The Anonymous Widower

Smoking Mothers Breed Criminals

I hate smoking with a vengeance and for good reason!

But when I read this study from Harvard that mothers who are heavy smokers, are more likely to have children with crimnal tendencies, it enfoces my view, that we need more restrictions on smoking and more help for people to give up.

I’d like to see the following come into law.

1.  It should be illegal to smoke in any vehicle.
2. It should be illegal to smoke within 100 metres of a school at all times.
3. It should be illegal to smoke within 10 metres of any child under 10 on the street.
4. All tobacco should be sold in approved outlets, where all customers are videoed.  Such video can be inspected by the licensing authorities.
5. Children under 10 are not allowed into premises where tobacco is sold. 
6. No sales in garages and petrol stations.
7. Tobacco can not be sold in the same building as food. Shops would be allowed to set up separate entrances to a part of the store where tobacco would be sold, but this would be videoed and child free. Waitrose in Newmarket used to sell alcohol this way.
8. Councils would be allowed to create no smoking zones. I wonder what would happen if say town A made it’s town centre and shopping area smoke-free and town B didn’t!

I know it’s draconian, but get rid of the evil of tobacco and we’ll probably be surprised at all the results.

November 16, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | News | Smoking