Svyatoslav Shvachko,
entrepreneur
“It’s been two weeks since I quit smoking. And I highly recommend everyone who smokes to quit. I am 40 and I’d been smoking for almost 30 years. People should leave this bad habit and such a law can only help.”
Natalya Pustovit,
physician
“Active and passive smoking are almost the same in harmfulness to health. And those who don’t smoke are forced to breath air that contains nicotine. This is an absolutely normal law and it’s been adopted in most Western countries a long time ago.”
Dmytro Bezkorovainuiy,
junior economist
“I totally support this law, even though I smoke myself. I want to quit and I believe such a ban can stimulate me. The other reason – smoking makes people who don’t smoke feel uncomfortable and harms their health. I also started smoking because of my friends.”
Oksana Yakovenko,
student
“I think that’s a great idea to ban smoking in restaurants and other public places. Smoking is harmful for the health, so people who choose a healthy way of life suffer for nothing when people are around smoke. And even if there arespecial zones for smokers, it still doesn’t solve the problem. The smoke and the smell easily spread around.”
Mykola Tkachenko,
pensioner
“I smoke and why, tell me, somebody should forbid me to smoke in a bar or restaurant? That’s nonsense. And that is definitely not right. I’ve been smoking all my life. I don’t plan to quit and want my rights to be protected as well.”
