none of those are good reasons to smoke. we know that smoking is really bad for us, but we are too stupid/or cant be bothered to help ourselves, the media is finally now starting to shift smoking from cool to uncool to this generation of preteens - teens,
so given that the attitude towards smoking in this generation of teenagers (or prehaps more likely the next), i think it is a good time to push tobacco smoking into our past. Yes we have the right to smoke but we also need to be saved from our own stupidity
Review of the Evidence for Major Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions The international literature reports high quality scientific evidence for a number of the population-level tobacco control interventions used in New Zealand. In many cases there is supportive New Zealand-specific scientific evidence for such interventions being effective.
New Zealand policy-makers and health workers can be very confident in the scientific basis for major components of the current New Zealand tobacco control programme. Nevertheless, there remain some population-level interventions for which the evidence-base is limited or insufficient and for which further research may be required before their appropriate role can be more accurately defined. Tobacco consumption has reduced by a third in the last ten years. All New Zealand workplaces, including bars and restaurants, are now 100% smokefree, a change that has wide public support. Evaluation of the Impact of a New Smokefree Law' showed more than 90% of Kiwis now live in smokefree homes. In 2003, 59% of Maori households with one or more smokers and one or more children were smokefree, increasing to 74% in 2006. This compares to 65% of similar non-Maori households in 2003 to 68% in 2006.
uh oh looks like the majority has spoken. So what we are saying is that we completely understand your side of the arguement, its just that we dont give a shit. The only people who are bitching about are smokers who are are now a minority.