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    NYC stubs it out!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13467728

    Hmm not sure what to make of this really, i appreciate the health issues but its all getting a bit extreme now, any other sociatal group were treated this way there would be uproar.

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    yeah but if smokers start shouting from the rooftops all that happens is they double up in paroxsyms of phlegmy hacking coughs.

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    If smoking were invented today it would be banned. It's a historical quirk that it's legal. But the genie is out of the bottle there so whaddaya do? Looking back it's just bizarre that people used to be able to smoke on the Tube and in pubs and bars. You used to come out of the pub reeking of smoke and that prolonged exposure to smoke can't be good for you.

    Banning it in open air seems a little extreme though, the exposure can't surely be as prolonged or concentrated as in an enclosed space and they've already dealt with that.

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    Going too far though I do agree with banning smoking on beaches. Some people are inconsiderate disgusting bastards and just treat them as giant ashtrays. It was a bit of a nightmare when my son was younger as I constantly had to pay close attention to every scoop of sand he was playing with.

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    I like the bit in that article about it being legal to smoke on the median in the road, i can just picture NYC being full of people stood in te middle of the roads on their fag breaks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo View Post
    I like the bit in that article about it being legal to smoke on the median in the road, i can just picture NYC being full of people stood in te middle of the roads on their fag breaks
    they don't have 'fag' breaks in NY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GB. View Post
    they don't have 'fag' breaks in NY.
    in greenwich villiage they do

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    Good.

    It's a dirty habit and if this forces people into quitting then only good can come of it. The privacy of ones home should be the only place allowed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo View Post
    in greenwich villiage they do
    Touché!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    Good.

    It's a dirty habit and if this forces people into quitting then only good can come of it. The privacy of ones home should be the only place allowed.
    What if it is a household with children?

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