Bobbeh Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yay or Nay? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4709258.stm Personally I felt they made the right decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I don't know why they just don't just ban smoking altogether and have done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrzs Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Oh well, It'll give me time to get used to that foul tasting Nicoret Gum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 I don't know why they just don't just ban smoking altogether and have done with it. Probably because they make a lot of money out of tobacco sales still. As far as the ban itself is concerned, I dont think it'll cause problems, they've had it in Ireland and New York for a couple of years at least now and its not exactly the end of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Wooohoooooo !!!! Bloody fantastic news. It annoys the hell out of me. I'm very sensitive to smoke and can tell when someone lights up a mile away so this makes me very happy to know that I can go to the pub, eat a meal, relax and not end up choking, coughing and stinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Wooohoooooo !!!! Bloody fantastic news. It annoys the hell out of me. I'm very sensitive to smoke and can tell when someone lights up a mile away so this makes me very happy to know that I can go to the pub, eat a meal, relax and not end up choking, coughing and stinking. I'm the worse type of smoker, an ex-smoker!! Since quitting (4 yrs ago) I'm really sensitive to cigarette smoke. If I spend even an hour or two in a pub, the next morning I suffer from bronchial problems, feel sick and can't stop coughing. I have no doubt that my previous smoking has assisted this, but it does go to show the effect 2nd hand smoke can have on some people. If cigarettes were introduced as a new product today they would be labelled a class B or C drug... mind you, so would alcohol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I don't mind it tbh unless it's a REALLY smokie enviroment. XCan't stand it when your eating a meal though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 about time too, all the smokers will not want it to happen but when they try and quit and if they do then they will find out how they smell absolutely disgusting and there breath is foul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaf Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 hate the stuff. my dad used to smoke when i was younger but he gave up about 8 years ago. makes the house smell bad, makes your clothes stink, bad breath etc. i dont go for birds that smoke as it's a filthy habit. i can understand peoples addiction to them though and am sympathetic to that, but people smoking around me i dont like.... although i tolerate it. every smoker has the same story to tell i.e it's a filthy habit but i cant seem to stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 More fag butts on the street...........we'll all stand outside for a smoke instead:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 More fag butts on the street...........we'll all stand outside for a smoke instead:) Its going to be interesting at work, of out the 8 or so in our team, half smoke, they're not gonna like it especially as the pub is a place for the occasional lunch beer! I agree with terribleturner, sometimes its ok, but places with crap ventilation/circulation and where they serve food its disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooper-supra Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Wooohoooooo !!!! Bloody fantastic news. It annoys the hell out of me. I'm very sensitive to smoke and can tell when someone lights up a mile away so this makes me very happy to know that I can go to the pub, eat a meal, relax and not end up choking, coughing and stinking. very much the same i hate smoking its horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Wrong choice IMHO - more nanny state stuff. I no longer smoke, but do not mind those who do, and think it is something we have a right to. Just seems like the Government trying to control us even more. People should make their own choices in life, and by the same token, be accountable for their actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I would agree with this if they did the same with alcohol (which causes just as much misery as cigarettes). And now so many people are going to give up smoking and staying healthier, do we get a corresponding reduction in our bill (contributions) to the National Helth Service? Don't think so.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Well both my mum and my step dad smoke about 50 cigerettes per day between them. My step dad has particularly poor health - heart problems and the like. He doesn't associate the smoking with the heart problems. There is nothing worse than watching your parents [albeit step parent] kill themselves slowly. If it forces them to cut down even a few cigerettes a day I support it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I don't smoke, never did. I don't like smoky environments as I wear contact lenses and it's a filthy habit anyway. But I strongly disagree with the way the State intervenes. Public buildings and public spaces ---- I understand. We all have a right to clean air, and nobody should be able to contaminate the air non-smokers breathe. But private clubs? WTF? What next, ban people smoking in their gardens? Ban motorbikes because they are "too dangerous" and tax the NHS disproportionately? Where will this end? Do you see where this is going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCITY Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 More fag butts on the street...........we'll all stand outside for a smoke instead:) Also why dont they get to the cause of the problem and target the cigarette companies instead and try to get people to stop smoking to. Save money in the long run on health car and litter etc etc?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I hate to think of the situations you are going to get in the bookies and casinos. Drunken guy, just lost his money, can't light up................more people will get killed by them than by the cigarettes:twak: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Do you see where this is going? I agree mostly. This was always going to be a contentious issue though. IMO [and only my opinion ], but if you look at places such as Singapore where smoking is banned in public places and has been for some time [even to have chewing gum is an offence], makes a huge difference, and it works well. I personally think it had to be done. What other options were there? Maybe next they will ban smoking entirely, or stop people smoking in their own gardens [as you stated], but so what? The only people who lose out [technically speaking] are the profitering tobacco companies. Yes and I'm not a smoker and never have been, but considering my parents health because of their smoking habit, I see it only as a good thing. Personal choice doesn't come into from my point of view. Its a drug, they are addicted, they can't help themselves. The amount of NHS resources absorbed because of my step dad in particular, heart surgery on the NHS, doctors time, ambulances when he collapses, only to start smoking again the next day, WTF!!! Oh and then theres the £4500 they waste on cigerettes a year, based on £5 a packet! Sorry I don't mean to offend anyone if I have, but this is the way I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I smoke, occasionally ie when i have a glass of wine. When we went to Dublin it was so nice to go out to bar and pubs and not finish the night with stinky clothes. It works there (drinking capital of the world it seems ) so why can't it work here? I think its about time something like this was 'forced' on the country. Its not like saying you can't hang your washing out on a wednesday, its in PUBLIC places ie places where there are lots of people, if you want to smoke, do it in your own house. I agree with the arguments against drinking too but IMO that is a personal choice. People choose to drink but non-smokers don't choose to breath in other people's smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Dunno if I agree personally on it being a smoker but I would definately ban it in all resturaunts, even being a smoker I hate the smell of it while eating. Its not just the full-time smokers that will suffer though, theres thousands of people who just enjoy a cig when they're out on the town, may have 5 or 6 in the night then wont touch another till they go out again. Anyway, Ive got 17 left in my last pack of duty frees so they can shove it up their arse if they think im paying UK prices, i'd sooner quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I smoke but as I hit the dredded 30 this year have decided that I will give up before June. At work we have a designated smoking area in the staff canteen which is sealed of from the non smoking area. Staff had called for a non smoking area and Tesco obliged. The funny think is guess where everyone sits, they are all huddled into the small non smoking area to socialise with their friends even those that requested a non smoking area. Suppose it give those a chioce. Got to say though that smoking ban in pubs is great as I smoke more after a few swift ones. I have given up in the past and have again after going out on the lash and someone offers you a ciggy. You oblige and then find a pack you bought out of the vending machine the following morning and carry on smoking them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 at last a breakthrough , got to the stage where we were not going to the city centre because of the smell of our clothes at the end of the night . andrew 7 , nobodys ever got drunk watching someone else having a pint . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ...I agree with the arguments against drinking too but IMO that is a personal choice. People choose to drink but non-smokers don't choose to breath in other people's smoke. Actually I think that the 'aftermath' of the activity are equally annoying for the non-participants. Same as drugs. Yes, you can get high on heroin in your own home and why should it be anyone else's business? But wait, once you start mugging and breaking into other people's houses to sustain your habit the 'free-for-all' attitude changes, doesn't it? Same with drinking, I was once unlucky enough to live opposite a major pub and I can tell you that the after-effects of drinking are not always confined in the designated drinking areas (to put it mildly ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 andrew 7 , nobodys ever got drunk watching someone else having a pint . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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