Loose Women’s Kaye Adams raged ‘why are you arguing to kill people?!’ at the show’s stunned guest, Mariella Frostrup, as their smoking ban debate took an explosive turn.

During Friday’s episode, Kaye, Mariella, Frankie Bridge and Nadia Sawalha chatted about the recent potential smoking ban.

On Thursday, Keir Starmer confirmed he was considering a ban on outdoor smoking amid claims it could see Brits barred from lighting up in beer gardens or outside stadiums.

But, like the rest of the nation, the panellists could not agree on whether the potential ban is a step in the right direction.

Kaye argued that the government has already done damage limitation, reduced the number of people who smoke in the UK and that the ban could have more negative impacts on the NHS than initially thought.

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Loose Women ‘s Kaye Adams raged ‘why are you arguing to kill people?!’ at the show’s stunned guest, Mariella Frostrup , as their debate took an explosive turn

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During Friday’s episode, Kaye, Mariella (pictured), Frankie Bridge and Nadia Sawalha chatted about the recent potential smoking ban

But Mariella, who is an ex-smoker, and Frankie Bridge didn’t quite see eye-to-eye with the panelist.

They argued the point of avoiding a nanny state and confessed they felt the government was hypocritical because they benefited from the taxes.

The panellists argued that if the government are going to ban smoking outside pubs and around outdoor spaces, then they should just ban smoking entirely.

Kaye argued: ‘That is why they don’t ban it. That is why they do things like putting it behind plain packaging, the put warnings on it. They raised the prices. They do everything they can to reduce the number of people who smoke and to do damage limitation. That is what they have done very successfully. Only 10 percent of the public now smoke…’

Cutting in, Frankie Bridge quipped: ‘But they have done that and now they have brought out another version of [vapes] which is dangerous.’

Appearing frustrated with her fellow co-panelists, Kaye said: ‘I just don’t understand why youse seem to be arguing to kill people.’

Looking bewildered by the comment, Marielle chipped in: ‘I think that is an absolutely radical and incendiary thing to say. Speaking of smoking. Well it is because what we are talking about is whether the government should be in a position to behave hypocritically concerning this one particular vice that is perfectly legal. You are entitled to go into your local newsagent, buy a packet and the government takes a hefty £10.’

Nadia chimed: ‘If you ban to smoke, it’s going to become an illicit thing, it will become an illegal thing. There will be no tax on it. There will still be people needing to access the NHS for lung cancer and all the other things that smoking give you but we won’t have the tax to pay for it.’

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On Thursday, Keir Starmer confirmed he was considering a ban on outdoor smoking amid claims it could see Brits barred from lighting up in beer gardens or outside stadiums

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But, like the rest of the nation, the panellists could not agree on whether the potential ban is a step in the right direction (L to R: Kaye, Frankie, Mariella and Nadia)

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Kaye argued that the government has already done damage limitation, reduced the number of people who smoke in the UK and that the ban could have more negative impacts on the NHS than initially thought

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But Mariella, who is a confessed ex-smoker, and Frankie Bridge didn’t quite see eye-to-eye with the panelist

Mariella added: ‘But people do all kinds of things that are bad for their health. Are we going to ban all of them? Are we going to rely on the government to force us to be super-human healthy people who only eat radishes?’

This week, the Prime Minister told journalists on a visit to Paris he is looking at changes to smoking laws as he pointed to a ‘huge burden’ on the NHS.

According to leaked plans, the government is set to ban smoking in some outdoor areas in a bid to improve public health.

The indoor smoking ban, which was introduced under the previous Labour government in 2007, could be extended to cover other locations.

This may include small parks, outdoor restaurants or even shisha bars, as well as areas outside hospitals and football grounds.

Asked about the proposals, Sir Keir said: ‘My starting point on this is to remind everybody that over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of smoking.

‘That is a preventable death, it’s a huge burden on the NHS and, of course, it is a burden on the taxpayer.

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They argued the point of avoiding a nanny state and confessed they felt the government was hypocritical because they benefited from the taxes

‘So, yes, we are going to take decisions in this space, more details will be revealed.

‘But this is a preventable series of deaths and we’ve got to take action to reduce the burden on the NHS and the taxpayer.’

The leaked plans have sparked a huge backlash with concerns they could cause massive harm to the pub industry and other hospitality businesses.

Labour is also under fire over ‘nanny state’ measures with claims it is a ‘libertarian issue’ as to whether Brits decide to light up outdoors.