Will You Quit Smoking Before You Are Driven Out Of Society?

In the city of Brisbane there is a huge pedestrian only area called the Queen Street Mall. It has now become a non smoking area. It has now become a non smoking area. Smokers are finding it harder and harder to find a place to enjoy their habit

This loss of a major inner city area has come as another blow to smokers. On any day you could see the smokers gather in groups around the rubbish bins conversing with fellow tobacco users. This gathering seems perfectly normal to the smokers but to the non smoking observer it is quite bizarre.

The mall is an attractive place with lots of shopping, free entertainment and a great place for young people to meet. But the rubbish bins are just rubbish bins, they have no intrinsic attractiveness yet this is the meeting place for workers and shoppers who wish to enjoy a cigarette.

To the observer it’s as if the smokers have resigned themselves to being restricted to this space where others only come to deposit their empty lunch containers. The bins smell like giant ashtrays and the air is thick with smoke. Perhaps the smokers feel there is safety in numbers, avoiding the critical glances of the non smoking majority.

Now even that smoking refuge has been taken away from those needing to top up their nicotine. They are now doomed to walking down grubby lane ways where normally only delivery vehicles venture and where homeless people may gather at night.

As a smoker you know that society and rule makers are doing their best to drive you further and further away. Perhaps it’s time to quit for good!

By: Ian Newton

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