker growing up in a family of smokers I am used to coughing
and spluttering at the sight of a cigarette. Most smokers tell me
that I'll get used to it, but I've had eighteen years to get used
to it!
I have
to admit that I am pleased with the idea of a smoking ban. I do
believe that non-smokers should not have to put up with people constantly
smoking in their faces while simply walking down the street.
And
the sight of cigarette butts all over the floor is disgusting. Outside
our accommodation flats you can tell when there's been a party because
outside the front door there is a pile (often in the literal sense)
of cigarette butts and ash.
It's
enough to put you off your breakfast! However, this does face me
with the problem of my mother, brother and boyfriend all hating
my guts.
They
seem to think that I don't want them to smoke anywhere near me,
which in fairness has some truth, but hey, they can rot their lungs
if they want to just try not to kill me in the process.
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I don't
like any person lighting up and covering you in smoke as soon as
you walk out the door, so I definitely agree with a ban on smoking
in public areas.
There
should be designated areas for smoking, not for non-smokers! In
my home town the only place you could smoke in the largest shopping
area was a tiny coffee shop. Which was great! And nobody minded.
At least they had their place.
Pubs
are the worst place though. You can't go to any pub or club without
smoke drowning you and the risk of a cigarette burning you on the
arm or leg or the back.
I hate
it when a smoker comes over to the bar and sticks his deathstick
in your face and takes your place in line as you throw your guts
up at the smell.
They
make the dancefloor dangerous and the air stinks. And a student
needs a good night out clubbing every now and again!
I propose
that smokers have designated areas in public places to kill themselves,
and the same for pub and clubs.
No
smoking at the bar or on the dancefloor, get in the back and do
it! People make choices in their lives, and in this case it is to
attempt to kill yourself or not! And I choose not! So I shouldn't
have to live with other people throwing their lives away in front
of me.
I
do not condone my mum or my boyfriend for smoking, though I wish
they would stop immediately, but they respect my wishes and never
smoke when I'm eating or such, and so should everybody else. So
take your deathsticks idiots and realize your place.
Report
by Nixie Chidlow
Send
your comments to lincolnshire@bbc.co.uk
Smoking
in public places should be banned, except in designated areas. It
should be totally banned in restaurants and any building used for
serving and consuming food. The current ridiculous idea of having
areas for smoking
and non smoking customers in restaurants and pubs that serve meals
in pathetic. Only last week I was offered a non smoking table in
a pub right next to an area of tables for smokers. I pointed out
the stupidity of this to the management and walked out.
The
committee of my village hall in South Kyme will not ban smoking
in the hall. The hall is a wooden structure with a low ceiling and
when you get 100 plus people in there it is disgusting. But it is
the same old problem, getting somebody with the guts to make a decision.
Can you really see the government introducing a ban, I don't think
so. They eventually made a decision on Identity Card, a great big
YES, in 2012, again, pathetic. Keep up the good work...people power
does win.
Dave
Purton
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