Dias
In my opinion, the ban of smoking is from something that impossible to do in ten or twenty years.
Erin Smith
SMOKING IS HORRID>>> IT SHOULD BE BANN FROM THE UNITED STATES!!!
sue and mart
As a non smoker surely I should not have to sit in an enclosed space and breath in other peoples smoke, you sit and light up then leave it smouldering its cancer ridden fumes in a ash tray not caring what direction they go, for us non smokers to breath in. If you must smoke why not seal yourselves with your toxic fumes.
After sitting and watching a little girl under the age of 3 die of cancer the pain she had to endure I can not see why any body that has any sense would wish to put any one through that , so when you are sat in your kitchen or front room watching TV with your family why not think.... sat by a hospital bed with the person you love riddled in agony not able to talk as the pain killers are so strong they send you loopy you want the pain to go but scared of dying, thats what the very same loved ones could very well be watching but it wont be on the tv.
I know not all cancer is caused by smoking but why add to the list and put your family through such an ordeal. If you want to do it to your selves thats fine just put your selves in a cacoon and keep it to your selves.
sue
its prooven that in other areas where they have enforced a non smoking ban that yes there will be a drop in buisness at first but it will pick up once people get used to it, they stopped people smoking in super markets but the smokers keep on shopping, got to remember that you go to the cafe for food, and i thought you went to the pub to socialise and drink, does not have to be alchol, and have a good time, if all you smokers decide that, oh well if we cant smoke in the pub then im not going anymore then its your loss, when i go to the pub i dont pull out a bag of glue and start sniffing it and then throw it all over people, or take a can of fart spray and spraying it all round the pub shouting its freedom of choice, by the way im not a glue sniffer, there has got to be a line and you got to know where to draw it, personally i think they got it spot on, why not stop smoking and money you save will go towards the next tax increase, its comming no matter what so at least you will not be as skint.
vin
get real people, its not just the cancer risk that us non smokers are against, going home after been in a pub full of smoke, your eyes streaming, the stench of your clothes, the choking when someone sat near you has not got the common decency to hold there fag away from you so the smoke does not drift straight into your face, then you smokers go on about cars and carbon monoxide and that us non smoking drivers never complain about that, well i would complain if i were sat in that same pub or resteraut or work place and they hooked up several cars with hose pipes and pumped in the fumes so it was just as smokey as when you smokers are there, how hypocritical also to mention about us "driving non smokers" driving passed kids and letting them breath in the fumes, well how often do you smoke in front of your kids, your friends kids, even pregnant women, the difference is when your driving there is a endless supply of clean air moving arond, when was the last time you went home smelling of carbon monoxide from walking around town, i think er never, so ther is a slight defference between smoking in a enclosed area and driving in an open area, also you non driving smokers, i bet you use the busses , trains, taxis, planes, motorbikes, lets have the choice to be able to breath in clean air, stop smoking, do you want your kids to watch you die of cancer,or do you want to watch your kids die of cancer. its here at last cant wait to go to the pub and a cafe where im not eating mouth full of food and smoke. yipeee.
zoe ____________
i think that it is not good smoke and it is not big but went u start u can stop only if you want to stop
bob
smoking is bad.Perhaps the most staggering statistic is that while 6 million people died during the 5 year Jewish Holocaust over 15 million people died worldwide from the effects of smoking over the same time period.The five biggest tobacco companies in the world make about 4,269,000,000,000 cigarettes every year. If you laid all these cigarettes end to end they would stretch from the Earth to the Sun and back more than 20 times. That is a lot of cigarettes! theres some info for you. lolbob
clarky
you should sban smoking becoz you could get lung caner xx
mark 2
ban smoking lol, bet all u against smoking drive cars, 4x4 people carriers etc(i dont have a car) you not care about the kids u driving past spraying carbon monoxide plus other gases.. plus u non smokers gunna b paying more tax to compensate for the loss in tax revenue gained from sellin cigarettes. when the gov propose something stupid that affects one of u non smokers individually i hope no one is there to support you..thanks for nothing ps what you lot gunna moan about next...geez
mark
there will be a lot more fighting in public cos in the summer loads will b smoking and drinking in there own gardens....bar stafff wen applying for job knew there would b cig smoke, i leave a carbon footprint right but i av no car so will people get rid of cars for me and my family, why should we breath car polution, it all a con on goverment getting more cash.england is now a country that is scared of being ridiculed in public for wot they believe, all things considered should go to public vote yet the goverment will thank me for tax i pay on cigs lmao..if all stop smoking where will tax come from haa..plus polish etc come here taking jobs that no one wants lol, some people av no skills so do dirty or hard labour to get good pay but wen polish etc do it for min wage then it forces the wages down..why as everyone failed to see this?
