Smoking Ban

I think it should be banned in cars just from a safety aspect. I frequently see peeps swerving all over the place due to hot ash flying back throught the window.


My cousin the plank actually set his own car alight. he flicked his cigy ash out of the window and the wind blew the hot ember off the top and it landed on the back seat and set fire.

ahem... erm I did a similar thing when I was a youngster and a filthy smoker. Trouble was it was the old fellas car. Threw the fag end out of the sunroof, only to have it land on the passenger seat and burn a hole.

So picked it up, threw it out again, this time it landed on the rear parcel shelf and burnt a big hole in that

Now as an upstanding member of society and tab free for 4 years, all smokers should be burnt at the stake, and loving the pub smoking ban, but banning in cars? Seems a bit heavy handed big brother'ish.

Happy with a caveat, ie you can't smoke with passengers and agree 100% if carrying kids, but do we really need to regulate against everything??

Next it will be no smoking in your own house in case you burn it down.

How about 3 points and a life sentence for changing the CD? Maybe we'll have to drive automatics as we'll no longer be able to take a hand off the wheel to change gear?

Nanny state........

You're missing the point guys. If introduced it is to reduce the passive smoke problem from children travelling in the vehicle. Safety on this occasion is secondary to the health content.

It has even been hinted that a ban within the home may one-day be issued. Enforce that then!

I know what they are trying to do but my point was a skew on that really - i personsally dont see smoking in the car any different to using a mobile phone whislt driving - both tie up your hands & both are distracting - same as Steves comment re changing a cd - these things are all distracting as each other

see if you all drove like me in a doddering old grandad styley the roads would be safer albeit slower place to be.

You lot make me sick!

Smoking is great, I do not see the issue, I would rather smoke and pop off at 60 than be pushed around by Helga in a wheelchair in my 90's.

I do not even smoke in the car when my 15yr Step daughter is in the car, its a choice thing as she does not smoke, why should she inhale mine? But to ban it? Are we not become a tad communist here, where are the choices going?

Why should I be forced to do something, if the country still had a heart and people still taught morals and manners, these things would be natural (ie not smoking around non smokers etc) in fact when Stavros was round mine, I smoked out of the back door, its manners, smoke smells, and it is hardly medicinal or in anyway good for anyone. But it should be my choice.

Anyone here familiar with christian beliefs? Lucifer and Jesus were brothers, Jesus said they should have a choice (we mere mortals) Lucifer said we should be forced to comply with Gods ways, he was kicked out of heaven and to this day is still regarded as the epitome of evil, bad and all things debaucherous. Yet this is exactly what our government is doing?

Lucifer??? see, now thats what you call a proper rant

Bloody smokers, always bleating

Familiar with Christian beliefs? Certainly. Regard them as universally applicable self-evidential truth and wisdom? Not for five minutes. The wisdom of a tribesman a couple of thousand years ago may very well still be relevant in a global community today, but I can't take it as a given.

I'm also sceptical about the idea that there was a time when the country had a heart and people taught morals and manners. Any amount of abuse went on - kids working in mines, never mind inhaling cigarette smoke, physical violence being an expected element of any family relationship, you name it, it was going on. We just didn't talk about it - or in many cases, even consider that it was anything worth talking about.

I agree entirely with your standpoint of "it shouldn't be enforced because decent human beings should be doing it anyway", just not with the arguments used to justify it.

Mary, now you are a woman I could have a discussion with! Fair comment!