Philippines Pres. Duterte to sign smoking ban EO tomorrow.

[hunter_alien]

kurasakiichimaru said:

hunter_alien said:

The problem with this, is that you will have to go a step further and start banning everything that is unhealthy. Smoking, even if only second hand, kills a whole lot of people, but so does sweets, fast food, car emissions and of course, the king of it all, alcohol. The question arises when are you still protecting the innocent bystanders and when your are trampling on other people's right (no matter how bad of a habit it is).

I am a smoker, and I have nothing against smoking only in designated areas. But if I am doing that I am at least expecting a ban on people using their cars in a 1km radius ride around their home, simply for pleasure purposes, as I can guarantee you, that does far more harm than the 1 cigarette I would smoke next to a bus stop.

Sounds like you!re just rationalizing. That's probably a sign you need all the help you can get to get over your smoking problems 

 

And btw you need sugar to live even more so for people suffering from Diabetes actually and you could suffer from hypoglycemia. You need vehicles to get where you are especially in a place such as philippines with no good railway system and the weather too can be a bitch. There's actiually a benefit to deinking alcohol for your health. Heck the liver can actually regenerate. THE KEY IS MODERATION.

 

Smoking does nothing but bad things. I meam we're not talking about medical cannabis anyway.

Belive me, as a psychologist I can guranatee you that that statement is far from truth. You cannot imagine how many people actually need their cigarettes to actually manage their everyday life. Several psychosomatic issues can affect far more a persons life than smoking, something that they often use to get by. It does help socialization, stress relief in general and in some cases even help develop niche interest that will keep some people mentally healthy. Its not as one sided as you might think.

In a perfect society smoking schouldent even exist, but we are far from it.