There are hundreds of toxins in cigarette smoke. It's a public menance, and doesn't just effect the smoker, but family of smoker or anyone who lives with them - takes about five years off the life of anyone who lives with a smoker, if not kill them before hand, as second hand smoke, not to mention all the smoke that comes out of the cigarette before it is inhaled, is toxic.

I do believe cigarettes should be banned. My father is so addicted and I hate the habit. It's so frustrating to be doing all I can to detox but be exposed to this toxic smoke every day. Even though he smokes outside, it wafts in. I was at the bus-stop the other day and some inconsiderate woman lit up. I had to leave and walk home because the exposure would undo so much of my hard work in detoxing, it pooured down with rain and I got drenched so had to call for a life. People who smoke in front of others are selfish and inconsiderate, and I do believe it is child abuse to smoke in fron of children. That might seem harsh, but if you hit your child and it ends up in hospital, it's abuse. Hundreds of children end up in hospital a year because their parents have smoked. It's no less abuse - they are harming their children.