Our wonderful government is about to pass legislation that will ban smoking in New Zealand bars, restaurants and casinos (as well as a few other places like schools. But strangely, if you have been naughty, and are in prison, you are free to smoke all you want).
Again Nanny State Labour, is flexing it's big muscles and telling all of New Zealand what they should and shouldn't be doing. Forget thinking for ourselves, this is sheep land, and Labour is on it's power trip, treating us all like sheep. Hospital waiting lists are getting longer, break a bone and you may get treatment by christmas. Schools are getting shut down, a lot of social government departments are getting more and more unsocial in their behaviour and the poor are getting poorer, pretty much everything Labour is meant to stand for.
But I digress, now smoking is almost banned. Why doesn't the government simply outlaw it altogether? I mean prohibition, is doing wonders at keeping illicit drugs in check. No, banning cigarettes will never happen, but it is a money matter, I checked the revenue figures, 2% of the government's revenue is directly from tobacco sales, cut that out and the country is bankrupt overnight!
So all us New Zealanders are slowly loosing our rights to free choice. Why can't we choose to frequent a smoke free bar, or choose to have a nice brandy in a cigar bar? Why not let people decide what kind of environment they want to be in??! No Helen says......
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12/12/2003 1:46 PM
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Similar legislation has been introduced in North Dakota. There is a strong opposition from the restaurant and liquour industries. These industries oppose the proposition for monetary reasons. There are several local restaurants that banned smoking. I'd rather visit these. The act of smoking contradicts the natural order of things. Sticking a burning weed in my mouth seems stupid, but it is still a choice some people make. I say leave it up to the owners and operators of the service establishments. If they want to die from cancer, let them.
11/02/2004 6:26 PM
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As long as they dont ban smoking at home!
19/02/2004 10:45 AM
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i think smoking should be banned because my gramma is dieing?
19/02/2004 10:47 AM
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i don't want them to ban smoking because it dose't harm you
25/02/2004 12:21 PM
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How many people need to die each year to prove how deadly tobacco is? Isn't 440,000 deaths per year enough or will we wait until 2030 when it'll be up to about 1 million deaths?
5/03/2004 5:45 PM
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none
5/03/2004 5:47 PM
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yess
9/03/2004 11:27 AM
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I don't think that they should ban cigarettes, because the smoker is making the active choice to smoke the thing that is killing them, just like a man who wants to commite suicide is making a choice to kill himself.
10/03/2004 5:27 PM
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SMOKING SHOULDN'T BE BANNED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE PEOPLE BE HEALTHY. AND THE CONSTITUTION STATES THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS, SO WOULDN'T SMOKING BE CONSIDERED A RIGHT ALL MEN AND WOMEN IN AMERICA; AGES 18 AND UP?!?!?!?!?
11/03/2004 3:17 PM
# Really...NNNNaaaaaaaa...this is a joke
I Love Cigarettes because they make you more masculine. YEAH. Yerp...HeHeHeHe
18/03/2004 9:04 AM
# Cigarettes are being banned.
I think in the long run the banning of smoking will help the society as a whole. Right now it is opposed, by some strongly, but i believe it must be done eventually.
30/03/2004 2:41 AM
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its an addiction that no one can help and many smokers dont want to give up and if theyre on a journey then they have to last for a very long time without a fag.... i know some one who gets a very bad temper when they dont have one!!!!
1/05/2004 6:53 AM
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SECONDHAND SMOKE HARMS. JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DIE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WANTS TO DIE WITH YOU .
12/05/2004 5:36 PM
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its about time
12/05/2004 8:54 PM
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i don think it should be banned coz in the night clubs people might spike ur drink
13/05/2004 6:21 AM
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wot jus coz a few people dnt like it!!!! thats selfish
13/05/2004 6:24 AM
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good!!
13/05/2004 11:48 AM
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it should be banned coz i'm being made to do a debate on smoking being banned!@#$%^&*()_+
3/06/2004 5:59 PM
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omg this is going to be mint i cant belive it hahahaha na its going to be MINT lots of peps are goin to live and in loving it MINT MINT i can belive it! Like i said this is going ta be MINT omg this is going ta be MINT! I love ya all so keep it smiling and be MINT YA ALL
8/06/2004 1:51 PM
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I Think It's Great They're being banned! It not only harms the smoker but it harms someone else if they inhale the smoke
11/06/2004 6:45 PM
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i think cigarettes should be banned, coz we have rigthts to keep ourselves healthy and happy. when you are smoking, the others are smoking as well. imaging u have children. what about if they breath more than u smoke.
