Should smoking in the street or in doorways be banned?

Every day when I'm down town, people are smoking everywhere and it seems like most town centres are like one big smoking room these days as nobody can smoke inside.

I'm so sick of people walking in front of me who light up a cig and then blow the smoke in my face. It's just so inconsiderate and ruins my day.

Also, I'm sick of people smoking in doorways. As you can't smoke inside, whenever I walk out of a shop etc there's always someone standing in the doorway smoking and I have to hold my nose to get through.

Should smoking in the street be banned?

Should smoking in doorways be banned?

Should there be a rule that you can't smoke within 50 metres of a doorway. As smoke from doorways drifts inside and also is unpleasant for non-smokers who walk outside from a clean building into a cloud of dirty smoke.

Murdering is not always instant, you could make it slow, like passive smoking. Smoking should be illegal, it might not be as bad as murder but it is definatly as bad as manslaughter.
"It was estimated that prolonged exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, such as in the home, increases the risk of lung cancer by approximately 20 to 25%."
http://www.stopsmokingtoday.com/dync/13/Passive_Smoking.html

It's a drain on the NHS.
There are worse things in the world yes... but that doesn't mean smoking shouldn't be banned.

People who over eat know it is harmful to their health, people who do extreme sports know there is a high risk.

The examples I gave were extreme, I was trying to say that it is difficult to draw the line between what is acceptable and not.

We live in a free society and should not have freedoms limited by the state. If I want to drink, I should be able to. If I want to smoke (which I don't), then I should be able to. If I want to spend my time BASE jumping of cliffs, I should be able to.

I hate people like you. Isn't it enough that it's already banned indoors (and that's on health reasons)...now you want it banned outdoors, because you don't like it.

Get a life, seriously.

No, it isn't. Tax revenue from smoking is about 5 times the healthcare cost, so if anything smoking benefits the NHS.

Google for figures.

There's also no solid evidence that second hand smoke is even remotely harmful at realistic quantities.

I suggest you gain some knowledge before you form your opinions.

I'm sorry I find what you say very insulting! - I'm not a smoker - but my Mum is - what you are saying is essentially calling her a murder - which I find a disgusting accusation.

Oh don't be so silly! - I'm not pro or anti smokers - but really - when I see morbidly obese people eating burgers in the street I'm offended, they are damaging they're health- and according to your theory they shouldn't be allowed to eat on the street. Smokers are already not allowed to smoke inside - and must go out in the rain, so you are already safe when you go into somewhere - why try and control the streets as well?

You only live once! Why get annoyed by the little things!

Yes, I'm fine with that, but you shouldn't harm or compramise ANYONE else.
Do you understand?
Even if it is the tiniest amount! (And that includes the trauma to family losing loved ones to smoking and things!)

Walking past someone who is smoking in the street causes no harm.

So you want to see everything that can cause death banned then to prevent trauma to family members, including, coffee, junk food, driving, walking down the road etc?

No, you still don't seem to be getting it, I want everything that DEFINATLY shortens your life banned.

and ruins my day.

Over eating shortens your life. Coffee causes cancer, just like smoking.

And I think fat people should not be allowed.
Does coffee always definatly cause detramental effects? So if I ate a coffee bean is it bad for me? (Not so sure on coffee!)

*sighs* So basically because of people like you I can't have a fag with a pint and now you're still bitching about it? Piss off and grow up.

They should smoke in their own homes or not at all.
Man the **** up and quit instead of weining when their being so selfish.
It's disgusting and immoral to smoke.

It's a drain on the NHS.
There are worse things in the world yes... but that doesn't mean smoking shouldn't be banned.

Lol true, no one follows that though.

Some guy was smoking on the bus the other week I was abit like

Meh.

We were at a nice open air rooftop bar/cafe in Torquay the other day enjoying a drink in the sun and the guys at the next table lit up. All you could smell was cigarette smoke and it ruined it for us .

I'd readily ban cigarettes if I was in power.