So... New York is about to pass a law that raises the legal age to purchase cigarettes to 21

[CDiablo]

Bristow9091 said:

CDiablo said:
For everyone here hoping for banning I hope something you enjoy doing gets banned. The shit doesnt hurt anyone but the user and doesnt stink up the public unless you are < a few feet from someone exhaling and even that is only for a second or so. It also provides the government with a ton of tax revenue. I dont smoke but it does more for the greater good than harm.

... Actually it harms people around the smoker too, and stinks up some places really bad, like the public transport around here, because all the school kids think it's cool to smoke on the buses, just about every bus I go on smells like smoke and there's discarded cigs and ash all over the floor and seats, and it's generally not a nice environment to be in... thankfully I've switched to walking to work for the majority of the time now...

(PS. Schools around here use public transport for their students, there aren't any dedicated school buses for any of the schools in the area... I wouldn't mind if there were, since I wouldn't be on the same bus as the kids...)

How does it harm people around the smoker. If you are talking about second hand there is not enoug proof that is statistically signifigant in proving that it causes any harm. Theres a reason why the anti smoking lobby has trouble getting smoking banned in most states.