I smoke and I go to pubs/restaurants and because of next years total ban on smoking in enclosed public places, I will give it my best shot at giving them up. They're far too expensive, they smell awful,and ultimately they kill you, so will this ban convince you to give them up or will you carry on regardless?
2006-12-29 23:23:20 · 16 answers · asked by returnofkarlos 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
o.k. clever b*stards the ban is in England not U.K. but Wales is introducing one in April so what's your problem? too busy proving how clever you are,,we all know your kind!
2006-12-29 23:42:22 · update #1
I work in a pub and the smoking ban has made no difference to the amount of people who drink there . I smoke and have found it difficult to give up because I get stressed out by the non smokers who keep going on about it. The worst offenders I might add are the people who used to smoke. If they didn't keep going on about how they gave up the cigs I wouldn't think about having a smoke so much.
2006-12-30 10:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
I can't wait. I don't really go to pubs very much because the smoke makes me ill. I love going out so this is going to mean giving me back my life. When smoking it allowed in some areas and not in others it's really hard for the bar staff to regulate this. The smokers at my local zoned pub always drift out over the night and end up in the smoke free zone. My friends who work in pubs say they can't wait either as they come home wheezing, with sore red eyes and smelling of smoke. It was wonderful in Scotland and I can't wait for it to start here. Anyway almost all European countries have a ban or are thinking about it.
2016-03-29 00:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may not make a great difference to the overall numbers that smoke but I quit smoking a few months back and still every time i see someone smoking i get that craving. I work behind a bar and honestly think it is a step in the right direction. Going out for a drink and having a cig seem to go hand in hand, with this image gone hopefully nights out without smoking will be easier!
I am a liberal and believe everyone should be able to act as they wish, as long as their actions does not have an adverse affect on other individuals. As it is clear smoking does then it should be confined to private areas.
2006-12-30 01:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I'm in Scotland where smoking was banned in public places earlier this year.
It's made little difference to the amount people smoke.
You just see loads of people outside pubs and clubs smoking.
And lots of places now have covered heated patio areas where you can smoke.
One of these days I'll give up - but not yet!
2006-12-29 23:26:31 · answer #4 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I go to the US a lot for work and am often in New York. Bars and clubs are sooooo much nicer environments to be in now that smoking is banned.
2006-12-29 23:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by pshawfocus 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I LIVE IN THE US. WE HAVE HAD A SMOKING BAN IN MY STATE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. I AM ALSO A SMOKER, AND ALONG WITH MY FELLOW SMOKERS YOU LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE BAN AND JUST SMOKE OUTSIDE YOUR FAVORITE BAR/PUB. IT HAS ITS GOOD AND BAD SIDES. YOU FREEZE YOUR *** OFF IN THE WINTER, BUT ITS GREAT TO SIT OUTSIDE IN THE SUMMER AND ENJOY YOUR DRINK AND A SMOKE. AS FAR AS HELPING YOU QUIT COS YOU CANT SMOKE INSIDE ANYMORE WHEN YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT, ITS A CROCK OF ****!!! IF YOU WANTED TO QUIT, YOU WOULD IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO. BUT LIKE MOST SMOKERS YOU DO IT COS YOU LIKE IT AND YOUR ADDICTED TO NICOTINE, THE PRICE AND THE FACT YOU CANT SMOKE AT THE BAR WONT BE A REASON TO QUIT.
2006-12-30 00:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by t_shirtman2612 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, I don't live in the UK, but I have lived in a place that has a fascist law such as this in place. A small country within the US called California. It most definitely did not keep me from smoking however :) I believe that people should be free to do as they will with their bodies. Even hazardous things such as smoking.
It repels and disgusts me that a government would even consider taking away such human rights as this. I do believe that non-smokers should have rights as well, in the sense that if they go to a public place perhaps there should be a designated smoking area which they can choose to avoid.
2006-12-29 23:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by Thyris Vicci 2 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Yes I think it probably will encourage me to give up.As I have never tried before it will be interesting to see how easy it will be.
2006-12-29 23:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by iain xx 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's not a U.K ban , Just an England ban. Our ban started last year in Scotland and it hasn't really made a difference.
2006-12-29 23:27:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Why UK ban when it is not, only England will be banned in July, the rest of us have already got this law in force, can't enforce on the English until tried out on others in-case we upset the majority of the voters, like the Poll Tax.
2006-12-29 23:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by BobC 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