Charlotte
I realise that smoking is the smoker's choice, and that you feel it isn't fair to be told what to do. But when your life-choice is costing the NHS money that other people need so much and harming those around you, it's a selfish choice. I'm 14 and I have already decided never to smoke, and I tell off my friends who do.
sherice and faye
i think that smoking is just stupid because you are just making yourself dye quicker and you are just harming your bodies
graham
i think its sick wen ur havin a romanitic dinner and theres smoke in ur face there should stop smoking altogether like rytzzzzzzzz
shamilla
please do not smokeI am telling you to stop right away becouse it will kill you please stop yours sincerely shamilla
joe
i want to see wots going to happen in the summer when all the none smokers want to sit outside the the pubs where the smokers have been kicked... are we in our right to tell them to go back inside if they dont like it??? i just see it as another govorment plot to show they can do anything they want yet again...
jayde
banning smoking is a good thing.but who banned smoking i need to find out for my case study ??!!!!!
Laura
in response to the comment from 'smokey joe' if ur willing topay 2 kill urslf wif fags u shus be willing to pay to save urslf.
andy
smoking ban about time to,shouid be banned in cars aswell for the protection of babys who dont have a say.
Simone
yes a smoking ban grreat, smoking is disgusting habit and smokers smell bad and cost NHS a lot i am glad there is a ban less pollution in an over polluted world
anna
im a smoker, but i dont mind the ban. makes you smoke less too..and that cant be bad.
Tom
Im a smoker and i agree with the ban. Yeh its going to be annoying at first going outside for a fag but lets be honest its for the best. Stepping outside to smoke wont be much of a problem if you go to the pub because youll be able to stand outside the door. Pubs will probably have to accommodate for this (as they have in Guernsey which has resulted in a lot of parking being given up to make way for outside smoking areas.) Problems arise when you want to smoke in clubs like Platinum where you cant just step outside. Every time i leave there i reek of smoke which is unpleasant, however it masks the smell of sweat. I hate to think what it'll smell like in there from now on...then again i might be wrong. I hope they dont go too far in my opinion and try and ban smoking outdoors. James you're going to accept the fact that everyone will be smoking outside and therefore a ban in Al Fresco areas would really be a joke; where do you expect us all to go? Home?
James
Excellent, so looking forward to smoke free environment. Bars/clubs will get more of my business now. Sure smokers are going to stay away at first, but in a couple of years we will wonder why on earth we put up with it for so long. Perhaps, they could work on also a ban on smoking in alfresco areas in a couple of years. Nothing worse when enjoying meal in the sun and someone lights up and the smoke drifts.
Barbara
There will no longer be ANY FREEDOM OF CHOICE. A none smoker had the choice of where to go, where to sit,which establishment to go into, which to stay away from. A smoker was more likely to be stuck in a dark corner away from polite society. What is wrong with keeping certain public places where we can enjoy a cigarette, none smokers can go to no smoking bars and public places and smokers can go to those that still allow a person to choose. Workers also have a choice, choose if you want to work in a smokey pub, a cafe where smoking is allowed, you have that right! I would NOT go in a cafe where smoking was not allowed, a non smoker had the same choice...go to one that does not allow smoking! NOW you have ALL the CHOICES and WE THE THIRD CLASS CITIZENS(smokers) have NONE!
