I've been spending more time in the pub recently, and it's got me thinking (yes, it hurt):
- Smoking is bad for you
- Passive smoking is more harmful to your health that smoking itself
- Pubs are full of smokers smoking
Does that mean that, for the sake of your health, you should smoke when in a smoky place, as the air you breathe will be less lethal through your cigarette that it will be out of someone else's mouth?
When you smoke though, you don't take every breath through your fag, so you'll still be breathing in some second-hand smoke. But would it still be worth it to smoke so you get slightly less passive smoke? That's assuming you don't try to chug any through your own cigarette. Hmm.
The logical halt to this conversation is to say that people shouldn't smoke. That's all very good to say, but people like their nicotine. The government plan on banning smoking in pubs and restaurants, but smoking will still ensue in other places. I think it's an unhealthy vice that's here to stay, and no legislation will stop that. Plus, the government needs people to smoke - it's how they fund the country.
And finally, kids, don't smoke.
