smokescreen.

[xyzzy@bok]

Liverpool 'city of culture' to ban smoking in public places. they should try banning cars in public places; an exhaust pipe churns out loads more harmfuls than smokers do; Are smokers the scapegoat for petrol companies? is it a smokescreen.

[rja211077]

no one can deny that cars cause pollution which causes health problems, however, if you examine the statistics there is a marked (i mean enormous) rise in occurrences of respiratory diseases amongst smokers.

[Birchy]

Ban cars and the locals will have little else to steal. And a ban on cigarettes will only result in even more "Caaaaam downs" due to the poor little blighters having nothing to soothe their nerves. Without wishing to perpetuate a well-worn myth....wouldn't it be a better idea to ban the tucking of jumper into denim trouser?

[incitatus]

the premise here is wrong- if you look at the concentration of nasties in the emissions from each, a smoker is far worse than a car. no smoker would pass an emissions test. That aside, I rarely have problems with ignorant car drivers blowing their exhaust fumes across my plate when i am trying to eat.