smoking in public places !?

Question

With the law due to change do you think public houses will suffer ?

Answer 1

if they all stop the smoking in their premises people will just go outside,everyone i know favours alcohol than fags and wont stop going to the pub just cos you cant smoke.I smoke but im given up,il find it alot easier when they ban smoking because i wont be tempted with the smoking around me.Also,that is if anyone can afford to drink in pubs,eventually when more people give up smoking they will need to get the tax from somewhere else,alcohol no doubt!

Answer 2

I don't think they will suffer too much, smoking is becomming more and more antisocial so it is going to be the minority and not the majority that still smoke. A smoking ban has worked well in Ireland and hasn't had any adverse effects for the public houses.

Answer 3

If a business chooses to allow smoking they should be free to do so just as a business should be free to not allow smoking. Nobody requires you to go to a smoking or non-smoking establishment or to work in one. You make the choice and the law is wrong.

I am very sceptical about the second hand smoke issue. If second hand smoke was so bad, first hand smoke would be utterly deadly and smokers would be falling over dead left and right. They aren't. I don't like smoking either but do not believe anybody has the right to force their beliefs on another person.

Answer 4

In short i don't care.

No one has the right to force their smoke on anyone and to those people with empty heads who say if you don't like smoking in a certain pub go to another pub catch a grip and wise up. Face the facts if you dare, smoking kills and so does passive smoke.Its about time some sensible laws were passed and i believe this is the most sensible in a long time.

Answer 5

Not at all! Smoking has been banned in Scotland for nearly a year and very, very few pubs have suffered from loss of earnings. It's actually been really surprising in Scotland how quickly and how easily everyone has dealt with the ban without any negative effects.

Answer 6

Only if they understand that people who don't smoke avoid pubs like the plague, not just because of the stench - but because they sell such revolting drinks.
People who don't smoke usually take a bit of care with their health and want proper stuff to drink! Not the chemical crap that is abundant in most pubs!

So i think that smokers will throw a hissy fit at first - but then will just go back to going out!

So not in the long run - no!

Answer 7

I work for a company that supplies a lot of public houses with food and have noticed a big uptake in 'wet' houses starting to do food in preparation for the ban as they know this is probably the way to go to prevent their takings dropping. It can't be a bad thing, who wants to eat in a smoky pub anyway?

Answer 8

Nobody actualy likes breathing in other people's smoke, but a less draconian solution would be to insist that pubs have efficient air conditioning. That would enable smokers and non-smokers to socialize together without Big Brother's big stick. As a group, I find smokers more relaxed and friendly than non-smokers, who generally like to parade their superiority. I reckon there are worse habits than smoking, e.g. loud eating, especially chewing gum. Will it be ok to rip open nicotine patches in public places and sniff them ? Or inject, perhaps?

Answer 9

Public houses? public housing? I am not sure what you are referring to.

I would LOVE to see smoking illegal on all tax payer land. After all, I pay for that land, I should have the right to use it w/o risking my health. Any other health hazard is already illegal. Smoking is the only poison that you can legally force others to take in this country.

However, I do think that is OK to poison yourself in the privacy of your own home. On that same note, poisoning your children should result in Child Protective Services taking them. They would if any other known carcinogenic was being willing given to them by their parents.

Answer 10

No..! Smoking has been banned in Scottish pubs for around a year now and there is no visible decline in either profits or clientel according to major breweries. Some pubs have ponchos emblazoned with their name for people who want a quick puff when its raining. Like all things, we adapt.