[FarmerJon]

I don't honestly believe that many people know the scale on which smoking really effects health. It's not just lung cancer which some people seem to think, but it is in the top 5 causes for all kinds of different cancers, it's involved in some inflammatory bowel conditions, it is a SERIOUS cause of heart disease, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema & all kinds of other things. As Funkstar said, it's not just your own health you affect if you smoke, but other people's too. I'm all for public liberty, but by smoking you're also affecting other people's liberty in the same way as if you smacked them in the face tbh. I grew up in a country (belgium) where almost EVERYONE smokes & i honestly mean 7-8 of every 10 people in a pub at least. Pubs and places will comply with the new laws, because if they don't and people who work there get ill then they will sue based on the fact that their employers were neglegent & for once they'd be right.