Oh deary me the anti smoking interferring know it alls bit again yeh i heard whilst discussing this with a mate whilst smoking outside in the wind & rain now even that pleasure is being taken away.
As Pendy says its unworkable & quite cant see how enforceable it is, like dont we have enough real criminals cramming the prison system - perverts & violent sods being let out early or given rubbish sentences - yet be a smoker its now on par to that!!! How will it be policed? Think about it what main part of society smoke in sociology terms - usually mainly poor, people work in stressful jobs etc etc no specific but mention poorer less well off because in case of on the spot fines say £50 or £100 - those would be the most effected paying those fines cos they wont be able to - so then what prison term for a fag??? then does this stretch to prisoners whom majority smoke or deal with fags as form of currency in there, so riots in jails. They do bog all with harder drugs & booze which cost the NHS per week. It will drive the fag market underground before long being a smoker will be worse than a herion addict.
As Jambutty rightfully says you cant just label smoking as cause of cancer!! Ive known smokers to have lived a long fruitful life & non smokers even passively be cut short & have cancer - sorry but it simply cant be blamed on smoking alone which its implying. They simply do not know what single handley causes it 100% but seems process of ellimation but bet cancer would still exist!! Even the bloody sunshine can cause cancer [skin] so whats next ban the bloody sun, so whats causing the ozone layer to thin ermmmmm not smoking but pollution where from factories, cars, areosols, nuclear war you name it & its not just coming from our Country but we'd be effected even still!!
This country is going way too far ooooh get the taxes from the tobacco & get the fines from them again for smoking what they have been taxed on
Sooo if every smoker gave up who would be next for the tax & fine cull to keep the country going????
....Internet users which you all here are the EU want to put taxation on every email & SMS!!! Next it will be every breath you take!!! Flipping ludicrous!!!