A novel way to get around the smoking ban

[Sysman]

They did this in a lot of pubs in Germany when the ban came in, they were bloody awful, you came out stinking like an ashtray. Now that the ban has, kind of, been rescinded then you can continue as pre-ban times. A couple of sites I've been to recently have little cubicles built for smoking in corridors or in the case of one, right by reception where the cafe is so you can have a fag and coffee. Civilised...

I worked at a place in the 80s that had a smoking room. It was equipped with decent sized desks so that you could spread out your compiler listings and do constructive work (no carping from non-smokers about you skiving while having a fag). It also suffered from inadequate ventilation, but the idea was sound.

The last few places I have worked have had a coffee/smoking area and it's quite a good way of meeting folks you wouldn't normally come into contact with - networking at work, if you like.

[darmstadt]

Apart from that being a tad impractical they make so much tobacco revenue that I doubt that will happen.

Like in the USA? Although not banned per se, you can still lose your job for smoking at home. See some states want to ban smoking in certain outside areas. When I was last in NY there were signs on buildings stating not to smoke within a certain distance of the building which meant I ended up standing in the middle of the road.

[RSoles]

Have you checked that its not already a microwave?

FIFY

[TykeMerc]

You wait until they ban smoking in the home.

Apart from that being a tad impractical they make so much tobacco revenue that I doubt that will happen.

[BrilloPad]

I gave up a few years ago but I've just found out that the client co has a smoking room.
It's behind a door with a big sign on it saying Private Apartment and is actually registered as a separate piece of real estate to the rest of the building, i.e. it's not business premises or a place of work so you can do waht the hell you want in there.
Would be good if pubs could do this sort of thing, assuming they've got the room to do it of course.

You wait until they ban smoking in the home.

[Pondlife]

A former client of mine in Germany had these as well. They are open sided cubicles with air extractors that suck all the smoke. I was impressed at how effective they were. Shame we couldn't have something similar back over here.

If you look closely you'll see they're made by a British company.

Not that I spend much time in them you understand.

[wurzel]

A former client of mine in Germany had these as well. They are open sided cubicles with air extractors that suck all the smoke. I was impressed at how effective they were. Shame we couldn't have something similar back over here.

On Air France, they have (or at least had last time I went long haul with them) "Le Coin Fumeur" at the back of the plane where
you can stand and have a fag. You are in a little curtained off area & there's an extractor so the rest of the passengers don't get bothered by your smoke. Last time, when I came back from Brazil on AF, they were pouring out glasses of wine for you to enjoy with your smoke. Very civilised.

[Spacecadet]

A former client of mine in Germany had these as well. They are open sided cubicles with air extractors that suck all the smoke. I was impressed at how effective they were. Shame we couldn't have something similar back over here.

That would allow far too much recognition of personal freedom

[rsingh]

A couple of sites I've been to recently have little cubicles built for smoking in corridors or in the case of one, right by reception where the cafe is so you can have a fag and coffee. Civilised...

A former client of mine in Germany had these as well. They are open sided cubicles with air extractors that suck all the smoke. I was impressed at how effective they were. Shame we couldn't have something similar back over here.

[darmstadt]

Would be good if pubs could do this sort of thing, assuming they've got the room to do it of course.

They did this in a lot of pubs in Germany when the ban came in, they were bloody awful, you came out stinking like an ashtray. Now that the ban has, kind of, been rescinded then you can continue as pre-ban times. A couple of sites I've been to recently have little cubicles built for smoking in corridors or in the case of one, right by reception where the cafe is so you can have a fag and coffee. Civilised...

[stingman123]

I gave up a few years ago but I've just found out that the client co has a smoking room.
It's behind a door with a big sign on it saying Private Apartment and is actually registered as a separate piece of real estate to the rest of the building, i.e. it's not business premises or a place of work so you can do waht the hell you want in there.
Would be good if pubs could do this sort of thing, assuming they've got the room to do it of course.

Have you checked that its not already a brothel?

[wurzel]

I gave up a few years ago but I've just found out that the client co has a smoking room.
It's behind a door with a big sign on it saying Private Apartment and is actually registered as a separate piece of real estate to the rest of the building, i.e. it's not business premises or a place of work so you can do waht the hell you want in there.
Would be good if pubs could do this sort of thing, assuming they've got the room to do it of course.