17/06/2004 6:40 PM
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smokin is a big issue at the moment and it needs to be looked at from both points of view. as an ex smoker i know how releaving it is to take a refreshing drag of a cigarette. but i also know how anoying it is not to be a smoker and have to sit with smokers. There has to be an arrangement where we can all be happy. smokers and non-smokers
23/06/2004 2:37 PM
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Yess i thin k that cigarettes should definatly be banned because soo many people are dying from cigarettes or smoking so yessss
23/06/2004 2:38 PM
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No way i smoke and i reckon that they rock and keep the marawana
28/06/2004 2:45 PM
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I think that the schools should expell people who get caught smoking because they are killing themselves and the other people around them!
28/06/2004 2:49 PM
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Its about time cause mi great uncle died from smoking
28/06/2004 2:52 PM
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I think that smoking should be banned because my grandma got cancer from it but she faught it and she is alive and well. She decided to give up when she saw her grandchildren lokking at her in a weird way when she was caughing
28/06/2004 3:02 PM
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I think it's about time smoking was banned even though it,s your own choice if you smoke."Who cares if you die from smoking" Who cares if they are killing other people. And who cares about the effect it has on your family you obviously don't because you are doing all of that with every puff you take!
7/07/2004 11:20 PM
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SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES AND AROUND NON-SMOKERS
ROCK ON DUDE
7/07/2004 11:33 PM
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JUST LET THE GOVERMENT CHOSE WOT HAPPENS TO SMOKING, I MEAN THEY CHOSE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS COUNTRY!!!
7/07/2004 11:36 PM
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WELL COME ON DUDES DO WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE SMOKING EVERY WHERE CLOGING OUR LUNGS?
PS
CHARLIE U R A DUDEST
7/07/2004 11:38 PM
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i know i am dude
7/07/2004 11:39 PM
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Nirvana rocks, smoking doesn't
7/07/2004 11:39 PM
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hi dude how r u im graet this is so cool but where right next to each other
7/07/2004 11:41 PM
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smokind is very very very very very very very very very very very lame
7/07/2004 11:41 PM
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i think smoking is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very verygay.
ps hi lauren
7/07/2004 11:42 PM
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maybe we should just stop talking
7/07/2004 11:43 PM
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i love men but i am a man i hate smoking
7/07/2004 11:44 PM
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i luv men who don't smoke!!!
15/07/2004 6:42 PM
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i hate guyzz who r smoking!!!!!!bad habitzzz..guyzz care of urself..
26/07/2004 8:40 PM
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Keeping smoking legal is foolish. We need to ban smoking now before it affects the community, environment and health of this country seriously.
20/08/2004 3:20 AM
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I would love to see smoking banned in my country but I can't see it being enforced. Why don't we strike a happy medium and ban it in public places? Then those who want to slowly kill themselves can do so without affecting me.
26/08/2004 6:21 PM
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Yeah it's great
26/08/2004 6:22 PM
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I think men who smoke are sexy!
31/08/2004 1:12 AM
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I don't agreee people don't get forced into smoking they have a choice . They know what the effects of smoking are yet they still choose to smoke. So no smoking shouldn't be banned it there own free will.
10/09/2004 11:09 AM
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it shoud be banned cause i said.
16/09/2004 7:19 AM
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well i fink that it shouldnt b banned in pubs any way cause if u dnt smoke then dnt go in a pub!
18/09/2004 1:19 AM
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Its our choice. Taxes will go up on drinks and petrol if the government ban smoking. We should be allowed to puff away.
10/10/2004 9:52 PM
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smoking should defitnally be banned i hate da smell and im doing a debate on smoking and i got alot of info on some peoples comments.
18/10/2004 10:50 AM
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Every single human being on this earth can live without cigarettes so what does that make them? They are simply a leftover fashion statement from the 60's when smoking was cool. Smoking related diseases place massive strain on the health sector which is why you and I go on a 3 year waiting list for a simple operation. I have no sympathy for smokers. They deserve what they get. It's a disgusting habit so bring on December 2004 when they have to go outside the bar / club to have a puff. Suckers.
