Ban Smoking on Golf Courses

triple_bogey said:
What else needs banning in life? What people CHOOSE what to do is none of my business.
Drinkings a vile habit, but a large proportion of the population enjoys it.
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Probably the most stupid comment I've ever read ................................ and I've read many stupid comments on this forum alone!

Dan2501 said:
Shouldn't just be banned on golf courses. Should be made illegal full stop. It's disgusting. People compare it to alcohol but that comparison is weak. You can't get second degree drunkenness sat next to a fella drinking a pint.
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And, if you're going to make silly comparisons, how many deaths each year are attributed to smoking and driving?

As to the OP, of course it shouldn't be banned except in times of severe drought when courses could catch fire easily.

Making it illegal would be good though, I might actually be able to stop!


Slime.
 
All winter I've been stuck in a cabin in darkest, northern Iceland. During the winter the polar bears have ravaged my bin bags, and wolves have kept me awake with their constant howling. The water in my taps has frozen and my supplies of licorice allsorts is running low. Whilst this has been going on there's been wars in the middle east, plane crashes, multiple shootings in the USA(normal service), various kidnappings and the Greek govt wants to renege on its debt.

Think I broke a finger nail in January... oh, and someone wants to ban smoking on the golf course...
 
The health evidence is there so smokers are plainly daft and must be deaf, dumb and blind not to get the message -I wonder how they still manage to play golf ? - but as long as they pick up their fag ends and empty packets they can do it anywhere outside.
 
drdel said:
The health evidence is there so smokers are plainly daft and must be deaf, dumb and blind not to get the message -I wonder how they still manage to play golf ? - but as long as they pick up their fag ends and empty packets they can do it anywhere outside.
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Agree with the littering. However I don't see a problem with knocking out my pipe on the ball washer. :thup:
 
drdel said:
The health evidence is there so smokers are plainly daft and must be deaf, dumb and blind not to get the message -I wonder how they still manage to play golf ? - but as long as they pick up their fag ends and empty packets they can do it anywhere outside.
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There are, however, some daft 'health consultants'! My ex's Grandfather was advised by his Doctor to stop smoking his pipe because it was 'unhealthy'. He was 83 at the time! The Doctor did turn out to be correct though. The guy never really recovered from the kick he got from the horse while he was lighting the pipe! This was the same guy that got through about 6000 KCal/day and huge amounts of cholesterol without putting on weight or having other problems associated with such a diet - as a Dairy/Mixed farmer, where 6000 KCal per day was required to withstand/survive that lifestyle!
 
Both parents smoked heavily for many years although I've never done it. I've no issues with anyone choosing to smoke in the wide open space of a golf course although it's important, especially in the summer that those who do, make sure their cigarette is properly out so it doesn't potentially start a fire in the dry grass.
 
Slime said:
Probably the most stupid comment I've ever read ................................ and I've read many stupid comments on this forum alone
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Lord Almighty, it was a tongue in cheek comment. It was purely a stab at the PC brigade. I already state further down the thread that I too enjoy the odd drink or two. :rolleyes:

And you wonder why golfers get a bad rep, such a inane group...:rofl:
 
Dan2501 said:
Shouldn't just be banned on golf courses. Should be made illegal full stop. It's disgusting. People compare it to alcohol but that comparison is weak. You can't get second degree drunkenness sat next to a fella drinking a pint.
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Just like you wont get a pint pot smashed into your face by someone just smoking an L&B.......

I love a beer and love a smoke but booze is a much more vile drug. Smokers kill themselves and occasionally harm innocent bystanders. This much is true.

They also harm the NHS, but the same could be said about people who eat themselves to death, or drink themselves to death.......

Drink can ruins people lives, destroys families and can turn normally sane people into horrible, violent and abusive people.

Stop kidding yourself that booze is less harmful. Its the worst drug of them all.

(i write this with a beer in my hand by the way)
 
Pleased to hear there are so many considerate smokers out there. Can't say I've EVER met a single one on the golf course. Ban it.

A dying habit that will likely be close to extinct in 20 years time unless average IQ levels take a plunge, which with everyone poisoning themselves with more and more alcohol is a distinct possibility.
 
One in 7 road traffic accidents are caused by drunk drivers.
Therefor, 6 out of 7 road traffic accidents are caused by sober drivers.
That means you are a lot safer to drive home drunk.
:eek:;)
 
I think smoking should be banned from all public places indoors or outdoors, it is a disgusting habit that not only kills the person doing it, it kills the people around them.
 
the smiling assassin said:
Pleased to hear there are so many considerate smokers out there. Can't say I've EVER met a single one on the golf course. Ban it.

A dying habit that will likely be close to extinct in 20 years time unless average IQ levels take a plunge, which with everyone poisoning themselves with more and more alcohol is a distinct possibility.
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freddielong said:
I think smoking should be banned from all public places indoors or outdoors, it is a disgusting habit that not only kills the person doing it, it kills the people around them.
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I'd disagree. The decision to smoke displays an awareness and intelligence above the norm. To continue with the habit despite having the knowledge of its damaging side effects demonstrates the intellect to challenge the status quo.

The constant desire to ban things however demonstrates a closed minded approach normally only found in those with a sub 75 IQ. aka clinical idiots :o
 
The health risks to second hand smoke must be tiny whilst in an open space like a golf course. People don't like the smell of them.

Stop hiding behind health risks.
 
I was having a think about smoking and i don't know any guys that smoke. none of the guys i play with regularly smoke, but i know a lot of women that do smoke!!
 
garyinderry said:
The health risks to second hand smoke must be tiny whilst in an open space like a golf course. People don't like the smell of them.

Stop hiding behind health risks.
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Agree.
You'd have to be standing worryingly close to your playing partner to be inhaling his/hers 2nd hand smoke whilst on the course.
 
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