Why can you smoke in the street but not drink?

Smoking in the street can give other people 2nd hand smoke, drinking doesnt effect anyone else.

Vomiting on someones shoes does affect their life.

I think it should be the other way around personally. I get tired of people blowing smoke on me carelessly.

Beats me. Maybe something to do with intoxicating substances in particular? Incidentally, most European countries have banned smoking in many public places. In England, it's probably legal to drink in more public places than it is to smoke.

I think it should be the other way around personally. I get tired of people blowing smoke on me carelessly.

Jakesta7

lol i didnt know you cant drink on the streets.

there is no rhyme or reason why any of the laws are in place.. cannibus is illigal and liquor isnt, ciggs being the most detramental to your health are the easiest to aquire.. everything is bass akwards. the govt doesnt actually care about your health.. they just care about making money :-/.

that being said i dont see the need to drink in public anyway, but if you have too many drinks who knows what youll do.. if you have too many ciggs you will most likley just puke and get over it.

I don't want crazy drunk people on streets saying weird stuff.

I hope they ban public smoking too. That stuff is annoying as hell.

lol i didnt know you cant drink on the streets.

T_REX305

I don't want crazy drunk people on streets saying weird stuff.

I hope they ban public smoking too. That stuff is annoying as hell.

Gaming-Planet

Drunken guys can result in traffic deaths. That's why.

Because smokers don't generally walk into oncoming traffic.

cigs dont get you drunkweezyfb

Because some people don't stand shouting at people walking past " Hey! You want some of this, I'll cut you!" after 7-9 smokes.Treflis

Because some people don't stand shouting at people walking past " Hey! You want some of this, I'll cut you!" after 7-9 smokes.Treflis

[QUOTE="Treflis"]Because some people don't stand shouting at people walking past " Hey! You want some of this, I'll cut you!" after 7-9 smokes.BranKetra

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="Treflis"]Because some people don't stand shouting at people walking past " Hey! You want some of this, I'll cut you!" after 7-9 smokes.W1ckedGo0se

I believe it's less to do with drunk and disorderly behaviour and more to do with charging someone with a crime. For instance, before the open container laws (I may be mistake, so correct me if I am wrong) it was actually legal to drink and drive. The catch was that you had to maintain a blood-alcohol level below 0.07.

Open container says that regardless or not if you're drunk, you're still drinking.

Bringing it out on the streets means that people who "may soon be drunk" but aren't yet can be charged with a crime; and that those who leave unattended containers (thereby giving minors access to alcohol) can also be charged for their negligence.

Eitherway, the point is to give the police the ability to charge you before you commit a crime due to the likelihood a crime will be committed.

in Vegas you can.

Drinkers start fights and may do stupid stuff like jump in front of cars. Smokers shouldnt be able to pollute my clean pink lungs either though.hotfiree

Drunks are dangerous and shabby. Smokers, not so much.

[QUOTE="hotfiree"]Drinkers start fights and may do stupid stuff like jump in front of cars. Smokers shouldnt be able to pollute my clean pink lungs either though.testfactor888

Making cigarettes illegal is ridiculous. Would you also like to ban some brands of perfume because you don't like the smell?

[QUOTE="testfactor888"]

[QUOTE="hotfiree"]Drinkers start fights and may do stupid stuff like jump in front of cars. Smokers shouldnt be able to pollute my clean pink lungs either though.hotfiree

Because smokers don't generally walk into oncoming traffic.

ChiSoxBombers

people who smoke a couple of cigarettes don't tend to start fights...people who have a couple of drinks tend to....

people who smoke a couple of cigarettes don't tend to start fights...people who have a couple of drinks tend to....

Making cigarettes illegal is ridiculous. Would you also like to ban some brands of perfume because you don't like the smell?

bloodling

Making them illegal isn't ridiculous at all. How they're even legal is what bothers me. They're just sticks packed with all kinds of disgusting chemicals that get you addicted to a habbit that does nothing but harm you and others around you. By all rights they should be illegal.

[QUOTE="bloodling"]

Making cigarettes illegal is ridiculous. Would you also like to ban some brands of perfume because you don't like the smell?

raynimrod

Making them illegal isn't ridiculous at all. How they're even legal is what bothers me. They're just sticks packed with all kinds of disgusting chemicals that get you addicted to a habbit that does nothing but harm you and others around you. By all rights they should be illegal.

That is far from the truth. Cigarettes have positives. Just because you don't think it's worth it doesn't mean nobody should smoke just because you don't. Cigarettes won't kill me. Even if they did, it's none of your business, really.

That is far from the truth. Cigarettes have positives. Just because you don't think it's worth it doesn't mean nobody should smoke just because you don't. Cigarettes won't kill me. Even if they did, it's none of your business, really.

bloodling

Really, cigarettes have positives? Please do tell, I'd be interested to hear your idea of "positive".

They're a dangerous concoction of chemicals, marketted in such a way to attract young and impressionable people in addition to keeping the older smokers hooked. I fail to see how breathing in all those potentially deadly toxins can produce beneficial, positive results. I also fail to see how they could possibly be legal...

Oh wait, the government taxes the industry and makes and absolute fortune - nevermind.