The ban

[Cherry_Ripe]

What we do lack is a smoke-free, kiddie-free, music-free pub where you can sit and drink anything (soft drinks, coffee, alcohol), eat decent food and enjoy some intteligent conversation. A pub like this for the 35+ sector would be great.

 

Oldspice we get all of this at the casino.

[goldencup]

I'd heard that too but I've never been to one!

[Scarlet Passion]

Well most pubs are full of old people so I dont go in them, I don't have to worry about kids in pubs and I'm not old enough for the other places you mentioned yet. But I don't smoke and I think second hand smoke is disgusting.

It gets in my clothes and my hair (aswell as my lungs), and makes everything smell awful!

From a purely selfish point of view, the sooner this ban comes into effect the better it's going to be.

[loulou]

I really hate the way my hair and clothes smell when I've been in a pub full of smokers.

[wjp666]

it's people who smoke in their hiomes i don't understand. are they completely oblivious to that god-awful stench and yellow wallpaper?

[oldspice]

Don't you just hate walking down the street and getting a regular face full of smoke from someone walking in front of you smoking a cigarette?

 

I remember when people could smoke everywhere - cinemas, shops, theatres, staff rest rooms, even hospitals. I think we have come a long way since those days. The fact is, smokers are now in a minority.

[loulou]

Years ago when people were still allowed to smoke on buses all the smokers went upstairs on the double deckers and all the non smokers would rather stand downstairs than go up there.

[Cherry_Ripe]

We found out today that the ban at my work extends to 5m around all the buildings. Also shelters will be erected for people who want to go out and smoke. As long as people abide by this 5m rule then I think it's satisfactory but I would have preferred a campus-wide ban like at Oldspice's work.