Smoking ban! Yippee!

[Suki Wingy]

Let's hope Chicago is next! According to statistics, I've already had enough second hand smoke that I might as well have been smoking a pack a day for 3 years I'm allergic to it too.

[lady_zana]

I love them too......if smoking was only harmful to yourself it would be one thing.....but since if you're smoking you can harm others by second-hand smoke, then I'm all for banning it in public places.

[Miss Z]

I too am really glad of the ban. I hate walking into places that absolutely reek of smoke, and it'll certainly reduce the number of people who suffer from passive smoking

[BC_MoM]

I think it's really hard for the people who smoke to quit. Until you smoke and get addicted, you can't even begin to imagine how hard it is to quiet.

Both of my parents are heavy smokers. My Uncle keeps pestering them and saying he knows how hard it is to quit, but he's never smoked so he doesn't.

I don't think it's fair to ban smoking completely from public.

But that's just my personal opinion. Sorry if I have offended anyone.

PS - No, I'm not a smoker.

[Denyce]

I am all for the smoking bans. I will be glad when it is everywhere. I also think there should be a peremeter ban around the doorways of restaurants and other such establishments. I don't appreciate having to walk through the cloud of smoke to get inside.

I was a smoker and I quit. It isn't as hard as smoker's make it out to be. It is easier than losing weight and often people will be more tolerant of smoker's than of the morbidly obese. At least with smoking you can stop doing it entirely. You don't have to keep having a little bit in order to survive like with food. When trying to lose weight you can't just quit food cold turkey..(no pun intended ) you have to eat something in order to stay alive. With cigarettes you can just stop. Yes...you can. You just have to make the decision to do so. Those that haven't quit haven't been able yet to make that decision. In my not so humble opinion and experience with both.

Denyce

[Edwina's Secretary]

Denyce...may I suggest you consider a career in drug counseling? You could tell all those heroin addicts they just need to make the decision to quit.

[Denyce]

Denyce...may I suggest you consider a career in drug counseling? You could tell all those heroin addicts they just need to make the decision to quit.

*L* I get your sarcasm here and I understand although I think it was snarky and unbecoming of someone whose posts I have usually admired for their wit and intelligence.

However, the truth is that the VERY first step to quitting any type of addiction is to TRULY make the decision to do so. As long as the addicted person uses the crutch that it is out of their control and it is all just a chemical addiction then they are going to have a much harder time. Once an addicted person takes control of their life rather than relying on the crutches of "it is a disease or I don't have control" then they have really taken the first step towards becoming clean. That doesn't mean it is easy but you have to admit it is much easier to quit something that you don't have to keep ingesting some of to keep alive. NO ONE NEEDS nicotine. Herion addiction or crack cocaine or any other of those types of drugs are a much stronger addiction and creates a different chemical imbalance in a person's body. Even losing weight is easier once you truly decide to do so and make a committement to it. It is a lifestyle change that has to start with your attitude first.

But this thread isn't about addiction but about the ban on smoking to which I say once again

YEA!

[moosmom]

The newspaper I used to work for, The Hartford Courant, has a smoking room. It's completely enclosed. Or they can go out on the deck outside (which I didn't like because there was still second-hand smoke). Of course the walls are yellow (eeewww!!)

I smoked for about a year, only a pack a week. That was over 20 years ago.

If people want to kill themselves putting that nasty crap into their lungs, that is THEIR choice. I don't need them choosing for me for inhale that junk.

I'm all for the smoking ban. They should've done it a LONG time ago. But then again, they didn't know about secondhand smoke thing back then either.

[Fear_Nuclear]

I want to say that I agree that smoking should be banned for good. Get rid of it forever. There is nothing good that comes from it at all. Give me one reason to do it that has no con "You can't"... I been around smoke and it smells soooo bad it is very gross I can't stand it at all. If you are going to smoke do it somewhere else not in public places. Go outside, your car anywhere away from people who like to be healthy ( If you thank about it, it has to be hard to quit or there wouldn't be people out there wasting half of their paychecks for a pack of cigarettes. Try giving something you like up forever. (coffee, chocolate). But anyways keep that stuff away from me

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I am all for the smoking bans. I will be glad when it is everywhere. I also think there should be a peremeter ban around the doorways of restaurants and other such establishments. I don't appreciate having to walk through the cloud of smoke to get inside.

I was a smoker and I quit. It isn't as hard as smoker's make it out to be. It is easier than losing weight and often people will be more tolerant of smoker's than of the morbidly obese. At least with smoking you can stop doing it entirely. You don't have to keep having a little bit in order to survive like with food. When trying to lose weight you can't just quit food cold turkey..(no pun intended ) you have to eat something in order to stay alive. With cigarettes you can just stop. Yes...you can. You just have to make the decision to do so. Those that haven't quit haven't been able yet to make that decision. In my not so humble opinion and experience with both.

Denyce

I don't agree with you at all. I have been a smoker for a long time and have wanted to quit for just as long. Quitting smoking is HARDER than quitting heroin. It is not something you can just give up with no reason. You have to be 100% commited to quitting. Maybe it was easy for you, but for me - it is very hard to quit when I have so much stress in my life...

For me, if I don't have my morning cigarette - I will sweat, have tremors and be extremely irritable. The only way to cure that is to take a drag. Quitting would help to, but my loved ones around me are who I would take my anger out on.

I'm all for the smoking bans as well!

[carole]

For me quitting smoking was so easy , however i do appreciate it is not like that for everyone,but i do agree loosing weight is harder in the aspect that we have to eat to survive, therefore food cannot be eliminated from the house as say liquor or smokes can, however with smoking it is a chemical addiction that is the problem for many, each and everyone of us is different, we can only encourage people to quit and support them in their desire to do so, not everyone can do cold turkey, but if you can it is the best way in the end i think, as patches etc still are giving you a small intake of nicotine, just my thoughts on the subject, but yes smoking bans are fair IMO.

[Killearn Kitties]

So it was passed anyway? Even though Tony bottled the decision before?

They've exempted prisons??? You mean there will be more freedom inside prison than out???