25/10/2004 4:20 PM
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ban the cancer sticks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/11/2004 9:19 PM
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its just ridiculous to ban smoking.i mean i dont condone it and yea its not good for ya, but if they gonna ban smokin they should also ban alchohol and fatty foods... cuz arnt these things just as bad for us?how many ppl die a yr due to alchol and Coronory Heart Diseases due to over eating.be realistic. smokin is bad for u.but in the end. so are a lot of things.and we all gonna die oneday anyhow.
23/11/2004 6:44 PM
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well to me its just our choice if we wanna ban it or not
everything is going the goverments WAY!!
2/12/2004 3:02 PM
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Many people want them banned because it doesnt just harm u it harms people beside u. My teacher said that her dad smoked and she got an ear enfection from the second hand smoke. So she had to leave that and it cleared up.But she started smoking which was a big mistake and her ear infection came back. Do u no how many poeple die a year from smoking. smoking is stupid. Thank god my brother got my step dad to stop or i dont know where i would be right now. Please ban the cancer sticks!!!!
2/12/2004 3:11 PM
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yes tans that is true but smoking effects not only u but the ppl around u and i dont want to be one of those ppl.i am just a kid and i hate it when someone walks by and i have to hold my breath because they are smoking and i dont want to be effected with it. And by the way Smoking makes u smell like crap.No one wants to be around someone that smells like crap.Think about it.
7/12/2004 11:50 AM
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andrea what do u think of the ban
14/12/2004 9:36 AM
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doctors have yet to find a direct link to second hand smoke and cancer. ITS PPL'S FALSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL GET CANCER IF YOU BREATHE IN SMOKE!! smoking shouldn't be banned because ppl have the right to smoke and its not fair to exclude them from things for it!
14/01/2005 5:27 AM
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Cigarettes should be banned because it is a health hazard and when people throw out there cigarette butts it is littering and it could also set forest fires. Also because they are not biodegratable.
14/01/2005 1:43 PM
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yes now one cannot light a fag anymore but can still marry one! quoted from the nz herald a few days after the civil union bill passed
15/01/2005 3:49 AM
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BAN SMOKING
25/01/2005 6:48 AM
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im a kid in grade 8 and im doin a stupid debate on why smoking should not be banned in public places. i really need help because the kids in my class who are going againest me are trash talking...i need to beat them really badly!!! can someone please help me!!!(crying face lol) um... give me facts about why smoking shouldnt be banned please!! its due in a couple od days and i really wanna pass!!! thankss i luv youuuu llol lmao ahahahah
25/01/2005 6:50 AM
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c'mon...im waiting!!!
31/01/2005 2:39 PM
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iT dOESNT WORRY ME?!!!!!
31/01/2005 2:41 PM
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I DONT REALLY CARE ITS THERE CHOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16/02/2005 12:53 PM
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im so happy!
18/02/2005 7:24 AM
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people should have the right to smoke because they do have a right to do what they want with their bodies!but they do not have aright to harm other peoples bodies. so i don't understand what the difference is from shooting someone in the head or smoking around them and causing them lung cancer! it's murder eitehr way you look at it!!
20/02/2005 10:38 AM
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smoking sucks and whoever smokes sucks too!!!!!!!!!!
literally.
20/02/2005 10:43 AM
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i quit smoking one year ago and feel great! i started when i was 14 years old and have been smoking for at least 20 years. if i had never started,my life would have taken a different path. im just glad i quit before it was too late. smoking is not cool! all it does is drag you down and put money in the hands of the already rich.
23/02/2005 3:05 PM
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Good...they stink, kill people, make you impotant, and just because you like food at a certain resturant does not mean you need to suck down eye buring smelly butt smoke...
18/03/2005 3:21 AM
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Cigarettes contain over 4000 toxic substances many of which are harmful to humans, banning them is a fantastic idea!!!!
