reasons smoking should be banned?
354219
It smells\nIt is unhealthy\nIt is the only thing in the world that a person does that can kill that person and other people at the same time.
1106494
Alcohol kills people as well, why not ban alcohol as well as smoking ads...
618655
No. Smoking should be discouraged in every way possible.\n\nBesides, some moron will sue the school in a few years because they got cancer, and obviously it's the university's fault for "encouraging" smoking.
141942
I was in Ireland last year and I loved the smoking ban. I realize that many like to smoke, but the smoke effects all. The pub life was much more enjoyable than previous visits. The smokers that complain the loudest are just not being reasonable towards others. They can go outside and smoke if it is that important to them.
842074
Well, as a non smoker and a mother and married to a non smoker it would help decrease the amount of smoke that we all breath in at a closed in public place (it's illegal in my state to smoke anywhere inside, but is still legal to order your dunkin donuts while puffing on a cig in other states). I don't think it will help people quit though. I think it has more to do with people like me and my husband who don't smoke, to cut down on the 2nd hand smoke around us. The law was passed years ago in NY (my state) while I was working the bars. Many many people said that when the ban takes effect I would never see them again. Guess what, the same day the law was passed they were back in the bar drinking and stepping out every once in a while to light up. It hasn't killed the bar industry out here at all. Not one iota.\n\nI think that a lot of smokers make excuses, like calling us Nonsmokers PC (which isn't the case, we just don't like to smoke and prefer not to be forced to breathe it in), they say that we are impeding their rights as a smoker (what about my rights as a nonsmoker?), that they should feel free to smoke where ever they choose no matter how it effects me, my husband and my son. They make these excuses because they are addicted and addicts will make any excuse to do their drug.\n\nSince the smoking ban has passed in NY it has been a lot easier for me to enjoy my expeience in bars. The smokers have no problem stepping out and returning when they are done. But going to the mall it just means that I have to push my way through smokers that gather right outside the entry and exit door in order to get in and out, which I think is very rude of them.
66729
I support non-smoking areas, but if you want to smoke, then I think you should have your own areas. I do however feel that smokers face discrimination every day and state wide bans don't help.
743346
Well... I think the smoking ban came about *because* of social change, which doesn't exactly answer your question. In other words, smoking went from being perceived as very prestigious (back in the day, many believed it was good for the health) to more recently becoming a political affair and a habit that is seen as unsociable and unhealthy. (I speak, as ever, of the UK only, however.)
767348
Smoking should not be banned totally because it is not against society unlike the use of marijuana.
41806
An automobile puts more toxins into the atmosphere than any tobacco smoker does.  Should cars be banned?  It is always easier to point the finger at someone else and say their behavior is bad for your health than it is to accept one's own faults.\nSmoking is a bad habit.  So is overeating.  Should fat people be banned from public places?\nOur society should spend more time and effort preventing the next generation from smoking tobacco.  It may already be too late to change people who smoke now.
605921
All great ideas. If you add lifting the smoking ban to that list you've got my vote.
967820
it can kill you is the obvious choice not to smoke..it stinks..rots your teeth and causes gum disease and the breath ewwwwww! It looks unattractive to see someone sucking on a cancer stick. You have to huddle together outside away from everyone while you're smoking cause it isn't allowed in any public place. It can kill your loved ones from second hand smoke. It costs a fortune, you would be better off spending all that money on your family or yourself.   It's very very addictive and sooooo very hard to kick.  You shorten your life. Your house stinks, your hair and clothes stink and the breath again ewwww.  You are limited to those who will date you, who wants to date a smoker, not many people anymore.  Hope this helps a bit.
425623
I agree, no wants to smell smoke when they eat.... however.... I strongly disagree on banning it from bars, cigs and beer go hand and hand for most people, infact people who dont smoke, will often ONLY light up while drinking.
111400
Nonsmoker: I'm under 18 and already I know that smoking is REALLY BAD!!! I hate it. I know a lot of things by joining after school groups and they teach about in school sometimes. I would never really want to be around someone who smokes, unless they are family or really close friends.
119026
smoking should be banned everywhere, all across america, in every street, near every building, etc
535196
I dont think anyone is a bad person if they smoke!  some people just need a reason to be a**holes!!!
35817
Definitely should be laws against this! No child should have to breathe in second hand smoke- it's cruel. Parents with any sense wouldn't smoke around their kids.
930457
I believe the ban is an extreme. Upon the face of it, it may sound healthy by those that oppose smoking, but in reality this sets the precident, and validates the ideation that citizens are incompetant to handle their personal freedoms and respect for their community. It opens pandora's box. Becareful what you wish for, you just might get it. \n\nI wonder if this type of "ban" and social acceptance is how Saddam got his start in Iraq with the peoples blessing?