Comments by "JamesT" (@Parawingdelta2) on "starmer's smoking ban plans" video.

  1. I'm a non smoker, and live in Queensland, Australia, where there's been bans on outdoor venues for many years, including beaches (between the flags) and bus stops. One of the problems with all the arguments, for and against smoking regulations, is that you can go around in circles with one point of view fracturing the other. The health argument often points out things like alcohol and food with high sugar or fat content. Ironically, it's likely that the tax on those products probably contributes to health care and pensions. I look back in my early years when I used to attend the various pubs for just the one shandy (which lasted until 10pm) and in depth conversation about world issues and other people smoking never bothered me. Now, if someone smoking is within a kilometre, I'll be looking around for the culprit with my finger on the 'smoking police' number. It's true what Nigel Farage says about destroying the old pubs or at least be the final nail in the coffin. At least with random breath testing people could still go to the pub as long as they didn't drive home. Happened here. No good old pubs now, just a combination of bistros and betting shops.
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