Smoking Poll

[Foxy Moron]

Public Place:
means a place, or a part of a place, to which the public, or a section of the public, ordinarily has access, whether or not by payment or by invitation (including, for example, a shop, restaurant, hotel, cinema or club).

As Mich Says, it's up to the owner to invite you in. You have no given right just barge in willy nilly and do whatever you like, nor should you be able to control other invited people. Therefore it should be the owners right to invite in who they like, be it smokers or not. IMHO

[Cyberman]

They have added to it, but it's not the main message I'm getting from the pub Landlords I know.

Smoking used to stop me going to pubs, especially in Germany where everybody appears to be a chain-smoker. Landlords need to diversify, rather than relying on cigarette sales. Heavy smoking is unsustainable because of NHS costs, above all else.

[Mich the Tester]

Nobody is forcing you to use a bus shelter either.

Luckily not, no. But as I said, bus shelters were originally provided by the public authorities for the use of all the public, at a time when most people had little choice but to travel by bus. Pubs, on the other hand are provided by private individuals for the use of members of the public who choose to use them.

[pmeswani]

Luckily not, no. But as I said, bus shelters were originally provided by the public authorities for the use of all the public, at a time when most people had little choice but to travel by bus. Pubs, on the other hand are provided by private individuals for the use of members of the public who choose to use them.

And when small groups of people (smokers and non-smokers) enter the pub, the smoking friends would tell the non-smoking friends that they are not going to socialise with the non-smoking friends in the pub because they don't smoke.

Where if there is no smoking within the pub, there's nothing stopping the smoker from taking a 5 minute break to pop out for a ciggie whilst everyone else is socialising inside. When the smoker has finished, they come back in and socialise. Happy days.

[Mich the Tester]

And when small groups of people (smokers and non-smokers) enter the pub, the smoking friends would tell the non-smoking friends that they are not going to socialise with the non-smoking friends in the pub because they don't smoke.

Do you believe the government should legislate for the behaviour appropriate to friendship?

[pmeswani]

Do you believe the government should legislate for the behaviour appropriate to friendship?

Where people fail to self-regulate, then yes.

[Mich the Tester]

Where people fail to self-regulate, then yes.

Bloody hell.

[Lockhouse]

I quit about 10 years ago. If I had one tomorrow I'd be back on 20 a day within a fortnight. Still miss the "after" ciggie (after dinner, after... etc. )

[NotAllThere]

Do you smoke after intercourse?



I don't know, I've never looked.

[Foxy Moron]

Pinnichio stopped smoking soon after he gave up masturbation