I hate the smell of any alcohol so I don't go into pubs! I hate the smell of strong perfume so I never sit beside anyone wearing it! That is my choice. Alcohol related illness and Alcohol related crime cost the tax payer a fortune...So when will Drinking be banned!
lilli betcher
i think people have to stop smoking
Sensitive Smell
For sufferers of conditions like Aspergers Syndrome this is definitely a blessing. Having hypersensitivity in areas like smell only amplifies the already discusting smell of cigarettes. But also asthmatics, people with lung problems and everyone else effected negatively by smoking; I am sure are all pleased by this development in the law.
Mikey
Its a good law. Less people will die. I don't like smoke.
Rick
The majority of the States of Jersey must be non smokers otherwise they wouldn't be banning smoking.
I mean, what would be in it for them.
They don't have to pay for parking or cigarettes!!!!!
But I do agree with the no smoking ban
smokey joe
i went to my dr today and told hime i wanted to quit on 2 jan, he said great, i will give you the prescription that you need as a you should start treatment 7 days before you pack up. my horror at being told that it would cost me nearly £60 for my presciption as the discount does not take into effect until after 2 jan, talk about take with one hand and take with the other, where is the incentive to give up when they do not give you the opportunity to do so before, typical taurus extreca from the states
Richard Callan
I have smoked since i was about 14and i gave up for 4 years when i was about 30. I am now 38.
Every time that I had a cigarette after that i was so P!""%d off with myself for being so weak.
I have given up smoking again and it's just coming up to one year. I am even more determined now not to smoke ever again.
I never like the smell on my clothes, i never liked the taste in my mouth either. One of the things I don't like is the smell on other people. The people that do smoke probably like to have a shower or bath ever day and smell nice and clean, but if you smoke you might as well not have had a shower or bath.
I'm so glad that there will be a smoking ban next year. It is one of the scummiest(if scummiest is a word) habits someone can have. My girlfriend used to smoke in the kitchen, and i was forever having to clean the kitchen as the window was always brown and the fittings in the kitchen were filthy, the ceiling was even worse. She doesn't smoke in the house now. She smokes less now.
People moan what are they going to do if they can't have a cigarette. But what did they do before they smoked!!!!
Cull all the smokers!!
If you don't like the smoking ban move to a place where one isn't in place!! You moan about the freedom of choice but what about the freedom of choice of the person sat near you or the family with the young child?? Stop being so bloody selfish and grow up
POWDER PUFF
OH YEAH" SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH BELLOZANNE GOBS!
Tracey Macaudo
If every time a Herion addict injected, you received a tiny portion of Herion into your veins, and if you worked in the same room as that addict and over several years you accumulated enough herion to develope lung caner, tumours, alveolar and lymph-gland cancers, bronchitis, tongue cancer and emphysema, would you as a smoker be happy with that? That fact that there is even a debate about the smoking ban, destroys my faith in human compassion. Are we really that selfish that in order to help save a barmaid, singer, musician, or waitress from becomming sick or dying we cant move our fat, lazy, cigarette butts to smoke outside. Is there another planet I can live on?
richard
as a smoker i am divided over the ban yes it may help people to give up smoking but on the other hand how many people will lose jobs manufacturers, bar staff when pubs go quiet and lose business, vending companies.
and when all these smokers give up WOT WILL THEY TAX TO RECOUP IN ALL THE LOST REVENUE FROM CIGERETTES AND TOBACCO
malcolm powder
I think they should look at banning bad breath next. A woman I used to work with smelled like the fish market when she opened her gob. That cant be good for me getting that second hand.
jessica
i am only 12 years old but i am doin a debate on how smoking should be banned in work places and i am against them banning them i though befor i started the debate that it should be banned but now i have actually looked into it i think that it should definatly not be banned because if it was inside in public where people smoke it wouldn’t pollute the outside air
Scott
Like a smoking ban is going to make a HUGE difference on your life, "hey lets all go out now and stop being antisocial just because theres no smoke" I think allot of you are OTT and need to get back to reality.
