The irony for smokers in India
Government cannot ban smoking in India. But they cannot promote it either. The tobacco industry makes them huge amount of money. But they cannot be seen as promoting something which fills their coffers.
Now, let’s think about the smoker. Legally… he cannot smoke at a public place. He now cannot smoke while driving. Smoking while someone else is driving? REAL BAD IDEA.
Now, what places cannot be considered public? I really have no f—cking idea. I really do not believe that the government wants the people to smoke inside their houses.
We could have shown some sympathy if the smokers would find smokers lounges at public places. Till date, I have seen just two such lounges in malls in the Delhi NCR region. The mall near my place in Chandigarh had one too.
The basic question remains. Where can smokers smoke legally and without bothering other people?
November 28th, 2007 at 03:43 pm
very gud question & even tho i’m a non-smoker, i’m very sympathetic to my cancer stick addicts. if they wanna ban it everywhere & more, then there shud b places where it’s allowed! it’s really crazy
June 29th, 2008 at 03:02 pm
bhanchod sutta india waloon ko sutta na milega, BC SUTTA NAHIN MILEGA!
nicotine as such doesnt cause cancer. cancer is caused by carcinogens. the tobbaco smoke doesnt contain benzopyrene and nitrosamines, both been proved to trigger 3/1000 cases of cancer. these 2 are found in smokes. and the risk of you getting cancer or impotency is 3/1000 but it cuases major respiratory disorders including TB, whooping cough and alco broncho pneumonia and pneumonia which can kill you but cancer is sorts myth cum rumor cum hoax. as the conc of these has to be high and also must be in raw tobbaco leaf which is not as the leaves are filtered before. so smoke you will not die of cancer but other breathing, respiratory and lung disorders.
i am planning to go to rehab soon to quit smoking ciggi, i quit drugs anyway.