Ok, so smoking is a bad habit and it can lead to all kinds of diseases that are affecting not just the smoker, but their families as well.
But surely it's their choice.
They should be allowed, just as much as a non-smoker to do what they want.
I admit I am a smoker, and I am only young.
However I do not believe that we as smokers should be treated as down grade citizens.
We are still people.
The new laws are a fantastic way for non-smokers to enjoy the smoke free environment, but for the smokers we are forced to either wait to smoke or find an alternative way to smoke, such as in a toilet.
This is then going to further cause problems for non-smokers and even some smokers, as the toilets or other areas are going to be totally smoked out.
I recently went on a holiday to South Africa.
Travelling from Manchester Airport.
Now I don't know how many of you have been there, but anyway, going for a cigarette for me was utter hell.
The room almost put me off smoking, except for the fact that I am scared to fly and need that one little stick to calm my nerves.
The room was just a small little place, almost resembling a cave, with no ventelation and no way for the smoke to leave the room.
So not only was I smoking 1 cigarette, I was inhaling the smoke of all the others before me.
Now on my way back from South Africa, I went for a cigarette also.
This was a totally different experience.
Leather couches, a bar, a restaurant and televisions.
This is a poor country.
Yet they still have the decency to treat people who smoke like human beings, and not animals.
You can call me sadm but I even took a picture, to prove to family members back home, the difference between the two.
Now I totally agree that smoking should not be allowed in restaurants.
I think smoking while eating is disgusting and I can understand why people become annoyed.
If I am eating I do not want smoke with my food either.
So I totally agree at that point.
What I do not agree with however is the way that bars are now going to be made smoke free.
So we are pushed out into the cold and even sometimes wet weather.
Everyone knows that when a smoker has an alcoholic drink, they need to smoke.
Why shouldn't they be allowed to do it? Why do we have to be treated differently? And who is to say that the people who don't smoke are the normal ones? I know that there is a lot of science to prove that smoking can cause all kinds of cancers and heart problems, amongst other things, but I just wanted to get the point across, that people who do not smoke can also get these diseases, through no fault of their own or anyone elses.
If you are going to get it you are going to get it! A sad but true fact in life.
People are probably reading this thinking, what the hell is this youngster talking about? You can say all you want.
I just believe that society has the wrong idea about what we should be doing to help each other.
Harsher laws on drugs would be a good start? Don't you think?