Smoking is only as bad as driving a car. Damn dirty habit that kills people. Greens in London have a 'Car free day' (a worldwide event probably). So what? It's a token gesture. If those that voted Green and those who shouted down smoking gave up their cars and never travelled by anything other than cycle or on foot, I would have some regard for their position. Until that happens it's merely yah-boo posturing. And what about sugar? Oh yes - and my father died of drink, and I don't mean water. Visit an A and E any weekend and just some of the evils of drink are apparent. Perhaps 50% of those cases later translate INTO phpbb_costly Court hearings and prison sentences. You won't find a smoker there or any of his family complaining about the effects of smoke. OK, they'll be seeing the specialist mid-week but we're either talking about social evils being banned or we're not. I don't smoke.
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