Quote Originally Posted by Nepalese black
MSP Patrick Harvie said spending 24 hours in Glasgow city centre was the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes. Oxford city centre has the worst air pollution in the country, according to a survey which compares inhaling the air there to smoking 61 cigarettes a day, so passive smoking is one big needle in one big haystack. So with all the toxins in the air, is a ban in bar and clubs, really worth all the time and money, as your breathing in toxins all day, the only difference with cigarettes, is you can ??see? the smoke, when good ventilation could be far more useful. When good ventilation could be far more useful, and it can get rid of all the toxins in the air, I can prove evidence and links.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4401628.stm

http://archive.thisisoxfordshire.co....8/27/9214.html
Oxford City really is that bad. The funny thing is that no cars are allowed to drive right into the city centre. That means the only thing causing the pollution is the buses. High street was described as a huge bus park, and it is. Bus after bus after bus passes by, blowing fumes and hot air all over me. And not to mention the noise.

I'd prefer to have someone smoking next to me, than hot bus exhaust. I've had one cigarette today, no spliff yet, but need to go to the bank in town. If I smoke nothing else by the time I get back, I've smoked the equivalent of 62 cigarettes.