Troy
Smoke free restaurants and bars etc. are obviously a good thing, but it's a shame that the States dragged their heels so long implementing this law and now have done so in such a poorly thought through fashion. It’s another example of a missed opportunity to have ground-breaking and advanced laws and instead adopting a facsimile of the UK or EU ideas. I want the States to be more than a cut and paste administration. What’s the point of government by plagiarism?
nicola
I myself am a smoker and totally agree with the ban. Its just a shame that people dont kick up such a fuss about all the winos walking around, uranating & sleeping on park benches all day & night especially around the parade area. What a good example that is to all those young children that use the swing park near by, and how much are they costing the taxpayers.
Des Lagadu
I now live in canada where smoking has been banned in all pubs & restaurants ect, and they are all busy the air is clean , it has been excepted by smokers that they smoke outside no fun when its 20below freezing , so you softies in jersey will soon get used to it .. I am a smoker also ,,
Jim
I think that the ban is disgusting! Where has free choice gone? Smokers should be able to smoke, non-smokers don't have to sit next to them! It is the pinnacle of a "nanny state" gone into overdrive, George Orwell's 1984 is now only around the corner!
Sarah Ferguson
I wish you would get it right!!
I am not against the ban but I was against article 2 which had a totally nonsensical set of rules for alfresco areas.
Tim
Smoking has been banned in several countries for quiet a few years now and the Restaurants and Bars/Pubs are still full and making money, people need to eat and drink. As I none smoker I can now enjoy going out clean smoke free environment.
Steve
Smokers might stop going out but you will get a lot more non-smokers going out to make up for it.
People like me who can't go out at the moment because the smoke makes it difficult to breath (because of asthma or something similar).
Angus
The ban will have a massive knock on effect on pub business. Smokers just won't bother going to pubs anymore and drink at home. The added tax on drink is killing business anyhow.
rita
I for one am not happy about the smoking ban, obviously being a smoker! but i do sympathise with the non-smoking amongst us having to put up with the smell etc BUT to ban it completely in public places is utterly ridiculas
and i am afraid that i for one and most of the people i know that do smoke shall be staying at home rather than going out and being dictated to about what we can and can't do when supposedly being out and enjoying yourself!!! dont know jhow long anyone else will last but i for one will not give in, and they do say that staying in is the new going out!
Bob
A lot of places have found that the smoking ban has actually increased sales and revenue as people can now eat & drink as a family and not be concerned about children having to breath second hand smoke or themselves.
BB
The term "British Isles" isn't a political term, it's a geographical one referring only to a group of islands off Europe. Anyway, not to give a geography lesson, perhaps you mean the United Kingdom or Britain, which of course, we are not part of. Now I just sound like a smart ass and this has nothing to do with the fabulous new vote on banning smoking in working places!
Ryan (Host)
BB, I didn't think the Republic of Ireland was classes as part of the British Isles. Obviously you're very much correct, Ireland was the first country in the area to take the plunge but for this article I've written about places that are politically part of the British Isles.
BB
I can't see why the ban on smoking would make people stay at home. After all, non-smokers have put up with the smoking environment for years. Now the tables have turned they are just going to have to accept it. Back home in Ireland (which, by the way Ryan, was the first part of the British Isles to ban it, not Scotland) so many people have now given up because of the ban. It's brilliant, and you can go for a few drinks without coming home smelling like an ashtray.
Ugo A
It's great news for the whole community in general;
Even though I have always personally pushed for a smoking ban in cafes and restaurants, now that the total ban is almost here I feel a bit sorry for the smokers.
The community will eventually benefit as a whole, families will feel at ease going to cafes and restaurants without having to worry about smoke.
But as far as how many people will give uo smoking from the 2nd of January, well, I have my doubts.
Roll on 2nd of January 2007.
The only shame is that the States members have not had the guts to show strengh, leadership and unanimity to the rest of the country and introduce the ban sooner but as always we have to follow rather than to lead.
Merry Christmas and a happy 2007 to all of Jersey.
Pawel
Finally The States have made one good decision! We will no longer be forced to be surrounded by cigarette smoke whenever we want to go out (or should I say: in)
