One would have hoped that an earlier date than 2030 could be achieved. After all, governments and Big Tobacco have been aware since the 1950s that tobacco kills.

The so-called pleasure which smokers derive is substantially the same as that which other drug addicts experience when snorting, drinking or injecting, but nicotine, when delivered in the traditional method, through tobacco, causes huge damage both to the user and to innocent bystanders.

So, let’s work quickly towards eradicating tobacco use, and, if nicotine addicts wish to continue, allow them to do so with alternative means of delivery, e.g. patches or gum.

Everybody has the right to breathe clean air, free from the poisons in tobacco smoke. If you can smell the smoke, then the poisons are going into your lungs and your family’s lungs.

Margaret Hogge

Non-Smokers’ Movement of Australia Inc

Sydney, Australia