BMA suggesting smoking to be banned in cars..
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I don't agree for people on their own in a car but for people in a car with children then it seems fair enough. There are lots of more urgent issues in the world though.
I don't agree for people on their own in a car but for people in a car with children then it seems fair enough. There are lots of more urgent issues in the world though.
I am a smoker and laughed at a comment a guy made on BBC news this morning saying smoking should be banned due to the cost to the NHS. Does he not think that the massive tax on cigarettes actually pays a large chunkof money into the NHS every time a pack is bought? Do fatties pay extra tax on their food to contribute towards their diabetic treatment or gastric bands etc. etc? No they don't so come up with another arguement d
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head Ridiculous. I smoke but try to be as considerate as possible. I smoke in MY house but not in the room when my daughter comes to stay. I smoke in my car but would never do it when my daughter is in the car. People who smoke in the car with the kids sat in there actually boil my piss.
BUT it is just more nanny state madness that we do not have the money or the resources to police. Judging by the amount of people I see on mobile phones in cars it will not be overly successful either
BUT it is just more nanny state madness that we do not have the money or the resources to police. Judging by the amount of people I see on mobile phones in cars it will not be overly successful either
Everyone take a step back... The suggested ban isn't being mooted due to the normal risks of smoking but because (according to reports) some of the worst carcinogens linger in the fabric of the car and can effect innocent parties well after a cigarette has been extinguished.
If you were only killing yourselves and had full control of the vehicle at all times, then fair enough, feel free to smoke in the car.
If you were only killing yourselves and had full control of the vehicle at all times, then fair enough, feel free to smoke in the car.
Just think smokers - people won't think less of you when you give them a lift and your car doesn't reek of stale cigarettes, you will be able to see through your windscreen again as it will stay nice and clean, and you can re-use the ash tray for other useful little bits like coins etc!
Yes, a ridiculous proposition really!
Yes, a ridiculous proposition really!
Hub said:
Just think smokers - people won't think less of you when you give them a lift and your car doesn't reek of stale cigarettes, you will be able to see through your windscreen again as it will stay nice and clean, and you can re-use the ash tray for other useful little bits like coins etc!
Yes, a ridiculous proposition really!
I don't give a feck what people think about me, I can actually see through my windscreen and I have other cubby holes to put money in. Yes, a ridiculous proposition really!
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Puggit said:
Everyone take a step back... The suggested ban isn't being mooted due to the normal risks of smoking but because (according to reports) some of the worst carcinogens linger in the fabric of the car and can effect innocent parties well after a cigarette has been extinguished.
If you were only killing yourselves and had full control of the vehicle at all times, then fair enough, feel free to smoke in the car.
The most annoying thing from my point of view is the hypocrisy of the politiciansIf you were only killing yourselves and had full control of the vehicle at all times, then fair enough, feel free to smoke in the car.
If smoking is so bad and costs us so much money in healthcare, the same as alcohol, then ban them and make them illegal drugs
Let's see how the tax take decreases and the deficit grows as the tax paid on these more than funds the NHS.
The BMA should be banned.
I will continue to smoke in my car when i am on my lonesome. If they don't like it, i will happily stub my fag in their faces.
As for selling the car afterwards... Have you not used a hoover and cleaning products on your car before? My old motor was like brand new after cleaning it before it was sold after 5 years of smoking.
I will continue to smoke in my car when i am on my lonesome. If they don't like it, i will happily stub my fag in their faces.
As for selling the car afterwards... Have you not used a hoover and cleaning products on your car before? My old motor was like brand new after cleaning it before it was sold after 5 years of smoking.
Diderot said:
If it stops the moronic bds flicking butts into the road as if it were an ashtray or blowing their stinking smoke out of the window right into car or its vent system when in traffic, then it's a damn good thing IMO.
But the people selfish enough to do that will ignore the ban anyway - I suspect that the majority of considerate smokers, who would, however reluctantly abide by the ban, do not throw their stubs out of the car window. When I smiked, I used to but the end out and put it back into the packet, and empty the packet once a bin was spotted. Am sure I'm not the only one who does/did this.ds flicking butts into the road as if it were an ashtray or blowing their stinking smoke out of the window right into car or its vent system when in traffic, then it's a damn good thing IMO. Foshiznik said:
The BMA should be banned.
I will continue to smoke in my car when i am on my lonesome. If they don't like it, i will happily stub my fag in their faces.
As for selling the car afterwards... Have you not used a hoover and cleaning products on your car before? My old motor was like brand new after cleaning it before it was sold after 5 years of smoking.
It takes a hell of a lot more than that. I can guarantee that a non-smoker would not have described your car as brand new.I will continue to smoke in my car when i am on my lonesome. If they don't like it, i will happily stub my fag in their faces.
As for selling the car afterwards... Have you not used a hoover and cleaning products on your car before? My old motor was like brand new after cleaning it before it was sold after 5 years of smoking.
I was talking to a chap who had just acquired a new (to him) car. It had had the deep-clean treatment, but, i was stood outside talking to my pal who was sat inside the car, and I could smell the the tobacco wafting out through the open window.
The ban will come in eventually. Debating it will only hold the process up and waste more money. Might as well get it over with.
Diderot said:
If it stops the moronic bds flicking butts into the road as if it were an ashtray or blowing their stinking smoke out of the window right into my car or its vent system when in traffic, then it's a damn good thing IMO.
But you don't object to the exhaust fumes from other cars invading your vent system whilst in traffic?ds flicking butts into the road as if it were an ashtray or blowing their stinking smoke out of the window right into my car or its vent system when in traffic, then it's a damn good thing IMO. Would you like to come back with a sensible response.
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