Ok! Am not supposed to smoke in public. What exactly constitutes public places?
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Here in Queensland, Australia we don't allow people to smoke inside buildings like shopping centres etc, within a certain distance to the serving area of a bar, in any place where food is served, at childrens playgrounds, within 10 meters of a building entrance or at bus shelters.\n\nThe legislation in your area would need to be more specific other than "public places".
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I know, I know!  Pick me, pick me!\nWhat needs to happen is that restaurants (and other businesses) must be made to comply with health codes.  That is to say, that the smoking area should be well-ventilated, and separate from the non-smoking areas.  Any restaurant (or business) that doesn't comply must either A) Shut down.  or B) Not allow smoking.  If they decide to go with B, and then violate it, it would be treated the same as any other health code violation, e.g. HUGE fines.\nUnfortunately, the current political climate in our country is all-or-nothing, instead of focusing on compromise.  And instead of eating somewhere that doesn't allow smoking, many non-smokers want NO restaurants or businesses to allow smoking.  Completely unfair.  Everyone is entitled to the pursuit of liberty and happiness, not just the non-smokers.
1025235
Neither should be against the law for adults.  I'm not saying that not wearing your seatbelt or smoking is a good thing to do, but those are personal choices that the gov't has no right getting involved in.
507034
Smoke free patios are the next wave, although the smokers will claim their rights are being violated (what else is new?)  I would like to enjoy the outdoor patios during the summer, but with the smokers flocking to them and puffing away on their dirty, smelly habit, it makes them an unattractive location to enjoy a meal or some drinks.\n\nAmazes me how smokers don't get it.  Smell your closets on a nice rainy day.  Will you ever understand that blowing your smoke in public places is inconsiderate and subjects others to your unpleasant odor (and rudeness).\n\nSuccessful lawsuits against smokers and establishments are just a matter of time.
637185
not in public, please
543507
i think in public is ok, but not in a restraunt, go to the restroom if you really need to blow
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If you hadn't added all the additional details....  Aye.\n\nAnyway!\n\nThis is a very good question, and goes along with mine about why it's okay to let patients and visitors smoke on hospital grounds.  It's NOT okay. \n\nPeace.
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I'm sorry, I'm a little confused -- where are you that smoking is allowed in doors at work? Smokers should be going outside to smoke. I'm a smoker and I would hate it if people could smoke inside the office. Ick.\n\nHow did you get hired to do this presentation if you don't actually have the knowledge/resources to do the presentation? I'd love to know your secret for getting jobs for which you're not necessarily qualified...
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I can't stand them people! as long as we don't blow it in their freaking face they should mind their own business. there is a town close to us that banned smoking even in bars! yeah, you can be a public drunk there but you can't smoke a dang cigarette.
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right indecent exposure i mean cuz its a public place
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Carefully check out your local laws; check your health department to see if they have any advice. Where I live, in the U.S. in a rather conservative state, you can 1) file a lawsuit against the building since they are providing you heat or a/c contaminated by a carcinogenic substance; 2) sue your neighbors for creating a nuisance. Where I live yes, you are free to smoke yourself to death, but you have to contain your cigarette smoke to your unit or outside. \n\nPeople here are also signing petitions to prohibit smoking at all in their apartment buildings/condos. A fascist approach, yes, but they apparently feel it necessary to keep people's carcinogens outside of their own living spaces.
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The reactionary arrogance of some non-smokers is displayed by some of the "answers" here (To the few polite posters, thanks for not resorting to name-calling just because of smoking). However it is in the UK, I bet it's worse here. \n\nI posted this for a question asking about laws against smoking in cars, bars and open air:\n\nI totally agree- They're not only BS, I think they're bordering on infringement of civil liberties (At least the don't smoke in the entire town thing). Why ban smoking in a car? Who else does that effect? Is it because people throw their butts out the window? Why not make a law against that and not smoking in the car?\n\nI don't understand the self-riteousness and cruelty of some non-smokers. If someone is smoking outside, in the street, please just walk around. In Berkeley (motto: the most fascist liberal town in the world!) I would just be smoking outside of a bar, minding my own business (Because I can't smoke *in* the bar, which i'm fine with) and someone would purposefully walk next to me and start fake-coughing at me or yell things like "Smoking's bad for you!" in a derisive way. Duh. I know that. Do you think I'll quit because you yelled something at me? \n\nIt's just too slippery a slope. What's the next thing that people will tell you not to do? Trust me, the toxic gas that comes out of your car's tailpipe is much more likely to cause cancer than walking by a person smoking on the street. So, yeah, if you've driven/been in a car, don't whine about people smoking in open air. Places like Berkeley want to ban your SUV too. Pretty soon, they'll want to take away something that you like to do.\n\nAs for bars, I understand the intent, but I don't see why they can't allow some licensed smoking bars.
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Smoking is banned in all restaurants in California, and, hopefully, it will be banned all across America. You think it is a right to smoke. well, it is NOT. You have no right to infringe on the right of others to breath smoke free air.  Smoke in your home only.\nWhat if I sat in front of your house, with a booming stereo, while you are trying to watch TV?  Well, just as that sound fills the air, so does your smoke. Smoking needs to be banned in all restaurants and all public areas.
997
That's your body telling you that cigarette smoke is bad.  Tell people not to smoke around you.
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I am all for the smoking ban. I used to smoke, and even then, when I smoked, I was right behind the ban. It is not fair that non smokers should have to inhale smoke, and I think the arguement of 'well, just don't go into a pub then' is horrible. It is penalising the non smokers, not the smokers! \n\nBut by all means, puff away in your own home. Freedom to do what you want I say, unless it hurts others.
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Yes. Very much so. And I'm a smoker. I do not smoke in public, around children, or around pregnant women. It is MY choice alone to die of cancer. Not theirs. I do not defend smokers in ANY way. Smoking is a dangerous habit that I wish I could control and quit. Unfortunately, I can't seem to stop. I've been a smoker for 18 yrs. and I will NEVER tell another human being to deal with MY habit in public because I have the right to smoke. They have more of a right to breath and to live with out being wrongly affected by me. I smoke in the privacy of my own home. I apologize for those smokers who do not get it, that WE are the offenders. Keep it up guys...maybe smoking will be banned.
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Positive:  Don't have to smell stinch of rude smokers polluting the air or have people bumping into you with lit cigarettes.  Smokers don't linger around in IHOP and other busy restaurants while others are waiting to eat.\n\nNegative:  Have to hear the smokers whine about their rights to smoke in public.  Bar owners may lose business because smokers boycott their establishments when they find out smoking is banned.