I've had to put up with smokers all these years, now I have to put up with *those ads.

I'm not sure which is worse.



Smoking, as far as I know, kills more people than anything. So why, why is it still legal?

All I can say is I love it that they have banned smoking in pubs and clubs.

Now, the next morning, I wake up with a raging headache, sensitivity to light, no tastebuds, and nauseous as, but MINUS a sore throat, due to inhaling bloody cigarette smoke.

Love it, keep the smoking ban up I say!

lemo87 said...


Now, the next morning, I wake up with a raging headache, sensitivity to light, no tastebuds, and nauseous as, but MINUS a sore throat, due to inhaling bloody cigarette smoke.

Not to mention jeans you might be able to wear again without a wash as long as you didn't spill too much beer on them.

Should also ban alcohol - the health and other costs of alcohol use on our society are far greater than anything.

poor relative said...

I finally gave up the durries 4 years ago.
First day of the rest of my life.
Ban the smokes everywhere i say

I haven't had one for a month now and have no desire to.Hopefully they are out of my life forever.I was pissed on friday night and tried to have a drag on one and nearly greened out couldn't even draw back and it was like poison in my mouth.I smoked for more than 20 years.....

If i can do it anyone can Easty.Like i said after four weeks without one they now taste like sh1t!!

Try patches, gum, whatever, but don't lose your resolve!

Get your mates to ask you every time they see you how the non-smoking is going.

Good luck with it, after three months you'll be

TonyC said...

Should also ban alcohol - the health and other costs of alcohol use on our society are far greater than anything.

As with all rational decisions its cost vs. benefit, just because it has a high cost doesn't immediately make it undesirable.

Jimmyz said...

TonyC said...

Should also ban alcohol - the health and other costs of alcohol use on our society are far greater than anything.

As with all rational decisions its cost vs. benefit, just because it has a high cost doesn't immediately make it undesirable.

What are the benefits of alcohol then?

Family violence, drink driving, public disorderliness, unplanned sex/pregnancies, fetal-alcohol syndrome, pickled livers, impaired judgement, loss of productive time, hangovers.. Nope.. surely those can't be what you're thinking of?

I enjoy a beer after sailing as much as the next guy, but I could easily go without if it meant an end to the negative social side effects of excessive consumption.

I'm with Tony on this one - but again, the govt makes too much money from the excise tax..

08KITERZ said...

Alcohol has and will continue to be an issue - but banning it IMHO would only create further illicit use of same or other substances - Personally I don't have good memories of its use

Smoking is my pet peeve - what is with those that feel the need to go to the beach and smoke? For crying out loud that would have to be one of the ugliest sights and smells to experience.

We are fortunate the powers that be have put the existing bans in place - more to come hopefully, however, overseas travel always opens my eyes up for good and bad reasons and with smoking - I am staggered by the numbers that smoke and the places that they do - ie, in cinema's......

Rant over

Hey some people feel as strongly about kite surfing.Everyone has/should have the right to choose.
Over the top anti smokers sh!t me to tears...they still consume and polute without a thought for anyone else just like everyone else does.
Your car pumps out more noxious,cancer causing poison gasses in your drive to the beach than a smoker does in a day and i bet you don't think twice about that.
Lay off the smokers they have the right to smoke ...and i'm a non smoker!!

walshd said...
Fark, while your there mr do gooder, go out and ban fast cars, motorcycles, petrol, paint and anything else that could potentially harm someone.

Yipes! I was merely responding to the JimmyZ's comment about cost vs. benefit. The costs of alcohol are easy to see, the benefits, not so much..

What I was getting at is that the organisations responsible for banning, or not banning things, rather than making the decision based on a broader 'cost v benefit' decision, are motivated more by the money aspect. (which is only a small part of the picture)

Classic case of 'take what I can get now, without worrying about what it'll cost me tomorrow'. Look where that attitude has got the finance companies, and Wall st lately!

Panda is onto it - smoking and boozing are fine, as long as you're not forcing other people to deal with your consequences.

Make your choices, just don't f*** it up for the rest of us.

Is it beer o'clock yet?

mytchook said...

I gave up smokes "cold turkey" a week ago and haven't had a single craving. I read - Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking". That book is brilliant. It is written by a guy who used to smoke over 100 cigarettes a day and he has heaps of clinics world wide. The book doesn't put you down for being a smoker it just rationalises everything. The book also encourages you to keep smoking whilst reading the book and by the end you just don't smoke anymore and so far I haven't felt like one at all. I am glad I am a non-smoker now.

I read that book. It worked for me too,(and many others). Read it in one sitting, smoked the whole way through, and then just stopped. Dont bother with patches and gum etc. You're still addicted to nicotine. Ya just stop.

walshd said...

What are the benefits of alcohol then?

Family violence, drink driving, public disorderliness, unplanned sex/pregnancies, fetal-alcohol syndrome, pickled livers, impaired judgement, loss of productive time, hangovers.. Nope.. surely those can't be what you're thinking of?

I enjoy a beer after sailing as much as the next guy, but I could easily go without if it meant an end to the negative social side effects of excessive consumption.

I'm with Tony on this one - but again, the govt makes too much money from the excise tax..

Fark, while your there mr do gooder, go out and ban fast cars, motorcycles, petrol, paint and anything else that could potentially harm someone.

Hell, why dont we put the tax up on alcohol again!! that made a farkin big difference eh?


When will people learn that no matter what you do, someone will always abuse it or ruin it for the rest of us.
Banning is not the answer. Dryzones are a good solution to problem areas. And closing certain hotels is a possible solution too.

Its a bit like saying Kiteboarding should be banned everywhere in Australia. This is ludecrous, but high density public beaches are actually a good idea.



Beer tastes great! it has been helping fat chicks get laid for over 30 years and supports all the local farmers who grow Barley.

ode to the cold beer!!

Here here, thats the way, to many do gooders, lets wrap ourselves in cotton wool & not surf, kite, ect ect cos we mite get hurt, we wouldnt even think of that. If some one wants to smoke let them ita a free country aparently. Im not a smoker but beleive in freedom of choice myself

I quit smoking 2 yrs ago but I'm still addicted to nicotine lozenges

However I still firmly believe in choice. It is disgusting that they have banned smoking outdoors like at an alfresco restaurant with smoky cars going past. Now they extend that to you can't even smoke when walking past an alfresco restaurant. They are trying to ban smoking in the whole street if there is a few eateries there, and that is just wrong. I would never light up, neither would any other smokers I know, if it was going to blow towards somebody still eating. In 10 yrs of smoking I never saw anyone do it.

Not smoking at workplaces and having to go off site totally is also wrong... why can't two guys have a puff in the carpark 20m from the door to the building?

As for those who advocate a good inhale of THC - no way. Mull leads to mental problems and I have seen many people in psychotic episodes kill others, smash the house up and so on. And that is after they stopped smoking mull ... the brain damage can be permanent. Mull affects OTHERS more than smoking tobacco does.

windsurfer44 said...

apparently there are these new pills you can get, my boss is on them and has had no urges to have a drag or anything.

Are they small blue ones?

I wonder when it will be as socially acceptable to bag out a fat person eating a burger as it is to bag a smoker. Being a fatty is just as bad for you, and the health system.