Why all the fuss about passive smoking?

[10ClarionSt]

The campaign in the media against passive smoking at the moment is another exercise in propaganda from this govt. Passive smoking NEVER killed anyone. It has NEVER caused any illnesses. The only thing about passive smoking is that it makes your clothes stink. That's hardly going to kill anyone is it?

[s_upergirl]

R u serious???
Everyone knows the chemicals cigarettes contain - and carcinogenics (cancer causing agents) are apparent in many of these chemicals - every time a smoker exhales into the envirnoment of a non smoker they will passively inhale these - r u actualluy saying that u know 100% that no-one has died from this?
An example would be people who work with toxic fumes - laws are in place to stop those workers inhaling these as they lead to all sorts of illness - whats the difference between that and inhaling ciagarette smoke?
I work in a hospital and seen the devastation that cancer causes - so think again before making such a ridiculous statement?!?!?

[Bigeye74]

I think that was a come on. Even if it wasn't, the statement on the packet says it all.

[hammerman]

Tell that to Roy Castle's widow.

[RAYMAN]

I have grown up in an age when grand parents,parents,uncles,aunts all smokers,top deck of buses smokers paradise and I must be the typical passive smoker I,m still around age 70 done me no harm Oh yes my wife smokes as well.
Diesel and green petrol pushes out more carsinogenics than cigarettes think of all the asthmatics who are around who grew up when they were pushed around at exhaust height.

[alijangra]

It has obviously affected your braincells.

[Clanad]

Haven't seen you for a long while 10... welcome! I see you haven't lost the touch...

[mattie]

I was about to mention Roy Castle, but hammerman beat me to it.

Also I have a good friend who has lung cancer (thankfully in remission) who never smoked, but used to work in pubs and clubs, this may not be why he developed cancer, but I know what I would believe was the cause.

[alijangra]

The touch for what? talking sh1t?

[shaneystar2]

Well ..I hesitate to be a jobs comforter here ...but ..my Dad was a heavy smoker ....he died aged 69 from a non smoking related disease (asbestos related ) ..my Mum who never smoked and was surrounded by his fug day in day out lived to the ripe old age of 92 and died from heart failure .I used to smoke but have given up.Nobody knows what triggers any type of cancer. .Smoking and passive smoking does contribute to lung cancer and this has been proven....but Rayman has a point ...we are subjected to carcigenous stuff in all sorts of things ..not just cigarette smoke.So it doesn't always follow that lung cancer is caused solely by smoking or passive smoking .However to say NEVER is a bit of a sweeping statement .

[H0merSimpson]

I firmly beleive in passivity. There has been passive smoking in the US for thousands of years, as carried out by native Americans smoking the pipe of peace.
Tony Blair doesn't like passivity because he went to war in Iraq. It's all George Bush's fault. Or maybe Mr. Burns. Or someone else. Mo's place should be open now.

[FoxLee]

It's hardly in the government's interest to promote non-smoking for the sake of it - look at all the revenue that would be lost from the tax on cigarettes.

[Loosehead]

Tell you what 10cs I don't give a rats arse if it's bad for you or not. The no 1 consideration is the disgusting smell of the smoke and the smokers and the residue. My clothes and hair reeking of the stuff. The constant smell of smokers, do they know how bad they smell? That's the issue, not the health considerations. Roll on 1st July!

Cue standard rant about boozing............!

[georgie115]

meh. even if it didnt harm people who passively breathe it in (which it does) it still makes you stink of sh1t. Smokers are probabaly the most selfish people in the world. :) xx

[jas1002]

I sort of think that cancer is genetic and if you're predisposed to cancer then you could get it from passive smoking but if you're made from strong stock then you could probably smoke 'till you're 92 and have no ill effects. I worry about my kids around smoking as there is a strong cancer link in my OH's family but this aside like others have said - IT STINKS!!!!!

[Meg888]

It's all very well the government bringing about the ban come 1st July, and saying smokers cost the NHS a fortune but in the meantime they're promoting binge drinking??!! More & more pubs etc are putting for later/24hr licenses and emergency servs are stretched at the seams everytime. At the end of the day no1 lit up a cigarette in a pub and as a direct result of it started physically & verbally abusing complete strangers. Yes I am a smoker & i'm all for protecting non-smokers. My only objection to the ban is that some pubs / clubs should be given the choice of whether they want to become non-smoking places and then display very clearly they are a smoking / non-smoking residence therefore we can make up our mind before we enter

[Athenaofthemoon]

Recently I have read that passive smoking at work is likely to be responsible for the deaths of more than two employed people every working day in the UK (617 deaths per year) !!! Are you crazy dude? It is more dangerous than smoking! Media URL: http://stopsmokinghabits.com/health-benefits.html
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