19/03/2005 2:11 AM
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Actually we take back what we say about cigarettes---we just discovered how great they are
19/03/2005 2:15 AM
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excuse my pathetic comment i am a retard
4/04/2005 7:43 PM
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MAN U GUYS R LOSERS HAHA SURE U WILL KUM ON A SITE AND COMMENT PAAHHA THE ONLY REASON Y ME AND JESSE R ON HERE IS FOR AN ASSIGNMENT AND WE THORT IT WULD BE FUNNY TO COMMENT THIS AHAHA
LATE
GET A LYFE YOL...GO GET PISSED WITH YUR MOM!
6/04/2005 8:47 AM
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i think that guys who dont smoke are dead sexy!
9/04/2005 2:43 AM
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i am doing an essay on why smoking should be banned and i agree that it should. Who would want smoking to be banned...only nutty poeple who love to talke drugs...who ever likes smoking is a werid ass
15/04/2005 3:01 AM
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why would u wanna ban cigarettes. u people are retarded
19/04/2005 6:55 AM
# cigarettse i dunno how to spell it!!!!!!!
so how are you today? I am fine thank you!!!
9/05/2005 7:29 PM
# YES FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! BAN SMOKING!!!!!!!!!
YES SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED! ! ! IF PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES THEN THEY CAN GO HOME AND SMOKE THERE. SMOKERS SAY THAT IF NON-SMOKERS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM THEN THEY CAN GO SOME WHERE ELSE, BUT ITS THE FACT THAT THE NON-SMOKERS ARE BEING HARMED WHEN THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE. SMOKERS NEED TO PUT THEM SELVES INTO NON-SMOKERS SHOES...HOW WOULD THEY LIKE IT THEY WERE HAVING A SOCIAL TIME WITH THEIR FRIENDS ON AN OUTING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME PEOPLE COME TO SMOKE NEAR THEM???? THEY ARE RUINING THE NON-SMOKERS SPECIAL EVENT!!!!!!!! I A M B A S I C A L L Y S A Y I N G. . . T R E A T O T H E R S H O W Y O U W O U L D L I K E T O B E T R E A T E D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS NOT THAY HARD!!! BE THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE WHO SMOKE!!!!!!!
10/05/2005 4:32 AM
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you are gay
11/05/2005 10:03 AM
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i am glad because it is very bad to do
11/05/2005 10:05 AM
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i am glad that cigarettes are being banned cause no on e needs them any more because they mk your hair smell bad
11/05/2005 12:51 PM
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i am glad they are being banned they are sick and disgusting and who the heck would want to inhale something that can kill you? whats the purpose? people say that they make you feel good but that a load of bull. because you know me when i smoke i love getting smelly, yellow teeth, and cancer. it is so fun! NOT!! DON"T SMOKE IT KILLS YOU AND MAKES PEOPLE STUPID!!
7/06/2005 8:06 PM
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i think Smoking should be banned as u can see that children who see adults smoke, they copy u's and they can get affected to.
16/06/2005 1:33 AM
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This kicks ass we'll finely be able to breath free clean air ssssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
28/06/2005 7:37 PM
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i think that smokin tobacco shouldn't be banned because if u read this and u smok well keep readin because u smok tobacco because u wont to if u lik smok tobacco then the government shouldn't stop u.
people drink alchole but do u see the government stopin them, no people lik drinkin so y can people smok tobacco. i dont get it how the governemnt is takin sumthin away from u. it is heaps scappy.
18/08/2005 7:36 PM
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SMOKING IS 7ARAM ANY WAY EVERY! SHOULD STOP IT OR ELSE THEY WILL GO 2 HELL!!!
18/08/2005 7:50 PM
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dont drink n drive smoke weed n fly
8/11/2005 1:03 AM
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dont ban smoking its gay especially in school we have our own choice in wat we do ok
10/11/2005 2:24 AM
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i think that smoking should be banned because it is the number cause of most diseases and it smells. i no alot of kids who want to move outof their houses because their parents smoke. i thank god my dad stoped before me or my brothers were born. i mean who wants to kiss someone who smells and taste like smoke.
17/11/2005 9:43 AM
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I really hate cigarettes. They are so bad for you,and it has so many bad stuff in them.
6/12/2005 5:46 AM
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NO, anyone have a lighter?
