SMOKING- LET ME HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIE MY WAY !

I am a smoker myself. By banning smoking in public places, you cant take my right to do things, the way i want to ! Who has given you the blanket permission to ban smoking ? Have you taken the permission of the smokers, who are as good tax payers like any other ? Please get your own house in order first, before you make diktats. First, stop taking bribes from the taxpayers money. Corrupted people, dont have right to teach or preach, what others want to do with their lives !


My argument is that there is already too much government in our everyday lives.You must agree that people you are proposing to regulate are taxpaying citizens, with every right to enjoy the parks as anyone else. The second-hand-smoke theory is very loosely based on junk science, as so many things are these days. Common sense tells us that for a smoker to affect another person in a open space, such as the parks, he/she would have to be directly in that person's face. It is far more likely that dust and/or any number of other contaminants will be inhaled. If Minister wishes to be so Draconian, they should set aside areas for smokers, as smoking, per se, is not an illegal activity.