Smoking Poll

[EternalOptimist]

I suspect a lot of the people who wanted smoking banned in pubs would be equally happy to see the pubs close.
because.
drinking is bad for you and has health and social consequences so if we cant have prohibition lets close the pubs and tax home drinking till the pips squeak and stop people who drink from getting health services and lets have a tax on chocolate as well because all those fatties are a constant drain on resources, after all it worked in Scotland just look at the increased number of pub goers oh sorry the stats were all manipulated and rigged oh well we can always say sorry later

[BlightyBoy]

I prefer the pubs without the stinky smell of cigs but it should be ones own choice...

As opposed to the stinky smell of stale beer and p*ss?

[DimPrawn]

yeah! totally loving that sword of truth! and you wield it so manfully!

non-smoking people who spend a lot of time in bars may well be dying from lung cancer but there's absolutely no proof it's caused by man-made tobacco emissions. none. and that's a fact!

I love the way guru totally accepts computer models saying the world will be destroyed in a few short years by man-made CO2 emissions without a shred of evidence (indeed the climate is cooling now), but needs "hard proof" that passively breathing in smoke can cause cancer.

[Bagpuss]

Gonzo, way too sensible, but the anti smoking lobby want the right to go wherever smokers go and tut disapprovingly until the smokers STOP.

[EternalOptimist]

I love the way guru totally accepts computer models saying the world will be destroyed in a few short years by man-made CO2 emissions without a shred of evidence (indeed the climate is cooling now), but needs "hard proof" that passively breathing in smoke can cause cancer.

you are ignoring the fact that Foxy modelled this, so experiments and hard facts are not required. I refer you to his model 'Smokeopoly' the rules of which were drawn up on the back of a fag packet

[Mich the Tester]

non-smoking people who spend a lot of time in bars may well be dying from lung cancer but there's absolutely no proof it's caused by man-made tobacco emissions. none. and that's a fact!

There are plenty of non-smoking pubs for them to visit but they aren’t visiting them. That’s why 39 pubs a week in Britain and about 7 pubs a week in Holland are closing.

[cailin maith]

As opposed to the stinky smell of stale beer and p*ss?

My local still is the stinkiest hole in Manchester... the cigs didn't help much!!

[BlightyBoy]

Gonzo, way too sensible, but the anti smoking lobby want the right to go wherever smokers go and tut disapprovingly until the smokers STOP.

How long before denying that smoking is harmful becomes a psycholigical disorder?

[Gonzo]

Way too sensible for this country!!

I don't smoke and I have asthma so I prefer the pubs without the stinky smell of cigs but it should be ones own choice...

I think it is all down to the way that the legislation was marketed in the UK. It was put through as legislation to "protect the health of workers" which meant that smoking could not then be allowed in any work-place.

In other countries the legislation had a slightly different raison d'etre, making exceptions allowable.

[NotAllThere]

I started a 10-20 cigs a week habit at 16, and stopped at 18.

Last time I was in the UK, I went to the pub as often as I could because a) I miss decent beer and b) the pubs are smoke free.

Not that I agree with the smoking ban... What should have been done was to outlaw smoking at the bar to protect the bar staff (actually was this already the case before the ban came into force?), and to force provision no-smoking areas in pubs/establishments over a certain size. Such areas accessible to the bar without running a gauntlet of second hand smoke.

But that wouldn't please the anti-smoking zealots.