13/12/2005 10:25 AM
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Smoking is being banned in Scotland in public places. And its about time. Smoking killed my father and raped my mother
13/12/2005 12:37 PM
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I wish that smoking would be banned as it is killing off all the little kiddies that I love and adore. I love to give presents to them and squeeze them tightly when they sit on my lap. They are so warm. Ohhhh yeh.
13/12/2005 12:38 PM
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smoking killed my little boys
now i have no-one to sleep with
my bed is so lonely because of smoking
13/12/2005 12:39 PM
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little boys
oooo yea
13/12/2005 12:41 PM
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Yo I'm Elton John In Da House Coz I'm A Gangsta. Smoking killed my momma, 2pac and ur daddy. Now I'm Your Daddy. Coz I Did Your Momma. Oh Yeah.
13/12/2005 12:43 PM
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Smoking has confused me. I dnt no whther I am a man or a woman. I dont have anything down there. OH God
13/12/2005 9:28 PM
# re: michael ross (frm sum1 in ur class)
michael ross!
why are you so rude.
why do you send obscene comments wen u should be working
ur suspended
13/12/2005 9:35 PM
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Excuse me to you young people, (Geoffry Ogebly, Santa Claus, Michael Jackson, michael ross, Mr. T, Your Daddy, hot person)
I ask very politely that you would stop polluting this website with dirty, immature comments that have no relation to the (important) subject of whether cigarettes should be banned or not.
Perhaps find a different archive that you might find more suited to your interests
Thankyou.
Dr. Smithers
13/12/2005 9:37 PM
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dont smke cigarets
smoke F*CKING WEEEED
3/01/2006 3:29 AM
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We should ban dihydrogenoxide while we are at it, because of the toxic properties it exhibits:
1. A major component of acid rain
2. Can cause severe burns in the gaseous state
3. Accidental inhalation can kill you
4,000 to 5,000 children die from this a year just in the USA. How many must die a year before it is late!
5/01/2006 3:31 AM
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smoking should be banned because im a stripper and if people cant smoke whos guna watch me strip?
5/01/2006 3:36 AM
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Smoking should not be banned because I'm gay and I like to go to gay bars and if no-one can smoke in the gay bars, what kind of men am I going to meet? Oh my.
5/01/2006 3:39 AM
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i like to get it in the ass while im smoking so if smoking is banned then i cant do it in public and then im gonna be so snappy because im horny
17/01/2006 10:53 AM
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Why is everyone gay?! (smoke me)
30/01/2006 5:00 PM
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i think that smoking should be banned because who ever is smoking is also harming htne people around you ban all things that are unhealthy not just cigarettes everyting that will make you die from just puffing in someting that you chose to do
2/02/2006 3:26 AM
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smoking shud not b banned it is a wonderful thing and no 1 is takin it away from me coz ill kill u all
8/02/2006 6:48 AM
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THats not a good idea becouse if peopl want to smok in a smoking zone in aeasrant they should be alowd. Peole who dont want to be around smok thats why theres a non-smoking area. My dad smokes and it does not bother me along with other people.
8/02/2006 6:55 AM
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I think 2nd hand smoking is bad but i have been around my dad and reletives who all smoke and i have not been effected. Yes it is true that some people have been effected by smokers but if your sitting next to a person who has a cigerette in there hand in wont be like theexercist and kill you. Its from being arond smokers for many years.
15/02/2006 2:54 PM
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Sigh. When are you morons going to realise that no-one is banning you smoking. What is being banned is you *harming other people with your smoke*. Duh.
"Forget thinking for ourselves"? Twit. when "thinking for youself" involves "causing health problems for others", it is entirely something else.
Having smoking and non-smoking bars doesn't work either. There will still be staff working in the smoking bars whose health will suffer as a result.
Btw, your writing would read better if you knew where to use commas and apostrophes. For example, "is flexing it's big muscles" should not have an aopstrophe in "its". And "Again Nanny State Labour, is flexing it's big muscles" should not have a comma.
15/02/2006 3:01 PM
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Good god, there's a lot of illiterate people posting here. Please learn about capital letters, commas, full stops, appropriate use of question marks, the difference between "there" and "their", the difference between "its" and "it's", and the difference between "affected" and "effected". I say this because people might take what you have to say more seriously if you could write at the level of a fourteen year old or above.
