Smoking

British society, in recent times, seems to have polarised on the issue of smoking. Personally, I don't know many non-smokers (besides myself) that are 'okay' with other people's smoking. Since the middle of last century, smoking has become more and more unacceptable, even to the degree of the government deciding to ban smoking in pubs and clubs around the country. So the government is looking out for us, right? Well, maybe not, as some may argue that such things as being able to drink 24 hours a day is giving an opposite effect, since alcohol kills many, many people in the UK every year.

So if the government are not trying to protect us from other people's smoke, why pass this law? Well, some could say that the government's decisions are simply a reflection of the populations' wishes, and if so, then the people of Great Britain must really hate smokers. My personal opinion though is that we really need to put this subject into perspective. If you live with a smoker, or if you're exposed to a lot of smoke, then fair enough, complain away, but how many anti-smokers can claim that's the case? One of the great things about modern western society is the freedom to choose what a person wants or doesn't want to do. Let's not take that away, not even issues such as this.