Smoking In Night Clubs?

Question

How will or do people who smoke react when the ban makes it too clubs, after all you cant keep walking in or out can you....?

Answer 1

The law was passed years ago in NY and they do allow smokers to leave the clubs and reenter. And it hasn't hurt business. I was bartending at the time and I heard people say 'I'm never coming out if the law passes. I'll just sit in my house and drink a 6 pack from 7-11'. The day after it passed, they were in the bar drinking their Bud stepping out to smoke a butt.

Answer 2

My student union club tried to ban smoking in various parts. There are 3 bars and a dancefloor, and they made it that you were only allowed to smoke in one of the bars. It was well publicised, with posters about it all around the club.

So, a few months later I'm in the club with a group of course friends, and one starts smoking. I say "Isn't that banned in this part of the club", to which he replied "No, they lifted the ban." I went and talked to a bouncer to check, and his response was, "It was impossible to enforce, whenever we told someone to stop smoking, they'd just start again as soon as we turned around."

Personally I couldn't believe how poor and effort that was. I've seen bouncers chuck people out for next to no reason, so why not for smoking? The vast majority of students do not smoke, and a large proportion are against it, so the union wouldn't lose custom by being harsh on smokers.

So: that's one possible scenario. But if it was an actual government law banning smoking in clubs, I think the bouncers would do much more to enforce it.

Answer 3

We won't go in to the pubs/clubs if we can't have a ciggy! Better to have street parties out-side the clubs or better still local council buildings. Somewhere were all of the smokers can gather and unite, and smoke and drink and smoke and drink and smoke, all at the same time.

We will party till the early hours leaving trails and piles and mounds of cigarette ends all over the floor so that when all you non-smoking club goers come out you will not be able to move without getting ash on your clothes & smoke in your healthy lungs.

That brings me to my final point, why ban smoking? Why not just make it compulsory for eveyone to smoke, then no one would complain and it would swell the national coffers. Paying for the NHS & School reforms you are all moaning about.

Answer 4

It cracks me up all the people who flip out over cigarette smokers. You drive down the road and there are factories and plants that have these enormous stacks with who knows what billowing out of them all over the place. The amount of preservatives, chemicals, additives added to the food we eat. Air conditioners that use a chemical coolant, some of that has to come throught those vents. The chlorine and floride added to our drinking water. The list goes on...I agree in tight places like an airplain or bus etc. smoking is unpleasant for those who don't. You can drink alcohol (actually poison to the system) at nite clubs, and they are worried about cigarette smoke. I work at a bar, if my boss had to make it non smoking he'd have to shut the doors just like many other buisnesses across the country have had to. I smoke, but don't want it blown in my face while I am eating, and where I live you can still smoke in alot of the big restaurants, I won't out of respect that other people are eating, and they may have their kids with them. But in a "Bar", I don't see anything wrong with it. Your not there that long, and the ventilation systems most of those places have, plus the fact most of those places are huge, smoke rises, you eat more crap than you breathe, fast food? I'd bet on it!!!

Answer 5

In Quebec smoking is banned everywhere, including bars and clubs. They have to be 100 feet from the establishment to smoke! It is a difficult law to enforce. Though bars face hefty fines, they are reluctant to ask patrons to put their cigarettes out. So in the end... people are still smoking in clubs, with renewed vigour. Its the pits. By the way if anyone knows how such a law can be enforced without hiring thousands of inspectors... I would like to know.

Answer 6

Yes and how is the ban going to be policed? Are bouncers going to run around telling everyone to stop smoking? Are they going to start throwing people out of clubs? More trouble than it is worth I think.

In Ireland they supposedly have bus stop type shelters attached to clubs for those who want to smoke - matbe this is the answer.

Answer 7

The smoking ban is in Ireland for about 2 years now and it's the best thing to happen! Even the majority of smokers think it's great!

You don't wake up the next morning stinking of smoke! And your eyes aren't sore from the smoke either!

Only problem is, the smell of farts and really sweaty people has replaced the smell of smoke! But they don't linger for that long so i think we can cope!

Answer 8

frequently they'll stamp your hand so which you will come decrease back in, yet you experience such as you have been branded with a form like the Nazis did. what's going to ensue whilst all the human beings who smoke congregate on the door to smoke is that folk will whinge that they could desire to respire the smoke on each occasion they arrive in or go away. Then a sparkling smoking ban would be instituted for the area interior of 30 ft of any doorway or front. good time to provide up smoking, mate.

Answer 9

Just will not go to them. Quiet nights in where I can smoke my head off. Fun parties at home etc we don't need the bars. A smoke and a drink do go well together.
Its a well known fact that pubs in Scotland are having to close since the ban. That says it all

Answer 10

We in Scotland currently have the ban in force, they allow you out in the street to smoke some clubs have an area out the back.