28/02/2006 2:34 PM
# about time aye
no smoking shloud be baned cause it harmes ur health and not just you the other peop;le around you so think abnout ur kids next time you go to light up a durry and think for others health hey could get cancer cuz u were top stuipid
One thing that really gets up my nose is inhaling other peoples' stale cigarette smoke against my will. It's about time to ban smoking in public places in this country and stamp smoking out once and for all. You know it makes sense! There seems to be a huge number of web sites on the internet dedicated to stopping smoking or with information about smoking. Here are a few that I thought might be of interest.
Time called on smoke-filled pubs
A very relevant article from the BBC News web site. Apparently the idea of non smoking pubs would be backed by nearly three quarters of the people asked.
The Net Doctor
This site is very interesting as it contains information on many health issues as well as smoking. The link above takes you to a page all about smoking and how to quit and it even includes an 'addiction calculator'. Definately a site worth checking out in my opinion.
Stop Smoking At Once
A straight forward and to the point site of a London based hypnosis practitioner. May be worth a visit for those who would like to give up and are fed up of those damn patches.
Lung Cancer
The facts about lung cancer. Another page from the Net Doctor site which may be of interest to those who smoke!
Women and Lung Cancer
An interesting site with some pretty dramatic statements regarding lung cancer among women.
Apparently the information is slightly out of date now though because breast cancer has just recently overtaken lung cancer.
Health Articles on a various topics
Informative articles on various health related issues helping you make the right decisions
15/03/2006 10:20 PM
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smoking must be banned coz it can really harm people. not only the one who's using it but the people who can inhale it.
17/03/2006 4:11 PM
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I think that instead of banning cigarettes that you shoudl just get rid of the tobacco companies. They make money out of getting people hooked. ou coudl have cigarettes produced by a governmetn department and have no advertising on the packs or at the supermarket etc. Then even thougth there woudl be cigarettes available you woudl take out that commercial element. Tobacco companies are getting very rich of poor (and most of them are) smokers!
21/03/2006 7:19 AM
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It should be banned because you can be killed and you can make it an addiction and you won't be able to stop your self.
21/03/2006 7:23 AM
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I LOVE cigarettes
28/04/2006 5:31 AM
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i do not think smoking should b banned everyone can make there on decisons
16/05/2006 3:43 PM
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I think that cigarettes shouldn't even exist in the firs place. I don't think God is very happy with what you do. And smoking won't make you a better person no matter how many cigarettes you smoke a day. I would give anything to stop my grandparents from smoking, I love them too much to let them die like that.
16/06/2006 1:14 AM
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Smoking should be definitely banned for it is something which not only affect the health of a smoker but also the people around him/her. Why don't the smokers realize that it is simply agonizing for a non smoker to sit next to them while they are smoking. No one likes the bad breath of a smoker!
29/06/2006 2:44 AM
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somkings cool as and u ppl dnt no wat ur talking bout haaha laterz
2/07/2006 6:04 AM
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yess i realy want cigarettes to be banned... coz it is just really bad for health.... yes i do think that cigarettes should be banned defanatly!!
10/07/2006 2:38 PM
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ya lohs . cigarettes should be banned . x))
10/07/2006 2:38 PM
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ya lohs . cigarettes should be banned . x))
10/07/2006 2:41 PM
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OH MY GOD ! WHY BAN CIGARETTES ? SO NICE YET BAN IT .
so we must bend it like beckham . love it sia . muacksss
jiaying is mine(:
14/08/2006 3:17 PM
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Ban the horrible, disgusting and vial things. What are they good for anyway? Enough people have died and will die. I dont want to have to watch another person slowly die at the mercy of a mind altering drug because the government is too cowardly to do the right thing. It is absurd that this horiible product is even still available for the public. I only hope that I get to see the day where cigarettes are a horrible memory of the past.
20/08/2006 6:59 PM
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ban smoking! it's for the good of everyone!
5/09/2006 2:03 PM
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hi guys wat is smoke??
6/09/2006 1:18 PM
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6/09/2006 1:28 PM
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Just joking
8/09/2006 11:57 AM
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i smoke weed every day and i dont smoke tobacco
5/12/2006 3:17 AM
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yoooo you ppl need to chil out like realy i`m a 17 year old smoker i know the risk`s of smoking...
but it dossent realy bug me like when i dont smoke i`m a grumpy mofo lol its our own free will to smoke or not...and well if your all worried aboute second hand smoke just dont chill near the ppl when they are smoking geez
6/12/2006 3:52 AM
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i reckon they should ban it. because children are starting to smoke and it is wrecking there lives.
