by John Waters

Created on: November 19, 2008

Smoking in the UK: Was the government right to ban smoking in all public places

Well, that I think depends upon the sort of government you want, or perhaps deserve! Perhaps as a non smoker you applaud a government that imposes such a ban. You feel that this is really good for your health and the health of the nation and of course you are absolutely right. Smoking is a fithy dirty habit that kills people, both smokers and standersby, and it should of course be totally and absolutely banned! This is a government that has the health of its citizens as a number one priority and is proudly doing the right thing by its people. Indeed, so proud are they that they pioneered this nationwide mass people preservation scheme that they now have the bit between their teeth. Mass health protection is the new order of the day. Next on the agenda is alcohol. Well what else! You can still party without fagsmoke but most parties will flop without alcohol. So here we go, warning labels on alcoholic beverages, tax hypes on alcoholic beverages, constant tv ad nagging on the dangers of enjoying a drink, that is already happening, and probably not long before a total ban on drinking in public. Perhaps as a teetotal non smoker you welcome such a ban from a government that really cares about your health but no time to applaud because our mass health care government is already turning its attention to what we eat. Fast food, junk food, salty food, our government has to protect us. Now under discussion is a tax on junk foods and directives on what children can have in their school lunch boxes. Perhaps even this is welcomed by our health concious killjoy pals but how about the next logical moves of such a government already looking at mass medication and screening schemes and refusing national health service treatment for obese persons and smokers even though they have paid subscriptions for a life time!

Our health conscious UK government has been so busy imposing its will on the masses that they seem to have overlooked endless possibilities for further health protection of the nation by mass legislation. Still, I am sure it wont be that long before they discover the appalling health risks from carcenogenic diesel emmisions. This is rather surprising though since the Japanese government seem to have been aware of the danger to national health for such a long time(about ten years in fact). The Japanese government took immediate action to ban old diesels from their city streets once they had

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