[SPUGGIE J]

If people want to smoke then they are entitled to in this country as it is a "free country" or so they say. There is enough gunf from the govenment telling us how to live our lives without them taking potshots at people that smoke. A car produces pollution to a greater level and greater than that is industry. I live next to a refinery and the polution from there, though denied is very high especially with the burners fired up at night in the hope that its polution is not seen.

People smoke, drink, take drugs etc etc etc and it is by choice not something that is forced on them. Take away the right to choose how to abuse themselves then we might as well go back to the middle ages.

If smoking is causing the gov concern over health care then what about all those who end up in hospital due to over doing it at the gym are they to be banned, threatened, forced to stop through legislation because of cost to the NHS?

There are many ways to abuse our bodies "our" being the word that says its mine not yours so I do with it as we please. Fancy a ciggie then have one its not the polititions place to tell us not to, nor force the issue with punitive laws.