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Title: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 06:38:28 pm
Stylish wanted a new topic :P Here...this one for you  :)

So let's debate  ;D
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: $tyli$h Executive on July 02, 2010, 06:44:15 pm
Thanks! :)

Firstly, there is no doubt that smoking is harmful. I think smoking should be banned - yes. Because smoking not only affects the smoker, but also other people. If its done in public, other people who smoke the fumes are liable to be affected too, which is very unfair.

Also, children can learn smoking from people, which is very bad for their health in the future.

Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 02, 2010, 06:48:29 pm
-__-

I submitted 4 pages on this topic to my GP teacher.....

Memories...
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 06:51:24 pm
I am very much for it....but since you want a debate I will go against :P

Well, most adults choose to harm themselves even after the know the ill -effects of smoking. Also, people should just not go to places where smoking is allowed if they do not want to smoke passively.

Also, heavy smokers are not likely to give up since they're addicted to nicotine..Also, smoking tobacco is legal, and cannot be stopped. In fact smokers fund their health care with the heavy taxes they pay on tobacco.

Banning smoking in public places will make smokers want to smoke in enclosed areas which is more harmful for passive smokers.
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Freaked12 on July 02, 2010, 06:55:25 pm
We should analyse it through

1- economic  
2- Consumer
3- Government
4-Environmental
Aspects.

Clearly banning smoking might result in unemployment in the cigarette industry?
Profit tax to the government or local board will become the opportunity cost..no?
What about the consumer.. Wouldn't he use illegal methods to smoke cigarette because the addiction is far to over-whelming for some consumers?

 
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 06:59:27 pm
Clearly banning smoking might result in unemployment in the cigarette industry?
Profit tax to the government or local board will become the opportunity cost..no?
What about the consumer.. Wouldn't he use illegal methods to smoke cigarette because the addiction is far to over-whelming for some consumers?

Yes unemplyment in the Tobacco industry. It's a chain...It will result in employment in the primary sector which includes the tobacco plantations to the secondary which included manufacture....so overall, it's a loss for the economy as a whole...People lose jobs, less production and less taxes.

And consumers will try to look for other ways to smoke...might choose to smoke at home with family around...children at such homes are at high risk of acquiring the habit and smoking passively.
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 02, 2010, 07:01:24 pm
Tell the smokers...

Death or SMoke?
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 07:02:20 pm
Tell the smokers...

Death or SMoke?

Tell or ask?
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Freaked12 on July 02, 2010, 07:03:59 pm
Tell the smokers...

Death or SMoke?

Survey has found..Men find death to be much more appealing.

Almost 51 percent in Los Angeles told the survey that death only encourages them to smoke  :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 07:06:53 pm
Agreed. Guys who smoke in my class, well they say they don't care...smoking makes them feel relaxed and GOOOOD....so they might as well smoke their lungs to death.

Banning it in public areas won't really help chain smokers get over it.
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 02, 2010, 07:08:17 pm
Survey has found..Men find death to be much more appealing.

Almost 51 percent in Los Angeles told the survey that death only encourages them to smoke  :P

These are the guys who run to the doctor at the sign of bronchitis... The martyr type who think they're superman... Ask them by pointing a .44 at their face and they will wet their pants..
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 02, 2010, 07:13:22 pm
Hahaha Kratos! Not all of them...some are adamant

My teacher knew a guy who died of cancer at the age of 30. At 26, he had mouth cancer, his tongue had to be cut and he couldn't speak then....He still smoked after that..-__-  He smoked till he died...Some just don't care  :-\
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: The Golden Girl =D on July 02, 2010, 09:13:31 pm
1. i believe it shld be Banned in da Whole uni !!

2. it's already banned in some of the countries I've been too for instance :Dubai .
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 03, 2010, 03:36:27 am
Support your arguments gg :)

And happy bday once again <3
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 07:27:22 am

Banning smoking in public places will make smokers want to smoke in enclosed areas which is more harmful for passive smokers.

Then what? We're gonna have posters and banners telling: Smoking Area Only?  :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 07:33:05 am
Then what? We're gonna have posters and banners telling: Smoking Area Only?  :P

Make a booth for them to smoke..They'll die suffocating there.. >:D >:D
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 07:39:28 am
Make a booth for them to smoke..They'll die suffocating there.. >:D >:D

They'll smoke in air, not the booth.  :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 07:40:52 am
They'll smoke in air, not the booth.  :P

Is the booth a vacuum? :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 07:42:52 am
Is the booth a vacuum? :P

I should ask you that question.  :P

Is the booth a vacuum?
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 07:44:22 am
I should ask you that question.  :P

Is the booth a vacuum?

Why do you ask, are you constipated? :P :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 07:46:09 am
Why do you ask, are you constipated? :P :P

Cause you were being self-contradictory.  ::)
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 07:48:20 am
Cause you were being self-contradictory.  ::)

How?

The booth is separated from the human residence... ::) When it is far... The only incident it can cause is global warming. :P :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 07:50:25 am
How?

The booth is separated from the human residence... ::) When it is far... The only incident it can cause is global warming. :P :P

And when you open Pandora's box, we earthlings, will have to settle on Mars.  ::)

Where is far? How far is far?
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 07:53:49 am
And when you open Pandora's box, we earthlings, will have to settle on Mars.  ::)


Can you? ::)



Where is far? How far is far?

It isn't me who decides that.... Depends on the geography of the country ... and the government. ::)
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 08:02:02 am
Can you? ::)

It isn't me who decides that.... Depends on the geography of the country ... and the government. ::)

Leave can, we will HAVE to.

Whoever decides that. My question remains the same. We're all having a similar brain.
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 08:05:03 am
Leave can, we will HAVE to.

Whoever decides that. My question remains the same. We're all having a similar brain.

No comments. :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 08:06:45 am
Silencer. :P
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: nid404 on July 03, 2010, 08:08:09 am
Should smoking be banned in public? ::)
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: Alpha on July 03, 2010, 08:11:45 am
Should smoking be banned in public? ::)

LOL.  :D

(No comments too now  :D)
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: The Golden Girl =D on July 03, 2010, 09:34:03 am
Support your arguments gg :)

And happy bday once again <3
hehe lol :D ........thanks  :-*
Title: Re: Smoking to be banned in public or not
Post by: I'm a mistake - legalize abortion! on July 03, 2010, 01:04:07 pm
Silencer. :P

Nope. ::)