Are you looking forward to the no smoking ban in pubs?

Question

At the moment it look like a 60/40 split in favour of a smoking ban for England and Wales. The rest of the votes are split between 50:50 - 'not sure about the ban' and the outright ' it is an attack on our liberties' advocates.

Answer 1

It only means more Cigarette butts on the streets.

Hey, you just gotta get people to quit.

Answer 2

It just means that pubs will become more boring. Most groups have people who smoke, and they will not want to sit all night without a cig, so they will buy beer and the group will have its party somewhere away from the pub.
Its worse for the pub than when the breathalyser was introduced. Most pubs will go out of business, and another bit of freedom will be lost.
On the other hand, it might help a few more people to give up smoking, which can't be a bad thing. Especially if some people give up drinking too!!!

Answer 3

Isn't it funny that smokers are seen as the scapegoat for all life's wrongs at the moment? Personally I think that smoking doesn't cause as much damage as drinking - but I bet most of you wouldn't want a ban on that in pubs? Let me explain: how many Saturday night brawls are the result of someone having a cigarette too many; or car accidents because someone got behind the wheel of the car after a cigarette; or wife beatings because their husband came home nicotined up? Yes smoking can cause illness and diseases, but so can alcohol so for the person who says smokers should have their healthcare withdrawn I say should we follow the same logic with the drinkers? I mean should an alcoholic get a liver transplant? Unlike alcohol, cigarettes are taxed something like 80% to subsidise the health service for the cost smokers might or might not inflict down the line, so should drinkers do the same; after all, if a drinker can cause so many other problems from fighting to causing major road traffic accidents then shouldn't they be asked to pay in for what they might get out too? The bottom line is smokers have rights just as non-smokers do. I respect people's right not to smoke and not to want to be in a smokey environment, but I also respect smokers rights to have a cigarette so we should have spaces set aside for them. It's not such a simplistic situation after all. I just can't wait to see the NHS struggle to make up the short fall when smokers stop paying for everyone's healthcare. Then they might come for you drinkers too!

Answer 4

We have it in Scotland already and it is a bit odd at first, but it is now much better. I smoke my self and dont mind going out and since the ban has been in place i have cut down and dont get such bad hangovers.
Only one minus point is there are always laods of folk hanging about outside and the cig ends get everywhere

Plus the pubs need to be cleaned more regularly due to there being no smell of smoke to hide the other unpleasantries.

I give it the thumbs up.

Answer 5

Hell yes. I don't like the smell of smoke, but I can cope with it in pubs. My girlfriend, however, can't, and gets stressy as hell if I go to a pub and get smoky when it's not the evening.

To answer what some other people have already said:
"It's legal to smoke, so we should be able to do it wherever." - It shouldn't be legal to smoke. Tobacco is much worse for you than many banned substances. If it wasn't already in such common usage when they discovered this, it would be banned. The ban on smoking in pubs is a step towards a full ban, which we should have.
"I go to the garden to avoid smokers. Now they're going to be coming outside, so I can't go to pubs any more." - If you were only in the garden to avoid the smokers: you can now go inside! And go to the pub when it's cold and wet. Moron!
"It will result in a loss of trade for pubs." - Yeah, because the main thing pubs sell is tobacco right? And people go to the pub to smoke because they can't smoke at home right? Actually pubs mainly sell alcohol, and people go to the pub to drink, rather than stay at home, for the atmosphere and to socialise. That's not going to change.

Answer 6

I feel compelled to answer ;-)

I look forward to a ban on smoking, and while we are doing that, why not ban the sale of alcoholic beverages?

Oh, what about those tummy expanding meals? Probably bad for the heart, so we should ban food.

Dart board? My GOD you could put an eye out. Burn it immediately.

There should be an inspector at the entrance to ban individuals who have bad breath, or obnoxious colognes. (I'm guessing the ban of ugly people is taking this too far? HEY! LET'S TRY IT. )

Sigh..... since I can no longer irritate you with smoking, I encourage smokers to follow the lead of the Monty Python character who said:

I Fart on you!

Answer 7

I packed in smoking 8 months ago and find the smell of it really disgusting now, and feel guilty that I used to make the people around me breathe in my smoke. At the same time I don't think anyone has the right to decide that people can't smoke anywhere. There should still be places where people who want to smoke can go and socialise in comfort instead of having to stand in the street. At the end of the day it comes down to personal choice and everyone should have that right.

Answer 8

50/50 gave up smoking after 11 yrs hate the smell of smoke now glad i did, but ppl should smoke if they like too in places where they can its there lives but not there choice in public places ppl should have a smoking place for them to smoke as long as it dont affect the non smokers wheres the freedom goverment these days but they let u drink when the pubs r open 24hrs a day weird u inhale more fumes from an exhaust pipe noone complains of the smell

Answer 9

No I'm not. I don't smoke, but most of my friends do. Should be a separate area for smokers and non smokers alike to choose to sit in. Yes ban smoking at the bar. Yes ban it if food areas, but everywhere?

Going out for a pint in this nanny state will never be the same again.

Answer 10

Yes very much so. I hate 2 come home from a pub of stinking 4 someone else's breathed out waste! And while we're at it, we should take away the smokers automatic right to free healthcare for smoking related illnesses too.

Answer 11

I can't say it really bothers me to be honest. I'm a non-smoker but have worked in several pubs and I never really had a problem with people smoking. We usually had a "no smoking at the bar" rule to avoid punters blowing fagsmoke in our faces while ordering their drinks anyway.

I'm pregnant at the moment and the smell of fagsmoke makes me heave so right now it would be kind of welcome at the moment - my boyfriend's a barman and I don't even like going into the pub where he works because the smell of cigarette smoke makes me want to barf right now. But normally - as in when I'm not pregnant - it doesn't really affect or bother me one way or another.

Its going to upset the smokers though and in a way I feel sorry for them. I suppose its a tradition to relax with a pint and ciggie after a hard day's work and its going to be hard if they have to go outside into the pissing rain eveytime they want a smoke.