6/12/2006 3:59 AM
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i think it is terrible because children and adults are wreaking there lives by smoking it should stop an be banned it is horrible thanks
12/01/2007 7:40 AM
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dude seriously,
its their bodies, let them do what they want. No one has a right to ban people to do what they want.
fanks
4/04/2007 9:03 AM
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i think it is a good idea,except that I have now smoked 40 a day for 63 years so what .I can still hold my breath for 90 seconds. I suppose I am just lucky,and think of my contribution to the chancellor to fund you boring bums who have probably never had a day of fun in your whole life.so why aren`t I dead.my Doctor is disgusted with me.and my blood pressure is normal,whatever that is.
4/05/2007 2:26 AM
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I only smoke when having a party...so relaxing=))
10/05/2007 6:15 PM
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Bann iT ItS kIllIn KiDs So StOP RYt NoW Ok Cya xoxoxox luFF aNDRea tAtA
11/05/2007 9:04 AM
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HOwdY sMOkiN kIlLz and you hAVE A short Life span so Why do it your pretTy much commiting suicide there is so much more to life so why waste it on A smoke!!!
6/06/2007 1:11 AM
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wooohooo bout time!..x
smoking should of been banned ages ago!..x
gutted to all you mugs who do smoke though!..x
bye ..x..x..
29/06/2007 12:49 AM
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eee ano its shan i will hav to cut my 4000000 a day habbit :|:P
29/07/2007 6:19 PM
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smoking should be banned!! everwhere its really gross and killing people!! the only reason the government wont is coz they are getting to much money from it
19/09/2007 8:26 AM
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Should Smoking Be Banned ?
My GCSE Question :D?
Help Me :)?
7/10/2007 3:56 PM
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IT SHOULD BE BANNED! I'M GOING CRAZY FROM MY UNCLE SMOKING IN THE CAR!
17/11/2007 11:46 AM
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yes it should
9/12/2007 7:23 AM
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We should banned cigarette in public place(only IN restaurants and in your HOUSE )
But its these idiots choice if they want to put there life in danger!!(by smokking of course) XD
9/12/2007 7:23 AM
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We should banned cigarette in public place(only IN restaurants and in your HOUSE )
But its these idiots choice if they want to put there life in danger!!(by smokking of course) XD
10/01/2008 2:29 PM
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some people smoke?
10/01/2008 2:33 PM
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smoking is not so bad unless u die
or sometimes burst
10/01/2008 2:38 PM
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what?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?! (I think i do not need to worry)
10/01/2008 2:49 PM
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/01/2008 2:55 PM
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WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY HWY
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY ?
GAy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/01/2008 3:22 PM
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SMOKING SAVES UR LIFE . ONCE I WAS IN A SHIP AND IT FLIPPED OVER AND I DID NOT DIE BECAUSE I WAS SMOKING.(IT WAS SMOKE FREE SHIP)by the way I'm a lier so trust me. bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/01/2008 3:28 PM
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do cats smoke? because a cat on the car and i smoke. are u a dog on the car?
10/01/2008 3:36 PM
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let anyone die but i have to smoke
let the kids die but i have to smoke
let the cows die but i have to smoke
let me die but i have to smoke
(it's supposed to be a poem of my life)
10/01/2008 3:47 PM
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once i put my cigarette in the microwave and my microwave's lungs got clogged . daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy
(from daddy)
11/01/2008 11:43 AM
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cigarettes are very good for your health .they clear your lungs and, you smoke when your not depressed!! :)
18/04/2008 7:00 PM
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I wonder why all the hospital waits are so long. Of course the smokers wouldn't have anything to do with that ;).
