Smoking ban in Gt Britain will we be set to prison if we smoke in public?

Answer 1

i am a smoker and its my right to smoke if i want to,if this upset the non smoke tuff,i dont need to be told wear and when to smoke,commonsense tells me not to smoke at the table,how ever if i want to smoke whilst walking down the street this is my right,why non smokes look at me and say i am polluting the air i say to them well your fart dont that pollute the air?? lock me up i dont care i will continue to smoke so TUFF on you non smokers

Answer 2

No, but you will be fined if you smoke in a public building where smoking is banned. Unfortunately for the landlord, so will he if it is in a pub.

The ban has been in place for a couple of years now in Ireland, and it has made a huge difference, and none of the catastrophic drop in income that was forecast.

Answer 3

That's ridiculous. Just like everyone else on earth these days the offender will no doubt be subjected to a fine. No prisons, no public beheading at the Tower of London either. Cash - the government wants your CASH!

Answer 4

Peter there is already a smoking ban in scotland and has been for quite some time now. You can still smoke out doors just not in enclosed public spaces.

Answer 5

No, but the smoking ban is good!
The tax payers money should go to something better than treatment of idiots with burning paper pins in their mouths.

Do you smokers realize how disgusting it is when the clothes totally smell of smoke after entering a pub for 5 seconds!?

Answer 6

The answer, emphatically, is YES. The ultimate punishment for ANY crime is imprisonment.

Of course, that will not be the initial punishment - a fine is all that will be imposed, assuming that the law is enforced. (Who is going to enforce it? Have a look at a line of traffic and see how many drivers are on the phone - no one is enforcing that.) I digress.

You will have seen recently that a pensioner went to prison for failing, repeatedly, to pay his council tax. Fail repeatedly to pay your smoking fine and that will be the ultimate sanction for you too. Quite a high proportion of our prison population consists of those who have failed to pay a fine.

Oddly, once you are in prison, of course, you WILL be able to have a cigarette. And as much drugs as you ingest.

It's a funny old world.

Finally, a bit of explanation from my book, Bad News on the Doorstep:

One of the Mitcham scrotes was, and still is, Tony Denman*. He was a car thief, a disqualified driver, a thief of anything and everything, and an abuser of police who would ‘have a go’ if he thought he was in with a chance. Now he has progressed (or regressed) - he is a drug addict who sponsors his habit through burglary.

Now Tony had a sort of respect for me but, in a crowd, could not resist “taking the piss”. He was with a group of his mates in about 1983 when I was driving past. I stopped -

“Hello, Tony”.
“Hello Mr. Ferris, would you like a crisp?”

He approached me with a bag of salt and vinegar, went to offer one and then screwed the (empty) bag up and threw it at me. It was carried away on the wind.

“Pick that up, Tony”.
“Bollocks”.
“Pick it up or I will report you for dropping litter”.
“Bollocks”.
“OK, I am reporting you for dropping litter, you do not have to say anything etc. etc.”.
“Bollocks”.

I went back to Mitcham and filled in a report book which was submitted to the Council as they are responsible for prosecuting for litter offences; they in turn sent me a letter asking for a statement, which was duly delivered.

Tony was summonsed to Court, but failed to appear. I therefore gave evidence and the case was proved in his absence, he being fined £25 with £25 costs, with an alternative of 7 day’s imprisonment in default. He failed to pay the fine and actually served 7 days in prison for throwing a crisp bag at me. He ALWAYS mentions it when I see him - I think he finds it as funny as I do.

Incidentally, the local paper picked up the story - as it was so unusual for a policeman to report someone for littering the streets they ran it under the headline “One in a Million”.

Answer 7

yes i don't think that if we smoke in public will go to prison? and this will be activated starting from July 2007. i think quite smoking and save your integrity I'm trying to convince myself like that>

Answer 8

i think thats a fair question.if someone is caught smoking in banned places,what will happen? possibly a fine.its highly unlikely you will be sent to prison for it !

Answer 9

The simple answer is to free yourself from slavery to the tobacco corporations.

Do not smoke and embrace a wealthier and healthier life.

Answer 10

you would be looking at a fine for first offense, if repeated you could be looking at an ASBO and if you breach that a maximum of 5 years imprisonment.

Biggest impact will be to pubs who face losing their license if they permit lighting up in their establishments.