If the Almighty Government were that bothered about smoking being a health risk, the sale and UK production of Tobacco products would be made illegal, but because x millions in tax come in from them, they won't.

I'm all for keeping my civil liberties, and one of them is the right to choose not to be choked by second hand tobacco smoke because someone 'needs' a fag. Another liberty that Tony Totalitarian Blair (and Gordon Brownbum) started quickly eroding is to be free to choose where to go without being watched or followed, but that's another topic entirely.

I honestly don't believe that any 'anti-ban' people would want to experience first hand what it's like being unable to help your other half while she hacks her guts up because an inconsiderate sod 'needed' a fag, while we wait for the bus. It was a horrid experience, and I didn't fancy getting a criminal record for punching his lights out "because he was having a fag." The real clincher was that he just sat there puffing away - didn't ask if she was alright, or think that she was fine until he sparked up!