15/05/2008 8:59 PM
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Prepare yourself for a lecture. During the 1910's or something like that, America banned alcohol completely. They got a happy, non-drunk country, right? Yeah, no. Mommies were smuggling beer bottles in their prams, beer was hidden under peoples clothes, gangsters made huge money on smuggling alcohol and poor drunks drank whatever they could get their hands on, such as anti-freezes and perfume (I am not mad, they were because they were so desperate). So what does this have to do with banning smoking, you ask? Well, people will start hiding smokes in lollipops or some other crud like that. Sadly, I have to agree that smoking should be an individual choice and that it's your choice to kill yourself. Crongradu-effing-lations for you. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean you can drag everyone else down with you, thank you very much. Therefore, I suggest that tobacco should be legal to process and sell, BUT smoking completely illegal aside from set rooms in each building that would allow smoking otherwise, and NO smoking outside whatsoever. Due to research that shows that even occasional 2nd hand smoke can lead to extra chances of getting cancer and yadda yadda yadda, These rooms should be in a corner of the building, or at least not somewhere people would go through to reach other parts of the building. Thank you for reading. Now, I'm going to bed.
P.S: Feel free to comment and argue, so I can laugh at your puny comebacks and bad spelling, easily push your comment into oblivion and shame you forever. If I ever come back to this webpage. Oh dear.
30/05/2008 3:31 AM
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Wow LOL@ these morons. Its not tobacco thats killing people, its the Cigarettes. If you roll your OWN cigarettes, the chances you get cancer are much slimmer, almost none. Its all the chemicals in cigarettes that kill you.
6/06/2008 1:32 AM
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smoking shouldn't be baned
6/06/2008 11:08 AM
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Wow, geoff! Are you sure? Personally, I don't believe it, but I'll be happy to accept your information If you have solid proof, such as a web address with this information. I would like to know why after years of people dropping like flies have having their limbs sliced off due to gangrene and cancer (yeah, yeah, I took the chance to slip in a fact), scientists have still overlooked this peculiar fact... if it works, that is.
P.S Bmoney, no. Just NO. This is a blog, not a voting poll. If you want to voice your opinion, put some evidence behind. Solid, scientific, NOT MADE UP evidence. I still can't believe that fool 'romeo' thinks that smoking clears your lungs. By the way, since smoking is 'cool', does that mean it is also cool to disintergrate your insides, pollute the air and kill innocent babies? "SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDRONE" IS CAUSED BY SMOKING!
7/06/2008 2:04 PM
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By the way, if what you're saying is true, wouldn't it mean that the tobacco companies are PURPOSELY putting thousands of chemicals, mostly poisons,into the ciggerates? Oh, i'm sure you can come up with another rediculous explanation from the top of your head again!
21/11/2008 10:36 AM
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I think that cigaretts should be banned because it is killing most of the people that smoke are
DEAD
5/02/2009 7:14 PM
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I would be in favor of banning smoking. It is a choice for some, but unfortunately that choice affects other people too. If someone smokes around other people, they expose those other people to that smoke, whether they want it or not. I don't agree with people exposing other people to a potentially toxic substance. Also, let's face it - smoking is addicting. Is it really purely a choice? If you're a smoker, would you simply quit right now if it was that easy? Also, since smoking is addicting and has been shown to cause health problems, I really think it's a shame that cigarette companies are still allowed to operate. I think that type of business is unethical.
18/03/2009 3:19 PM
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i think smoking should be banned, because although it helps some express their rites of freedom; if were dead from either smoking it ourselves or from second hand smoke then we wouldnt be aroun to enjoy the freedom our constitution lends to us.
21/04/2009 6:00 PM
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It is rediculous to defend stupid little bad habit that one can get over eventually that hurts little children. Defending smoking is as selfish as it gets people.
14/07/2009 2:56 PM
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Cigarettes??Banned??
...nah i smoke with all my friends and we found this enjoyable
i would protist against anti-smoking
18/09/2009 11:38 AM
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18/09/2009 11:43 AM
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its pinutbutterjelly time
18/09/2009 11:44 AM
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its pinutbutterjelly time
21/12/2009 11:50 PM
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cigarettes should be banned in all countries..
companies manufacturing cigarettes should be closed down and kept behind bars for atleast one year...
9/03/2010 1:16 PM
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haha
15/04/2010 12:23 PM
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Smoking is so bad,and you saw that,when you quit it.
After 1 year of quitting smoking,i finally feel the smell of nice thinks like soap or flowers.
And i have just 21 year now.
I started with 14 years