Philippines Pres. Duterte to sign smoking ban EO tomorrow.

[AlfredoTurkey]

hunter_alien said:

naruball said:

Far from the truth.

If someone smokes at a bus stop and then enters the bus, his clothes are still gonna carry some of the smoke/smell (happened to me on Saturday and had problems breathing) .

When someone walks and smokes and you have to walk behind them (unless you cross the street to go walk on the opposite pavement), you will inhale some of their smoke.

If you pass by someone who smokes, you will inhale their smoke.

The list goes on.

This has nothing to do with you being close to them and everything with being unable to avoid smokers no matter when you go when it is legal everywhere in public. Designated areas are much better imo.

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).

 

It's very simple. You can eat sweets, fast food, drink alcohol and none of that will kill or affect me. But if you smoke near me, and that shit gets into my airways, it can and will have an impact on my body. You should not have that right. Smoke all you want, I don't care. But I believe I have the right to NOT have said smoke in my face or around me.