Plans to ban smoking outside hospitals and schools in England
Plans to ban smoking outside hospitals and schools in England
Government proposals could mean some places become vape-free too, subject to consultation.
I smoked cigarettes for 30 years. I say this is a good thing to do and far overdue.
Ditto and ditto
Still addicted (planning to work on that after I've dealt with my employment situation). I always try to avoid forcing my smoke in people's faces and I support this measure.
Good luck 🤞🏻
Typical nanny state
My house isn't inside a school or a hospital, therefore I can't even smoke in my own home. Absolutely raging.
E: Christ. Sad day when a sarcasm tag is clearly needed on a UK community. /s for the people who didn't get it.
I get the sarcasm now but for some reason, I first interpreted the second sentence as a smoker too angry to proofread after fumbling their words.
Fair enough
You'll find other ways to poison yourself and make you smell gross.
Thank you for your input, I'm sure you smell great bro all natural sweat and dog shit not like those "kids these days" and their fruity fumes amirite?
Shocking. I have a small studio flat (it's not much but comfortable) in a surgical operating theatre but will they let me incinerate tyres in an old oil drum? No, they will not!
Hard disagree. Fuck off nanny state.
Ban smoking with proven second hand smoke inhalation effects - sure, incredible overreach but at least there's some semblance of logic, but vaping?
Just...Why? After 20 years of being studied every which way still no negative health effects at all have been found, not first-hand, not second-hand, but what has been found is that it's an extremely good smoking cessation device that actually gets people to stop smoking.
Nah fuck off, bus stops were bad enough but good luck enforcing this, everybody still puffing away at every bus stop and more and more just brazenly on trains and not about to stop anytime soon. Bad enough that not allowing vaping in restaurants/cinemas/cafes/bars is going to utterly obliterate the high street.
Nice try to derail the conversation.
This is about smoking tobacco in children playgrounds, outside hospitals and schools. Explaining it again, because there’s also the chance you’re just a bit thick.
Concerning vaping: Disposable vapes will be banned. That’s it. Wanna rage against that?
Probably you do so because you got your fodder in the Murdoch papers and just need to regurgitate your breakfast. Judging by the lingo.
This is about smoking tobacco
Not exclusively. Please re-read the article and then familiarise yourself with the bill, particularly the following excerpts are relevant:
From the government: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/smoking-ban-introduced-to-protect-children-and-most-vulnerable
Subject to consultation, the government is considering extending restrictions in places that are currently smoke free to also become vape free, especially in areas where there are children and young adults.
(Emphasis mine)
This may sound reasonable, but surely the issue of e.g. a child vaping outside of a school is covered by the fact they shouldn't be vaping as a child anywhere, and thus would either have the vape confiscated by parents taking them home or school staff? Is it currently a large problem of adults vaping outside of schools? Who would do this specifically? Such regulation placed on adults seems just unnecessary.
Unless of course: it's not actually about the children as it tends to be with Murdoch newspaper moral panic-steered policy and is instead a much broader attack on vaping as a culture war issue, which is supported by the broad far less "reasonable" powers granted by this bill as per below:
This sits alongside a ban in the Bill on vape advertising and sponsorship, as well as powers to restrict the flavours, display and packaging of all types of vapes, as well as other nicotine products.
As you can see, your statement
Disposable vapes will be banned. That’s it.
Is flat-out untrue. This is by far not the extent of it clearly.
If I cared to speculate I'd say this is an attempt to win back the elderly vote after the winter fuel payments turned off a lot of those voters.
Probably you do so because you got your fodder in the Murdoch papers and just need to regurgitate your breakfast. Judging by the lingo.
I'm really very sorry, and I do not want to embarrass you, but it appears you're referring to yourself there. It's okay. No one is immune to propaganda and we cannot all dive deep on all topics all the time.
You're being asked to smoke away from children and sick people you prick. Nobody gives a shit about your addiction and lack of willpower. Nobody is stomping on your rights, you're just weak
What the fuck are you even on about? Where did I mention addiction, smoking, willpower, weak or any of those other things you're referring to? Are the looney bins full too?
Fuck vapes and fuck vapers. I don't want to breathe your cloud of toxic fake-fruit-smelling shit.
And so what? Plenty of things I do not like, cars, chippies, fast food, non-brutalist architecture, low-rise buildings, smoking, weed and weed people (nothing against drugs, just weed), etc.
But I understand that others do like those things and that we don't all have to like the same things, and when in a public space with others I will inevitably be exposed to those other things and I don't think it's reasonable in any society with some degree of individual freedoms to campaign the government to ban every single thing I dislike.
We should ban some things, but only with good cause, i.e. the bully XL ban, just too dangerous as it stands.
Vaping is harmless for the vaper and for the non-vaper. You are hurt far more by pollution than anything like this.
Where does it say they want to ban vaping outside schools & hospitals? This is specifically about smoking.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/smoking-ban-introduced-to-protect-children-and-most-vulnerable
Subject to consultation, the government is considering extending restrictions in places that are currently smoke free to also become vape free, especially in areas where there are children and young adults.
This may sound reasonable, but surely the issue of e.g. a child vaping outside of a school is covered by the fact they shouldn't be vaping as a child anywhere, and thus would either have the vape confiscated by parents taking them home or school staff?
This is where I am worried the government is overstepping.
This sits alongside a ban in the Bill on vape advertising and sponsorship, **as well as powers to restrict the flavours, display and packaging of all types of vapes, as well as other nicotine products. **
I know quite a few people who started vaping, but then smoking as well. Their logic seems really backwards to me, but what do I know...
Most people i know smoke, then vape to stop smoking and then they do both just to go back to smoking again. It's just a horrible habit all together. It's disgusting, unhealthy, cigarette litter is everywhere. In fact it's so much so everywhere that we just decided that cigarette butts isn't garbage and can be disposed literally everywhere.