Banning public smoking to reduce the number of people who smoke is low on people's list of priorities. Government should not use legislation to force people to give up smoking.
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Related We have to treat smoking as a major public health issue. We have to reduce the extent to which young... ANDREW LANSLEY Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be ... SOPHIE ANDERTON We all know that tobacco smoking is harmful. What about the rights of the majority of people who don... HARRY DAVIS Keeping children from smoking starts with parents and their behavior. Some parents say they disappro... KARL HILL The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property awa... NEAL BOORTZ Parents who smoke feel guilty about being role models for smoking; they feel hypocritical about tryi... CHRISTINE JACKSON Nobody should have to breathe someone else's smoke passively and a smoking ban I am sure would be we... CRAIG WRIGHT The ongoing decrease in the number of people smoking in California is a major public health achievem... DR. MARK HORTON They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people i... BILL MAHER Have you not reason then to be ashamed and to forbear this filthy novelty, so basely grounded, so fo... JAMES VI & I There are often people standing outside near the entrances of buildings smoking. This affects others... GEORGIA CHILDS Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to s... CHRISTY TURLINGTON Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before th... KARI APPLER What we're trying to do here is just to have people who smoke recognize themselves in these ads and ... LENA DIBBLE Smoking appears to confer a modest elevation in breast cancer risk, ... Certainly this relationship ... FRED HUTCHINSON Nobody should smoke cigarettes - and smoking with an ulcer is like pouring gasoline on a burning hou... DR. SARA MURRAY JORDAN Something novel may be motivating those older people who do give up smoking - either they are really... HEATHER WHITSON Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girl... JAMES COBURN As a destination resort, you must always search for ways to exceed your guests' expectations. We fel... FRANS MUSTERT The fact that parents who smoke can exert a protective anti-smoking effect on their children might s... CHRISTINE JACKSON They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more ... BILL MAHER My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people. BOB SCHIEFFER Smoking is part of the Spanish culture. To go to a bar where there is no smoke, it's like you're not... JAVIER GONZALEZ I understand that people don't want to smoke. Fine. Don't smoke. You don't want to go into a restaur... MIKE DITKA We created an environment to accommodate people so people weren't angry, so people weren't upset and... CHRISTOPHER WEST Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God PEOPLE OF CHRIST I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. EDWARD NORTON There was no significant difference in risk between men who quit smoking and those who continued to ... IRWIN GOLDSTEIN But when you're talking about smoking, the message doesn't change; it stays the same. Elimination of... CHRISTOPHER HAIMAN Well, I'm not here to impinge on anybody else's lifestyle. If I'm in a place where I know I'm going ... FRANK ZAPPA Most of the people Italked to would love to get rid of smoking, DAVID JENSEN People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon ... DONALD RUMSFELD Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girl... JAMES COBURN The take-home message is to never start smoking, and if you do smoke, to quit. CHRISTINE BERG Ten million adults in England are smokers. The experience in Ireland has taught us that people do gi... AMANDA SANDFORD All of these factors are important in delaying or preventing daily smoking, but parental smoking is ... KARL HILL If people can be inspired by this campaign to give quitting a go, then hopefully we'll see smoking r... GLENN MITCHELL Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER What we're trying to do is use some of the same legal tactics that have been so effective against th... GEORGE WASHINGTON Actually the government wanted to sign the law last December. It's just that the officials had not p... PRAKIT VATHESATOGKIT But (this finding) could be one other reason for people to quit smoking if they are smoking now. JENNIFER GLASS If we were here talking about dangerous dogs smoking, the city would have authority. This is not abo... PATRICK O'NEILL Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three ... DR. C. EVERETT KOOP The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL This is a good-faith effort on our part to try and reduce the number of people who are incarcerated. CARL BREWER Changing our consumer behaviour is similar to quitting smoking. Unless people are shocked into doing... JOHN QUELCH Perhaps sport should accept sponsorship from the Mafia. They kill fewer people than smoking. ALAN HUBBARD Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst of... FRANK DOBSON People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me! WENDY LIEBMAN By increasing the cigarette tax, Tennessee will reduce smoking, save lives and help offset the risin... JEANETTE SCHATZ You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking... WILLIAM SAROYAN People under stress often drink more than they otherwise would. It's the same thing for smoking -- p... DR. CECIL WILSON Stopping smoking is something I think I would have put right at the top of the list. DR. WILLIAM SCHAFFNER The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK A lot of the public thinks of us as dope-smoking, drunk hippies and we're not. DARRIN WALTERS It has nothing to do with pushing an agenda. Hollywood is going with the times. It's not cool to smo... ANDERSON JONES It has nothing to do with pushing an agenda. Hollywood is going with the times. It's not cool to smo... ANDERSON JONES The culture is about moving to a place where tobacco and smoking isn't part of normal life: peop... ANDREW LANSLEY I don't think it's occurred to people. Especially people who commute from the suburbs, they may not ... JUDY PARDONNET In order to have sacred thoughts, give up the vices like consumption of non-vegetarian food, smoking... SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Very early on, I decided I didn't want smoking in the movie. It's not really a movie about smoking, ... IVAN REITMAN Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking. NAT KING COLE If people are caught smoking in a building that doesn't have a smoking room, the building owner idea... FAUZI BOWO The more times people try to stop smoking, the better chances they have of eventually stopping it al... KAREN STEINBERG Surprisingly, only 35 smoking rooms were reserved through 2010. We called all 35 people and let them... ROB DOUGHTY Patients that enroll in smoking cessation programs on their own are highly motivated to quit, but re... BELINDA BORRELLI People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me! WENDY LIEBMAN I serve to a large drinking and smoking crowd and currently it is the choice of people who come to t... MIKE LIBBY I don't like being around smoke and i don't want her around smoke, so if I take her to a restaurant ... JASON MEADOWS So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it... DAMIEN HIRST We believe that there is a growing awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke and that smoking in ... CATHY PETERS Even those social smokers who only smoke sometimes, are addicted. They just need less of it, but the... ABHISHEK KUMAR We're running out of people on our list. A lot of people on our list did not return applications. We... CAROL CARTER The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The legislation will not improve the safety of the residents of Ontario and will not reduce the numb... CLAYTON RUBY The biggest issue with lung cancer, as we know, is that smoking is the number one cause of lung canc... KAREN CARPENTER You are not smoking cigarette, it's cigarette that is smoking you. VIKRMN It's not about smoking. It's about who gets to regulate it. PATRICK O'NEILL I have put forward a motion to the upcoming NPC session suggesting the State Council (the central go... CHEN GUIYUN Increased use of public transportation is the single most effective way to reduce America's energy c... WILLIAM MILLAR Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legisla... PETER SINGER Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well... DONALD RUMSFELD To see the devastation on the countries and on the peoples' faces. Sometimes people kind of take lif... JERMAINE O'NEAL If you don't have the smoking gun, then it's pointless to hector interviewees. Because you j... DAVID FROST I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. ... GERRIT SMITH Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government ... HARRY BROWNE I've never known anyone to tamper with their smoke detectors, I knew one guy who tried smoking out t... WILL DAVIS I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't belie... BARBARA KELLY
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