Let's have a heated debate - Public Smoking Ban

[Couldn't give a rats arse]

Simple question - do you support the proposed ban of smoking in public places?

 

[Soton Seagull]

Certainly do. Smokers have a choice of whether they smoke or not. It would be nice if the rest of us had that choice!

 

[pasty]

Certainly do. Smokers have a choice of whether they smoke or not. It would be nice if the rest of us had that choice!

Oxymoron ? A ban denies a smoker the choice.

 

[Marc]

I'm a non-smoker so hows my "need a light?" chat up line gonna work now if the girls cant smoke in bars/clubs?!?!

Yes I do carry around a BHA Lighter with me before you say anything*







* I am of course JOKING before you think I'm mad, oh.....you do anyway, furry muff!









Seriously I dont think they should, alot of my mates smoke so the pub will become lonely without them! But I do agree non-smokers should have a choice aswell so I sort of contradict myself there abit!

I'm not worried about inhailing smoke, the day I start to worry about cancer is th day I start to worry about nuclear bombs/other forms of cancer not linked to smoking/aids/deadly diseases/coldplay becoming my favourite band!
Lifes too short for me to worry and work myself into depression about possibly dying because some old boys smoking a pipe next to me at the bar!

 

[CHAPPERS]

No f***ing way especially in PUBS.

 

[Soton Seagull]

Oxymoron ? A ban denies a smoker the choice.

Yes, but only in a communal context. They can smoke until their heart's content (or stops) outside, or at home.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Landlords of pubs should be given the choice to allow people to smoke or not then people can decide whether tehy want to go to the pub or not.

That, DKM, is a FACT.

 

[Easy 10]

Banning it in restaurants, fair enough. They're exclusively in the business of selling food, and people should be capable of going a few hours without a fag to enable a clear atmosphere within a food environment.

This proposal of banning smoking in pubs that sell food is bollocks though. If you are going out for a pub lunch and the pub is too smokey, then GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Its not difficult. Pubs are places where people go for a drink and a ciggie, and to unwind. They are not primarily eating establishments. There are PLENTY of alternatives to pubs if you are out for something to eat, so if smoke really does bother you, then go and eat somewhere else for christs sake.

 

[caz99]

i think its difficult. its not just cancer that people should be worried about its heard disease and asthma. i dont think an all out ban should be considered. i do agree with restuarants, but maybe pubs should have some non smoking sections so that if you want a break or you go down the pub and dont want so stink like an ashtray then you have the choice.

 

[Knightsworld]

No f***ing way especially in PUBS.

Here Here

 

[Bwian]

Smoke never really bothered me until last year. Now, into 4th year of not smoking (this attempt) and I am seriously affected by it.

I say ban it simply from a purely selfish, health related standpoint.You want to smoke? No problem-but please do it where my chest doesn't burn with every breath because of it.

 

[Marshy]

Im a non smoker, and lets face it smoking will be banned in public places.
However it dosent stop me going to the pub for a pint, im happy to to take the risk of enhaling smoke for a couple of hours every once in a while.

It will be nice not to stink of smoke when i get home though !

There are people who dont go to the pub though because of it, my wife being one, does her asthma no good at all.

 

[magoo]

Ban smoking in all public places inside and out. Sick of smokers complaining about their rights to smoke when it should be my right to be able to go anywhere i want without that cancerous stench infecting my lungs.

If you don't know what effects smoking has on yourself and your surroundings by now then you are selfish.

Do it in your own home, nowhere else.

 

[Easy 10]

Landlords of pubs should be given the choice to allow people to smoke or not then people can decide whether tehy want to go to the pub or not.

EXACTLY.
It can be clearly displayed outside each pub whether it is a smoking establishment or not. Then non-smokers can decide to give it a wide berth if smoke bothers them, while smokers can make a beeline for it if they want a fag with their pint.

That way EVERYONE has a choice. Simple, innit.

 

[pasty]

How is this proposed ban going to work though? One of my favourite Sunday pubs - The Hannover in Queens Park Road - does an excellent sunday roast. It does however, already have a non-smoking section, and smoking is not allowed at the bar. Does the propsed ban mean that as a food serving establishment it has to introduce a blanket ban?

Incidentally, the smoking area is twice the size of the non-smoking area, and generally more populated as well.

 

[sparkie]

Please ban it at railway stations if nowhere else. And that includes the platforms after you get a off a train you selfish tossers - Can't you just wait 2 extra minutes until you get outside!!??!!

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Was a smoker for fifteen years but never smoked in a public place. Should be banned.

 

[Bwian]

Banning it in restaurants, fair enough. They're exclusively in the business of selling food, and people should be capable of going a few hours without a fag to enable a clear atmosphere within a food environment.

This proposal of banning smoking in pubs that sell food is bollocks though. If you are going out for a pub lunch and the pub is too smokey, then GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Its not difficult. Pubs are places where people go for a drink and a ciggie, and to unwind. They are not primarily eating establishments. There are PLENTY of alternatives to pubs if you are out for something to eat, so if smoke really does bother you, then go and eat somewhere else for christs sake.

Shouldn't that be "If not having a cigarette bothers you that much GO SOMEWHERE ELSE"? I'm not moralising here-it's a fact that the effects of passive smoking are worse than originally thought and I can vouch for that. I used to smoke 2 packs of Marlboro a day, quit nearly 4 years ago and now I can't breathe when cigarette smoke is around me.

It is the smoker who should be inconvenienced-not non smokers. Want to smoke?-YOU go outside in the cold, rain, snow, etc. Want to smoke and drink? Do it at home please- that way my clothes don't smell like a frigging ash tray for days afterwards.

 

[magoo]

Shouldn't that be "If not having a cigarette bothers you that much GO SOMEWHERE ELSE"? I'm not moralising here-it's a fact that the effects of passive smoking are worse than originally thought and I can vouch for that. I used to smoke 2 packs of Marlboro a day, quit nearly 4 years ago and now I can't breathe when cigarette smoke is around me.

It is the smoker who should be inconvenienced-not non smokers. Want to smoke?-YOU go outside in the cold, rain, snow, etc. Want to smoke and drink? Do it at home please- that way my clothes don't smell like a frigging ash tray for days afterwards.

here here.

 

[Rangdo]

It doesn't make any difference what we think. It's going to happen anyway and I'm going to be sooooooooooo happy