Their apparent attitude, however, will not give you cancer if you stand or sit anywhere near them while they are indulging in it.
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New York City to ban smoking in parks, beaches and boardwalks
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Their apparent attitude, however, will not give you cancer if you stand or sit anywhere near them while they are indulging in it.
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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I smoke. I will not argue that it is not bad for you. I cannot argue with the smoking inside public places ban, even though I believe it is a vehicle to destroy social relationships. However, if I am outside and I want to smoke I frankly dont give a toss if someone finds it offensive. Move you silly sod.
daveinprague
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If im outside, I will smoke...
Non smokers can get their knickers in a twist about it, but I dont give a f***. If you dont like it.....move....bwah, I was here first doesnt cut it.
Please even threaten me, I find these sort of people even funnier.
Anybody who drives a car and complains about smokers are fecking hypocrits as well.
Some of these non smoking comments now are bordering on the fecking ridiculous, and seem to be from some of the people who whinge about personal freedoms and freedom of speech in other threads.
Non smokers can get their knickers in a twist about it, but I dont give a f***. If you dont like it.....move....bwah, I was here first doesnt cut it.
Please even threaten me, I find these sort of people even funnier.
Anybody who drives a car and complains about smokers are fecking hypocrits as well.
Some of these non smoking comments now are bordering on the fecking ridiculous, and seem to be from some of the people who whinge about personal freedoms and freedom of speech in other threads.
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
Its all done with the veil of " stop you are giving me cancer ". That is BOLLOCKS. The odds of someone getting cancer from someone smoking outside with the odd waft of smoke going in their direction is about 10000000000000000000000000-1.
But its not about the facts, its about I am holier than you, I am better than you, I am superior to you. Next time just ask them to move by saying " would you care to move as I don't wish to breath in your body odour anymore ".
But its not about the facts, its about I am holier than you, I am better than you, I am superior to you. Next time just ask them to move by saying " would you care to move as I don't wish to breath in your body odour anymore ".
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,966
It's not they banned smoking from platforms under health and safety as they did'nt want people congregating at the end of platforms, What makes it any more dangerous than people congregating in the middle of a platform while they wait for a train is beyond me but there you go.
It seems pretty clear to me.
Either a goverment wants the tax raised from cigarettes, in which case society has to be reasonable and find sensible places for people to smoke, or it decides it doesn't want smoking allowed in any public place, in which case you may as well ban it.
Personally, I'd ban smoking on any premises licensed to serve food, but would allow it anywhere else, as long as there is provision for a non smoking area which is at least as big as the smoking area.
Either a goverment wants the tax raised from cigarettes, in which case society has to be reasonable and find sensible places for people to smoke, or it decides it doesn't want smoking allowed in any public place, in which case you may as well ban it.
Personally, I'd ban smoking on any premises licensed to serve food, but would allow it anywhere else, as long as there is provision for a non smoking area which is at least as big as the smoking area.
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I saw two guys having a row about smoking on Preston Park Station a while ago, then when I got to the platform a few others had joined in. The smoker was being lectured by about 4 different people about how his smoking was effecting them and of course pointing out it was illegal for him to be smoking on the platform. It didn't bother me as I was a little way from it. But I thought why not make your point and move along it's a big platform. But I also thought, how weak willed someone has to be, to deliberately lit up in what they know is a non smoking area, just so you can have a quick fix prior to the train turning up.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,498
The smoking ban in pubs was one of the best things that ever happened.
I'm not getting all moral about health or anything, it's just that it stinks, it makes you and your clothes reek even if it's not you smoking, and it makes it difficult and unpleasant to breathe.
It must also have made a lot of people think about giving up, which has to be a good thing.
I'm not getting all moral about health or anything, it's just that it stinks, it makes you and your clothes reek even if it's not you smoking, and it makes it difficult and unpleasant to breathe.
It must also have made a lot of people think about giving up, which has to be a good thing.
Smythe
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Been given up near enough 7 years to the day but not really bothered by other ppl smoking. Only thing with banning smoking in pubs is that every half hour your sat there like billy no mates while all your mates piss off outside lol.
Seems really weird now that 15 years ago or so you could smoke on busses, trains, cinemas, planes etc. Is there a reduction in smoking related illnesses now after its been banned from everywhere
? I doubt it. Thats taking it a bit far in New York tho.
Seems really weird now that 15 years ago or so you could smoke on busses, trains, cinemas, planes etc. Is there a reduction in smoking related illnesses now after its been banned from everywhere
? I doubt it. Thats taking it a bit far in New York tho.Smythe
Active member
yes i agree it is good to go home from the pub and not be stinking of other ppl's smoking.
How many of you smokers would be addicted now if the bans were in place when you were younger? I used to go clubbing 2/3 times a week and would always have a few cigarettes (not saying 'fag') whilst out, since the ban I never smoke, cant be bothered to stand outside.
Surely the less convenient it is to smoke, the less people that will START to smoke? Has to be a good thing surely?
Surely the less convenient it is to smoke, the less people that will START to smoke? Has to be a good thing surely?
Think you had better get up the EAR, Nose and Throat Hospital, dog shit smells like tobacco?
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I spent a couple of days in Helston, Cornwall, last week. There is a famous pub there called The Blue Anchor (oldest established home-brew pub in the country), where the smoking arrangement was a huge marquee in what used to be the pub's garden. There were gaps in the marquee walls that apparently met the local council's understanding of what falls within the limits of a legal, under-cover smoking area. The marquee had a dozen or so tables and a permanent bar set up inside it. Room for about 100 people. And ashtrays.
The marquee was packed with customers, a good number of them non-smokers. The indoor bars in the pub had practically no-one in them (just a few real-ale bores, soaking up the experience of being inside a historic building).
The other pubs in Helston were almost empty.
Lesson?
The marquee was packed with customers, a good number of them non-smokers. The indoor bars in the pub had practically no-one in them (just a few real-ale bores, soaking up the experience of being inside a historic building).
The other pubs in Helston were almost empty.
Lesson?
daveinprague
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No idea why they came up with the blanket ban?.. Seems that most Euro countries have smoking and non smoking establishments....
The holier than thou crew in UK seem to be running the issue. I found many pubs in Brighton totally dull the last time I went home, with less people in them than I remember.
The holier than thou crew in UK seem to be running the issue. I found many pubs in Brighton totally dull the last time I went home, with less people in them than I remember.
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The Spanish
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if you are a property developer keen on getting hold of some nice solid victorian buildings on the cheap.
Or alternatively, if you are a perfectly normal person who doesn't like the idea of smelling like an ash tray after a night out, thanks to other people smoking.
Which I suspect is what she is.
The only down side to the smoking ban is clubs and gigs now smell of body odour and farts. No too disimilar to real ale pubs in fact. But given the choice of fags or farts I'll plump for farts I think.
The Spanish
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well thats alright then as smoking in pubs is banned.
their general emptiness is testimony to how many people are enjoying it.
Nothing to do with a faltering economy then?
The Spanish
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the ban on fags is probably ultimately responsible for the faltering economy.
no smoke without fire, to coin a phrase.