Why can't we BAN Cigarettes?

[Bogeyman]

WHO urges smoking ban in public places
May 29, 2007 02:19:28 PM PST

The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.

"The evidence is clear. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke," said Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization.

Tobacco use is the world's leading cause of preventable death, accounting for 10 percent of adult fatalities, according to WHO. It is responsible for 5.4 million deaths each year, a figure that is expected to rise to 8.3 million by 2030, the agency says.

Increasing numbers of nonsmokers will also die unless governments take action, WHO said in its 50-page report. It said governments of both rich and poor countries should declare all public indoor places smoke-free, by passing laws and actively enforcing measures to ensure that "everyone has a right to breathe clean air, free from tobacco smoke."

At least 200,000 workers die each year because of exposure to smoke at their offices and factories, according to the U.N. labor agency. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about 3,000 deaths from lung cancer each year occur among nonsmoking Americans.

"This is not about shaming the smoker. This is not even about banning smoking," said Dr. Armando Peruga, who heads WHO's anti-tobacco campaign. "This is about society taking decisions about where to smoke and where not to smoke."

He cited Ireland and Uruguay as governments that have successfully tackled smoking by creating and enforcing smoke-free environments. Legislation of the kind has proved popular among both smokers and nonsmokers, according to WHO, whose policy recommendations set broad goals for its 193 member states but are not legally binding.

Almost half the world's children — some 700 million — are exposed to air polluted by tobacco smoke, particularly at home, WHO says. The agency made its recommendations on the basis of new reports by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the U.S. surgeon general and the California Environmental Protection Agency.

WHO said in 2005 that it had stopped hiring smokers, as part of what it termed its "public lead" in the fight against tobacco.

-- Associated Press

[jazcker]

tax tax tax....

Correct!!!
:chopper:

[mmanson]

masarap ang bawal. so pag pinagbawal ang yosi, lalong hahanap hanapin ng tao yan. baka magkagulo pa.

[finchy18]

be considerate.. tama ka.. pag may mga bata and ibang non smokers syempre umiwas diba..


OT: isa yan sa mga patok na benta nman ang cigars.

[mazdamazda]

PGMA just banned tobacco products from being advertised on billboards...

[oliver1013]

Smoker ako pero sana taasan yung tax sa yosi kahit triplehin pa, kasi para sakin bisyo to at masama sa katawan para yung mga tulad ko na nagyoyosi mag dadalawang isip bumili kung mahal na. At kung bibili parin kahit mahal e yun mtaas ang babayaran na tax. Tsaka sana yung tax na nadagdag sa basic commodities dito nalang hugutin sa yosi.

[czildjianako]

PGMA just banned tobacco products from being advertised on billboards...

pati yata commercial bawal but i might be wrong.

[AnuVaYan]

If we can't ban cigarettes, at least be stricter in implementing the age requirement. Ang alam ko maging dito sa Pinas, hindi pwede drinking and smoking sa minors, pero as a lot of laws dito sa atin, hindi naman nai-implement.

[cablespy]

Napaisip lang ako kanina habang nagyoyosi. Kung ang Droga like marijuana at shabu ay masama sa kalusugan ng tao add to it that it is addictive bakit di kaya i BAN ang Lahat ng sigarilyo?

ban lahat ng addictive at masama sa kalusugan? di lang yosi yan:

1. Softdrinks - contains caffein, addictive. causes diabetes and obesity.
2. Alchohol - dami nagpapatayan pag nakainom. liver damage.
3. Mcdonalds - fatty foods. clog arteries. very unhealthy food but parents feed it to kids.
4. coffee/tea - hardens and clogs arteries. Caffein.
5. Casino's - gambling is addictive. odd are always against you.

[Horsepower]

Well, it's a good step to stop advertisements. It's about time.

There are so many other industries people can earn money from.

Ako, iniiwasan ko talaga smokers. Sobrang bilang din ang kaibigan ko na smokers. Madali kasi ako mahilo sa cig smoke.

sa room ko, may smoke detector. Sa car, di pwede mag-smoke. Pag smoker ka, get out of my sight and smelling range first before you do because not only you're killing yourself, you're trying to kill me too. It doesn't matter who you are.

Usually lang naman sa mga smokers insecure eh because they lacked attention as a child and was deprived of love so they need to hang on to something (in this case, the vice of smoking). May psychological term for this na nakalimutan ko na. They need to be noticed that they're in & "cool" to belong. Tingnan nyo sa call centers, yung mga dating di smokers, naging smokers na rin. Yun yung mahihina ang self-esteem. Fools.