so, basically, you're saying they should build a park for smokers to smoke in. Are we surrounding this park with barbed wire and armed guards? How about reeducation films projected on a 500 foot tall screen?

How am I hurting ANYONE by smoking on the street? Or in my car? Or in my back yard? Smoking and driving isn't a danger (less so than drinking and driving, or talking on a cellphone and driving).

Ultimately, what gives you the right to say what I can or can't do to my own body?

I agree that it's up to a person to decided whether they want to smoke or not. I don't think it should be banned, because everyone knows the risks. But i do think in public places it's really unfair to have to breathe in others smoke.
My mum smokes, and i hate it. I do that same as mole, and leave the room when she lights up, or i cover my nose and mouth with my sleeve or something. But as much as i hate it, it's her decision and she tries not to smoke around me, and i know she can't help it at this point in time.
But what really shits me is when i'm walking down the street, and i walk past someone smoking, and all i breathe in is their smoke for a couple of metres.

Oh and the one thing that pisses me off the most is the people that smoke in their car and fling the butts out the window . That is the most disgusting thing ever! If your gonna smoke and put your health at risk, at least don't pollute aswell!!

hehehe... sorry, ranting again

heh. I don't throw it out the window (unless the ash tray is full). Actually, since I bought my new car I don't smoke while driving. But anyway... I mean, I won't exhale the smoke at people that I'm walking by or anything, but what's a couple seconds of smelling dilluted smoke? There's no health risk associated with that (unless everyone you walked by smoked) and I refer back to my 'stinky person' comparison.

Blah!

second hand smoke is worse, at least you get to suck it through a filtre, we get the unfiltered crap lol

Come now. Do you think smokers don't inhale second-hand smoke also? *grumble grumble*

Minor difference -

=> you want it
=> we don't.

Satis, your only argument seems to be "thats worse, so ban that". Youre trying to distract me from the core of the discussion which is "Ban Smoking?" ans "Why?".

I say: Ban smoking, because it does bad and no good.

You say: Dont ban it, because there are worse things to ban.