Passive smoking!

yes but the stupid government and the stupid public will never want this.
this is called .......India

I too think of this matter what can we do. Our Government should take action against smoking...

Smoking is bad and every cigarette pack warns. The smoker well knows the danger and hence this is his outlook. He has freedom to smoke in
spite of the risk known. But non smokers should not be subjected to risk through inhaling secondary smoke. Hence, smoking in public places is banned, As regards private places, it is for concerned persons to see what is best for them.

yes but the stupid government and the stupid public will never want this.
this is called .......India

We can't blame the Government its the public who are violating the rules..

Apart from the above mentioned facts by the members there is also another vital fact which will prevent the government from banning it as it earns huge revenue from it and hence it can never even in its dream think of totally banning it....

Some studies had reveled that passive smoking also causes death due to cancer.So I think smoking is to be banned.

Total ban on smoking is neither pragmatic not Democratic. Each individual has a right to choose what he consumes. As passive smoking is harmful even to non smokers, there is ban on smoking in public.

Cigarette companies should stop this. But they won't stop. So,government should have to take steps to stop them,to ban them.

Gulshanji,You are right.
In a democratic country citizen has rights.But that right should not deny others right to live.

Gulshanji,You are right.
In a democratic country citizen has rights.But that right should not deny others right to live.

That is why smoking in public places is banned. Smoking privately does not affect rights of others.

You are right.But most of the smokers think that when they get some distance away from the crowd they are private.Private means a place where they own and not used by others.Will one smoke in only such a place?

We cannot have short sighted vision of what is private. If there are only smokers at a place and others are absent or too few, it is no use quarreling with them. I have seen people drinking and smoking even in Govt. offices after close of office hours when there is no public around. We have to be pragmatic and cannot make an issue. If most of people around are non smokers, nobody should smoke.

But what we see today is a wrong practice.When there is no one for some minuts a public place becomes a private place!

But what we see today is a wrong practice.When there is no one for some minuts a public place becomes a private place!

This is true but we cannot help. When there are more people of a kind, they will definitely dominate. We may request or even force some smoker, but when they are in majority and adamant, it may not be worthwhile to pick up quarrel.

Government can only stop such acts. No other organisation can stop this.

Government can only stop such acts. No other organisation can stop this.

Government have already done their job and we may not expect more. Smoking in public places is banned. It is not possible to restrict anyone at his private place. Smoker's family can interfere at home.

Yes, Government has banned smoking in public places but one can smoke in private places if their family permits them to do so but it would be advisable for the family members ask the person to quit smoking if not for himself then at least for the family...

Yes, Government has banned smoking in public places but one can smoke in private places if their family permits them to do so but it would be advisable for the family members ask the person to quit smoking if not for himself then at least for the family...

I agree. Families have a greater role in cultivating good habits and discouraging the bad ones. Many individuals in fact do not smoke in presence of non smokers. Even inside their home, they move to a seperate room or corner and return after smoking a cigarette. Everyone now realizes the harm of smoking but it is not so easy to quit. It is even then heartening that smokers care about others- colleagues, friends and family.

I think it should be ban at public places and working place . Govt should allow only at home.

I had witnessed another thing.When banned in public places one called an auto and lighted a cigaret and travelled till it burnt!