Author Topic: Smoking ban (Read 19428 times)

chocolate chick · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:02:04 pm »

I hate it when I get off the train in the morning and people start lighting up before they have even gone through the barriers!

lemoneye · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:03:42 pm »

Do you HONESTLY believe it is about safety? At the same time as the ID cards pass the commons?

Can't smoke in a pub means - won't go to a pub...

Some will support and some won't. In my opinion this is another scary turn made in the road - i do not like the direction we are moving in.

What is next? Land re-apportionment?

smurfboy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:11:04 pm »

Well yes, I do honestly believe it's about safety. The government makes huge amounts in tax from duty on cigarettes and alcohol, so it's not as if discouraging people to smoke, and therefore spend less time in the pub, will be of any financial benefit to the government.

So if you don't think it's about safety, what do you think it's about? A sinister conspiracy to take control of the people?

chocolate chick · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:22:32 pm »

A girl burnt my face in a pub once. It really hurt and it blistered

smurfboy · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:24:12 pm »

A girl in a club next to me once was dancing and waving a lit fag about it the same time. When she managed to burn me on the arm, she threatened to report ME for having a go at her!

Cherry_Ripe · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:28:57 pm »

Quote from: lemoneye

Can't smoke in a pub means - won't go to a pub...

For me, can't smoke in a pub means I'll go to a pub

Plus I'll feel happier about my young cousin who works in a pub - she will have a healthier work environment.

chocoboo · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:00:56 pm »

I really think we have seen a land mark in British social history.

chocolate chick · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:01:23 pm »

I hate going to a pub and then coming out with sore eyes and hair which smells like an ashtray

minty · « **Reply #23 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:35:38 pm »

Quote from: chocolate chick

I hate going to a pub and then coming out with sore eyes and hair which smells like an ashtray

I agree!

chocolate chick · « **Reply #24 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:50:37 pm »

I am glad David gave up last year else I wouldn't hear the last of this.

oldspice · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:45:08 pm »

I think it's a Health & Safety issue. Employees in pubs/clubs have a right to have their health and safety protected by law. It's all very well for smokers to damage their own health by choice but they should not be allowed to continuously damage the health of others.

I feel sorry for children whose parents are heavy smokers. What protection are they getting???

loulou · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2006, 12:57:25 am »

I don't smoke and never have. I don't like my hair and clothes to smell of smoke but I don't object to anyone having a cigarette near me as long as I am not eating at the time. A lot of people like a cigarette when they are having a drink so would it not be easier to have a smoking area like a snug.

oldspice · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:08:44 am »

It still leaves the issue of protecting the health of employees who work in pubs and clubs and other public places. They may not mind now, but if they get lung disease in future years they will wonder why their health was not protected by law.

homer · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2006, 11:29:34 am »

Quote from: oldspice

It still leaves the issue of protecting the health of employees who work in pubs and clubs and other public places. They may not mind now, but if they get lung disease in future years they will wonder why their health was not protected by law.

lemoneye · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2006, 12:49:19 pm »

<<sigh>>

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Author Topic: Smoking ban (Read 19428 times)