Hear, hear! Finally a government with some salt as smoking is concerned. Please, SubSim smokers, don't impale me for this statement, it's just that I would like too see smoking gone, together with binge drinking (and/or any excesive use of alcohol) and even stricter drug controls (not that this is the main issue of this topic).
I do have to add that I believe that the government should and must offer state controled and financed help for those who want to stop of any the forementioned habits. If it already exists, make it even more wide spread. Yes, I'm taking all "joy" from life, but it's for a better tommorow and for your health aswell. I know "banning" smoking will take a huge chunck out of a country's budget and hit its GDP (if any part of its economy is connected to tobaco processing). We must try to live a healthy and clean lives, away from any bad habits!
Now, I'm not saying that I know what's the status of GB like nowadays and I'm sure that there should be other things that should interest the government more, yet it is nice to see someone taking measures to tackle this problem.
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