Social engineering at its very best. This is not law yet the council would like compliance. This is encouraging the petty minority to pick on smokers outside school gates and in playgrounds. This country has gone to the dogs. Where is the tolerance?

Tolerance.. you meant the rest of us should tolerate you selfish, ignorant smokers giving our kids cancer ?

@colin for goodness sake. Kids won't get cancer. Ridiculous comment.

I'm afraid Colin is the classic example of the thoughtless, paranoid, anti, the curtain twitcher, the white coat worshipper, the herd follower, the 'yes' man, the unquestioning fool that has caused so many problems in the story of mankind. The old equivalent was/is the Bible maniac, the one who responds to everything with a quote from the Bible as though that is the ultimate answer, usually accompanied by the knowing and righteous grin of the chosen and saved.

I'm not usually this severe with people but, oh, dear, this clown epitomises everything about tobacco control.

The man is a complete and very frightened idiot.

Everyone knows that just the sight or mention of a tobacco based product will give you instantaneous cancer from which you will die an unberably painful death within 10 days, and that contact with the tiniest molecule of burning dried leaf will make you spontaneously explode into a million pieces and that your soul will be condemned to eternal hell.

Everyone now knows this, don't they?

Well don't they Colin?

Colin??

What part of "no evidence of a health risk to children from smoking in the open air" do you think Colin struggles to understand? Not the sharpest tool in the box.

I think "Colin" has AntiSmokers' Dysfunction Syndrome (ASDS) which is the medical term for Smokerphobia - ie : An irrational and unfounded personal fear of tobacco and those who consume it.

Well, I hope that Colin is just as worried about cupcakes - it was reported in the press the other day that studies have shown (and the Colins of this world do so love their studies) that cupcakes are as addictive as cocaine.

You really should learn how to evaluate what you see, read and hear, Colin, otherwise you are everybody's fool.

I do wish that the Colin's of this world would not use the word 'our' when speaking about children. I personally DO NOT WANT the Colins of this world speaking for MY children. If he want to poison the minds of HIS children with propaganda and hatred, he can do so, but he must leave MINE alone.
His woeful ignorance of reality is astonishing. Heaven help his children.

Ideas such as this policy are born out of hatred. Encouraging smokerphobia, hatred of those of us that smoke. Its much sadder that it is a project that children have become directly involved with, in Nottingham schools at least. Lunatics like Colin are and I'm in no doubt, spreading lies and hysteria about smoking turning children against their own parents. Thats the reality.

Colin needs to watch out. Does he know that new mown hay in parks emits deadly phosgene? he should keep his kids well away until the grass is concreted over.

@Colin

There are 22 studies done into exposure to cigarette smoke and children. Three suggest a non statistically significant risk, eleven suggest non statistical protection, the remaining 7 are neither one way or the other. The most (in)famous is the 1998 World Health Organization's Professor Boffetta report and I quote:

''RESULTS: ETS exposure during childhood was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer (odds ratio [OR] for ever exposure = 0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.64-0.96).''

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9776409

I think Nottinghamshire are correct, they obviously do not want children exposed to smoking on their premisis , I all authorities would do the same. I personally don't like having my clothes and hair stinking of fags. Smokers are the most inconsiderate people on this earth.

Playgrounds and parks are publicly owned spaces for the use of everyone.
With there being no risk from second hand smoke outside, the council has no right to impose rules.

@ nicola (paid shill sitting at home waiting for her surveillance software to notify her that someone, somewhere mentioned smoking)
I really don't like being near people who don't wash their clothes or themselves. If you live in a major city your clothing and hair pick up odours from traffic fumes, dust from road surfaces and pollutants from the air. Within a day your clothes smell of city and your hair is full of little, black particles of soot. To those of us who do not live in cities you smell bad, I really notice it when I travel to a major city. Oh and people who want to run other peoples lives beat everyone else hands down for the title of "most inconsiderate people on Earth."

Nichola you call people who smoke 'The most inconsiderate people on Earth' Why...People like you are the most selfish and intolerant beacause we enjoy something which you dont. I suppose you drive Nichola ????
As for Colin......well what words can i use ?

Pat Nurse. I think Nottingham Council has ASDS dont you think ? and it seems to be spreading to the population. Surley research must be done to find a cure or at least ease the symptoms of this most dreadful of afflictions ?

Nicola - I wonder what you "stink" of. How rude and nasty you are. I really wouldn't want to stand within a mile of your sort . You're foul. Another one with ASDS .

These people are dangerous and need help before they harm others. They should be warned "Smokerphobia harms you and others around you."

Off course "nicola" and "colin" are from ASH of some other state scrounging anti-smoker quango. I know because offence is the language they use.

And Nicola obviously stinks of BO, mould, shit and pee, because she's too damn idle to wash her hair and clothes and finds no reason to do so unless she's within a mile of a smoker.

These people seem to hate washing and keeping themselves clean. And they say we stink - heh heh heh

I dislike many smells, but the stink of those suffering from ASDS is the worst of all.

You would think that City Councillors would have some comprehension of the difference between the words IN and ON. The reason that smoking is banned IN premises is that the atmosphere may be stagnant., so that the smoke which is IN the atmosphere IN the premises may also 'hang around'. There is no mention of the word ON in the law.
Outside, the atmosphere is constantly moving. Air inside par boundaries moves out, and air outside the boundaries moves in. Thus, smoke of any kind which is outside a park moves into the park and smoke inside the park moves out of the park. So let us be clear - these nutty councillors are trying to ban smoking in constantly moving air. The reality is that the actual premises of the park are totally irrelevant.
So, Colin and Nicola, before you engage your mouth, why don't to engage your brains in advance? Like us, you should be appalled at the totalitarian nature of these edicts.

Have you noticed how all these councils etc. are now admitting that these 'no smoking in the open air' policies are NOT ENFORCEABLE.

They are putting up signs in the hope that people will believe that it is against the Law to smoke in the open air at a public place.

At least now that there have been challenges to the legality of these 'policies' the councils etc. are not trying to say that it is against the Law to smoke in the open air like they were a year or so again.

Perhaps the tide is turning against these nazi officials.

The comments here prove that smoking makes people stupid. Your ignorant comments make me chuckle.

I agree Bob, smoking is a drug addiction and it has that effect on their minds.

Well Bob and Anita
Why not meet, get married and produce lots of little selfish-minded smokerphobics eh. Start their eduction really young and tell them, now children, there is a group of 12 MILLION people in this little land of ours and you can be as rude, nasty and vindictive as you like to them, because they are not like us, they are called smokers.

But, children, there are millions of others not like us in this little land, but whatever you do, you must NEVER be rude to them, because we embrace all races, creeds and genders and you mustnt ever show discrimination because it is uncalled for and unnecessary and will get you into much trouble, because people are people whatever their skin colour, beliefs gender or lifestyles.

Makes me puke - the hypocricy of the pillocks like you. Go look for a site which might interest you more. Perhaps you could start a new political party? Start eradicating the smokers, then perhaps the drinkers, then perhaps the fatties. Make sure only blonde haired blue eyed people can join. Ring any bells???????? You disgust me. Hitler tried to ban smoking in his early days. What more need I say.

You don't realize it Bob and Anita, but your comments are more ignorant than the others. GROW UP.
Non-smokers like you think your better than smokers. FALSE. It only shows the real you and attitude when it comes to people with different habits or that are different. Your the types that smile at people in the face and stab them in the back. THAT'S IGNORANT!!!!!

Thank you.