[jambutty]

I am not really surprised that none of the ant-smoking brigade has responded to my challenge in post #109. To save anyone from the chore of going back to search here it is again.

“Are there any of the anti-smoking lobby prepared to declare here and now that it is grossly unfair to target the smoker without also targeting the other major polluter – the internal combustion engine?

I doubt if anyone has the courage to do so because it will destroy all their arguments at a stroke and show them to be irrelevant to the debate.”

You give in too easy katex. You, me and others may well smell like an old ashtray but that is on a par with everyone smelling like an old exhaust pipe.

No one ever stated that smoking was good for ANYONE Guinness. In fact we all agree that smoking is bad – full stop.

Talking about vehicle exhaust fumes as a comparison to smoking is not muddying the waters. It is a legitimate comparison. Both affect people’s breathing.

You want to smoke in the privacy of your own home, without causing distress to anyone else..go right ahead, I'll fight for your right

But you won’t fight for my right to be able to breathe air that is not polluted by vehicle exhaust fumes! It wouldn’t have anything to do with you either being a car driver or using public transport, would it?

As for the rest you should come out of your dream world and face reality.

Well said Katex. It's time this thread went to thread heaven as everytime I look at it I light up another ciggie! Just for the sheer hell of it, lol.

On that I think that you are right because everyone is dancing around the real issue and avoiding it with irrelevancies.