Lift or amend the indoor smoking ban

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The Issue

Say NO to the social majority rule over smoking to end censorship of this long established social practice to everyone's benefit by welcoming freedom of choice and expression!

With the indoor smoking ban it is hard for anyone to smoke freely - people cannot enjoy their lives as more socially as they did before and pubs are closing down every day.

This type of an inhibited attitude should come to a past point by lifting or at least amending the indoor smoking ban to allow people to socialise more openly and to choose for themselves when and where they will smoke, as well as considering each premise owner who must be responsible as of priority for what happens on their property within the limits of the law which should not be derogatory to the normal wishes of the average individual. 

It is not a positive sign to de-arrange common sense and the following of thought of so many people in order to manipulate them and gain full control over their actions. These methods definitely constitute authoritarian means of implementation that promote censorship and enforce onto the free will of other people.

Lifting or amending the indoor smoking ban would be ideal for the development of better social relationships between members of our society, whereas keeping it in effect is an undemocratic abuse of power under a restrictive nature which does not give people the opportunity to express themselves.

Freedom of choice and expression are undermined everyday and so is the freedom of circulation of goods and services as people can never congregate at their local pub as much as they did before.

The fact that smoking damages health is not a sufficient reason for denying people the right to smoke indoors where they might as well find themselves as the reason for which they would do so is different from obstructing the normal functioning of the surrounding environmental context, yet it has been unjustifiably defined as a punishable event without any broad underlying social rule and the general consent of each individual.

The counting of the above factors should be of an immediate interest to the government in intending to promote and encourage the values mentioned above and the healthy circulation of money, goods and services.

The Decision Makers

Boris Johnson
Prime Minister
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Prime Minister

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