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Originally Posted by tammy_cat
You stated that your social life would be restricted, if the smoking ban were reversed, but that smokers can simply go outside and smoke, so their social life is not restricted. However you have only thought of yourself. You have not thought of all the OAPs, whose only social life is a trip to the local pub or the local bingo hall. Forcing these people out into the freezing cold in the winter is not only going to interfere with their social life, but also with their life itself, as they are extremely likely to develop pneumonia. As a result many of them no longer go out at all in the winter, with the result that they are completely isolated socially.
Now choose the least damaging option:
1. Your social life being restricted.
2. OAPs life being cut short or forcing them to suffer social deprivation.
If you still choose 1., then you are truly selfish.
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I completely refute your claims. I have most definitely thought of the OAPs. I have thought of the many OAPs who don't smoke. Without a smoking ban, their choices of places to socialise (without being poisoned by the toxic smoke emitted selfishly by those who smoke) are severely restricted. The selfish ones are those who smoke, either inflicting damage or social exclusion on those who do not smoke. I will most firmly stand up for the rights of those who do not smoke to be able to socialise in a smoke free, healthy environment. If smokers want to socialise there too, fine, but they must be aware that their habit has a negative and harmful effect on other people, and take steps to minimise that damage by smoking outside, or by refraining from smoking during their socialising.