I dunno how this works in other countries but the main reason the government isn't actively telling people to stop smoking is because we have to pay a good 4 euro's tax over a 5 euro pack of cigarettes. If everyone stopped smoking in this country at this very moment, our economy would collapse. And that's not even a joke, thats a fact.

You've got to start somewhere.

Most people work their way up to heroin, do they not?

I don't think governments / society would collapse, but they would lose a sizable chunk of tax.

Alcar...

Yet more Proof (cap P) that our governmental system is, quite frankly, b*llocks and doesn't genuinely are about our health. If they did, they'd just stop smoking, but they need our money (which they already have plenty of, but always say they don't have enough, which is BS). Materialistic fools.

*rants*

I thought I saw something on the news saying smokers weren't allowed (at the very least certain) NHS services, because they did it to themselves out of their own choice, since they smoke. I saw a case with a smoker being denied cancer (I think) treatment because he smoked.

The more butts on the ground = The more I can illegaly smoke.

Heh. That's a bit like how my state (Victoria) ended up with several hundred million less in the budget than they were expecting because people started respecting the speed limits and stopped getting fined.

My fag butts are made of hemp and are so very biodegradable. Mmmmodern.

My mum smokes too much.

She started when she was 14, behind the sport shed.

She bought a black christmas tree last year.

I love my mum.

I love your mum, too.

Hey, who hasn't?
Sure, she wears combat boots, but to me thats kind of a turn on right now.
Anyhow, I'm in class so no more picking up cigs for me.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
I don't think I'll ever litter again for as long as I live.

I once said the same thing about sex with cadavers. Never again, I said. But look at me now.

Ok...

Fun little fact about the no smoking rule in England:

The heaters used to keep the little smoking areas outside warm are more hazardous for the environment then regular smoking would ever be.

But it's balanced out by the fact that they're quickly stolen and found later imbedded in a tree a few KM away.

God bless the British.

I don't think it was ever about the environment. It's about public health.

How about a little thought before your posts non?

Don't be ridiculous.