Why does the government treat smoking as worse than drinking?

Good stuff.

There have been times when I realise that I should probably quit... the two very good reasons being health and money. But I always seem to put those reasons to the side and search for another one, and I haven't been able to find one yet.

It was my ex, nonetheless. *giggles*

She was 13 or 14 at the time of the drinking, bless her.

Youth drinking is a bit of a problem when they're not responsible enough to be doing it. *shakes head sadly*
Same goes for sex, actually. It's amazing how often you see people on Jeremy Kyle and the like (not a huge fan, just watch it when I'm round my mates in the morning), and he always has to say "PUT SOMETHING ON THE END OF IT!!!"

To a non-smoker, aye.

Although before I started, I can never recall my dad coming in stinking of fags, even though I can sometimes smell it on myself after having one. 'tis quite weird.

And I think the level of stench (it comes in levels now, y'know...) depends on what they've been smoking.

People need to drink in order to survive (sure, water is obviously more beneficial than booze, but alcoholic beverages can prevent dehydration all the same.)

Whereas there is absolutely no need to smoke in order to survive.

What, you mean the working class people like me who usually smoke while building walls then go to the pub in the evening? (MASSIVE GENERALISATION TIME FOR THE WIN!)

Your post is lost on me.

This must be one of the worst attempts at making drinking seem good....

Alcohol dehydrates you for goodness sake!!!!

Where do you get this info???

Lol poor effort

From personal experience, if I am thirsty, then a drink will satisfy that need. Be it alcoholic or not.

And I'm not out to defend drinking, I rarely drink myself, I'm far from a binge drinker , nor do I smoke.

Yeah but to claim that alcoholic drinks hydrate you is incorrect...

Well my bad , maybe that was the wrong word. But whatever, it makes me feel better when I'm thirsty.

So I guess I'm referring to the short-term effects, not the long-term.

I think it is double standards, and absolutely rediculous. I will never stop smoking until the same regulations are placed on alcohol that are present on tobacco.

You just contradicted yourself.... well done

Anyway, alcohol is addictive actually....

Both are bad for you and you shouldn't do either...

I'm just watching this report on BBC News and this fat idiot is on there banging on about how terrible it is that children under the age of 18 are smoking, and they often talk about underage smokers like the end of the world has come. The presentor then asked him somethong to the effort of "so along with cigarettes, do shops tend to sell alcohol to under 18s too?". And I also think he asked him if the fines are heavier or the same for alcohol sales to under 18 year olds

And this fat idiot stuttered, and started umming and erring, and then goes "Well, we've only done researched into tobacco sales, I'm not sure on what the figures are for alcohol sales".

And I think this sums it up perfectly, for some reason this nanny state only seem to be concerned about smoking, and not drinking. In my opinion, drinking is undoubtedly more dangerous than smoking and is known that exessive consumption of alcohol can very likely significantly impair someones judgement to the point they put themselves and others in danger, and often can cause someone to become violent.

Smoke an excesive number of cigarettes and you just cough a bit.

II think this anti-smoking propaganda has got rediculous, and I don't understand why these namby pamby government workers don't hate drinking in the same way they hate smoking.

If they were to get tough on drinking, I'm guessing that would undermine New Labour's idiotic encouragement of binge drinking and violence with their rediculous 24 hour drinking laws.

The UK government encourage kids under 18 to be fighting in the street full of alcohol, but they seem to hate the idea that an under 18 year old might be having a quiet fag.

Also, this may have changed now, but I remember seeing an advert for alcohol on TV in the morning, lol, like before 9am, and I was thinking, they would NEVER allow a advert advertising cigarettes, yet they're allowed to quite liberally advertise alcohol.

I think it is double standards, and absolutely rediculous. I will never stop smoking until the same regulations are placed on alcohol that are present on tobacco.

You shouldn't? Who says? Last time I heard smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol was legal.

Drinking is only bad in excess. Smoking is easier to get addicted to.

Drinking is only bad in excess. Smoking is easier to get addicted to.

Because they're ******* stupid. Alcohol and smoking are equally harmful yet are totally legal (recently to anyone as young as 16 for smoking), yet safe old weed is illegal.