MANY drinkers smoke, yes.
But not all.

Smoking shouldn't be done in public, unless in a specific area designated for them, where non-smokers can't be harmed by the smoke.

At least I can smoke in my car. Watch them banned that.

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Because second hand smoking poses a health risk for people, I think that there should be some very seperate areas of like a restaurant where people want to smoke. That's been happening for awhile and seems to be going just fine, so I don't really think the ban is necessary...

As a smoker I usually am as courteous as possible for others... i. e. stay like 10 feet from the door and ask if they mind before hand, even when I am in my own home or car (not that I have one but in my friend's, also a smoker, car)

Do I think it should be banned outside? No. You don't like it, walk around if you honestly think 2 seconds of passing through second hand will kill you. Because smoke rises up, it will be up and out of the way in a few seconds. In restaurants, well maybe but you could always just build a partition, i.e. another room with separate ventilation. Thats what Buffalo Wild Wings does here.

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I have nothing against smokers, in fact, nearly every guy on my mum's side of the family smokes. They don't smoke inside anyone's house, including their own, which is quite considerate of them.

This ban is something that has been coming for a long time, and now it's here, there really ain't much that can be done about it. Britain goes smoke-free on July 1st. I, personally, don't see as many people walking around with a cig in their mouth/hand as I used to ten years ago, but it seems like every white teenage girl [I'm not being offensive; I have a lot of friends who do exactly this] around the area I live in smokes 6-7 a day. I wonder what they're gonna do now that they aren't even allowed to smoke in school.

I'm totally for the ban in restaurants, because I'm asthmatic to the extent that I find it physically impossible to breathe if anyone within a five metre radius of me is smoking and I am sat down. I can literally feel my throat contracting and I have to leave that area for the next ten minutes, at the very least. I think it's just tobacco smoke that does that to me though, because I've been around my cousin when he does all sorts of shit, and I've never felt as fucked as I do when there's cig smoke.

A lot of people are saying that this ban will cut the number of smokers. Anyone else think that?

Smoking should be banned in all inside buildings (other than homes, but including apartments/condos/etc) at the very least. If people want to kill themselves, they can do it without (or minimally) harming other people.

Im ok with banning it from familty resturaunts but if they make it illegal ill go crazy ! shit i need one g2g wont be on for weekend either well il ltry to be on

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walk around if you don't like it?

No.
You decided to smoke, YOU deal with the consequences.

eh, no.
we shouldn't have to deal with the consequences of your actions, YOU should.

take your own advice.
if you don't like going outside to smoke; don't come / stop smoking.
YOUR choice.

the point was though that most of the people at these venues are smokers ...

yes, but not all.
it's a health issue, not a 'majority wins'.

Smoking should be banned in public places. I don't care how many times you tell me that it's your right to smoke as you please, I would never let my health be over looked for your act of pleasure. I know a lot of people who get sick from inhailing smoke from people simply around them. In my town, smoking isn't permitted inside, any buildings. It should be like that everywhere.

I'm not going to argue ... because if I wasn't a smoker I probably wouldn't want to be around it too. I'm just saying that I don't think it should be a law ... I think it should be up to the business owners.