“- Some 38% of adults in Nottingham smoke, giving the city the second highest rate in the country.

Do people die younger in Nottingham from a higher incidence of so called 'smoking related diseases'?”

“The department of health is putting the £100,000 up, this is a government body. Why tinker around at the edges? The government should have the courage of there convictions and ban smoking period. Smokers will soon do their cold turkey and get over it, the country and smokers will be better for it too. There is a good argument for banning smoking now in this day and age the evidence is undisputable. It¿s not about free choice; addiction has taken free choice away from smokers. Addiction is an illness and banning smoking is what the government must do NOW.”

“Like enjoying a cigarette is the ultimate sin.How many people light up a cigarette and then start fighting shouting, and threatening violence and intimidating the public? No one.Yes you've guessed it,iam refering to the binge drinkers of booze Britain who after a few drinks wouldnt think twice about maiming or scaring you for life, Why? because you happen to bump into them in a pub or you unfortuinately catch there attention for some drunken reason So why is the smoker so victimised and looked down on by society, dont you thint binge drinkers and louts that cant have a drink without spilling out on to the streets terroriseing and subjecting all to there antisocial behaviour. This is not a figment of my imagine,it is fact.Go and spend an hour sitting in your local A&E at the weekeng and tell me how many people you see covered in blood or vomit as a result of enjoying a cigarette? Again no one.A ballance needs to be struck between the coverage that the smokers recieves in the media otherwise the seriousness of the drink problems will never seem that much of a problem compared to smokers.So please before criticiseing smokers, ask yourself this question..Would you prefer and feel safer walking past a bunch of smokers on the otherside of the road or chance walking down the same road with fighting or abuse being hurled at you, i know what my choice would be. Jonathan, Leicester”

“gis a drag, dont tell me, your bad habit is the inability to spell - too much nicotine at a young age, or too much ar*e action from your ¿special friend¿ ??”

“or maybe zimbabwe so he can talk about gay rights with uncle bob”

“deport sadbadger to the socialist wonderland of the antartic .”

“legislation has been brought in such that smokers have to do it anyway from people who don't smoke in order to negate passive smoking . that's enough in my book , protection of non smoker's health is the top priority . the marginalisation of smokers should be ample incentive to them to realise it's a bad habit and they should quit . if you want to spend money on addiction , target drug users , high lighting the health issues ,the crime and violence that goes hand in hand with maintaining their habit . when smokers start mugging people so they can buy their fags then get on their otherwise if they're not bothering anyone else , leave them be ,”

“the only decent pie

Mr arn't I a wonderful human being!!! We all have some bad habits and I think I know what yous is.....

Wa*&#*g

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“As a non smoker, i have no problems with people making a choice as to whether they smoke or not; my issue is with the continual bombardment of misinformation for those who choose to smoke. It is more than the nanny state, it would appear to be communism through the back door, or dictatorship if you prefer.

People have the right to smoke, drink, or do whatever they choose to do as long as it is legal. Why should people who make certain choices be villified, and at considerable cost to the taxpayers, particularly when these considerable sums of money could be better spent.”

“Keep on smoking folk's, it's your body and don't let them rule your life!”