what do people think about the uk smoking ban when it comes in?

Question

Good? bad?

Answer 1

Wonderful: no more spoiled dinners in restaurants. We have it in Ireland and eating out here is a pleasure.

Answer 2

It's happening everywhere.
I live in NY and at first it was hard, but now it's actually not that bad of a thing.
There are still places that will let people smoke (even though you aren't supposed to), but now everything is a bit more limited so when you go out to a bar you don't come home reeking of smoke.

It is a hard change, but after a while you do get used to it. So I don't think it's so bad.

However, I will add that I think the government imposing such a ban is horrible, and I really dislike the government telling private business people how to run their businesses.

Answer 3

Don't run away with the idea that the ban is concern for peoples health, it's so the government can assess if they have us under total control. How can they tell you it's ok to smoke hash but not bacca. They will still smoke in the two parliaments and prisoners in jails will be allowed to smoke with no hinderance. There's something perverse about a government that is now allowing hard drugs to be given to jail birds.
Control is the purpose, that's why they are wanting a data base of us all.

Answer 4

It's been brilliant here in the states and certainly helped me quit. At first I was angry and thought that my civil rights were being violated etc etc. But then, coming home after a night at the pub without stinking to high heaven or having to go outside for a smoke while my friends carried on inside... well, I've come around and couldn't be more thankful for it.

Last time I was in London I have to say, it was pretty unbearable sitting inside with all that smoke.

Answer 5

I live in the U.S. in a city that has enacted this very ordinance. While I agree that in some locations, i.e. restaurants, or 'kid friendly' places that this ordinance is acceptable. However, in an adult only location I think it should be up to the establishment to decide if they wish to be non-smoking or not.

I know a couple that moved to my city over 10 years ago, looking to establish a successful sports bar and restaurant. They managed to achieve success, and decided to spend close to 400K to upgrade their facility, basically putting them 'back where they started'. Then about 8 months later the city began talking about the smoking ban, and in the battle that followed for the next 6 months they wound up defeated. The lovely people lost everything and had to file for bankruptcy, lost their beautiful home and ALL the equity, and lost their children's college education fund. Business was so slow they were forced to close. All the regulars to the pub had to do was drive 5 more minutes down the road to a different township to enjoy their smoking and drinking. The ban literally destroyed everything they worked for, and this was a place that was packed every night of the week, 95% of which were reugulars and smoked. They both now work low paying jobs as restaurant mangers for chains similar to McDonalds. Hardly the American Dream.

If business owners were given the choice I am sure there a few who would have non-smoking facilities. I would bet my entire life savings that the facilities that allowed smoking in designated areas would far outprosper those that didn't. If businesses publicly made conumers aware that this was a smoking or non-smoking facility, such as a neon sign beneath their own sign. Marty's Diner, Smokers Welcome! Or, Betty's Diner, No Smoking, Families Welcome! This would be much more appropriate and allow the patron to decide which business to support accordingly.

Now, what we have to look at is where does the line in the virtual sand get drawn? If we allow the government to continue to make decisions for us on what we put into our own body (second hand smoke is a refutable concept to me, there are several studies to corroborate this) where does it end? What's next? Are we going to outlaw fried food (french fries? please kill me now) due to the unarguable fact that America is OBESE, and is costing taxpayers money to care for those less insured? Is the govt. going to say no more soda because it rots your teeth out?

The only fundamentilist seeming non-smokers I will listen to are those I don't consider hypocrites. If they only eat non-processed foods, adhere to strict moral code, exercise regularly, drive electric cars, use solar electricity, and recycle everything, then I might give them an undivided ear. Otherwise, they are only pi$$ing in the same pot the rest of us are and have absolutely no leg to stand on concerning environmental issues, such as second hand smoke. I usually tell the loud mouth anti-smokers to blow it out thei a$$, no pun intended. I sat at a restaurant once, IN the smoking section. A woman was giving my husband dirty looks (why was SHE sitting in OUR section is beyond me). All the while she was stuffing her gigantic body with a bevy of free appetizers the bar had offered during happy hour. She had the audacity to also be stuffing her poor obese children with the same greasy, ultra fattening fare. My response to her was, "Lady, that's the LEAST of your problems..."

The air we breathe inside and outside is so polluted, that it is my firm belief that second hand smoke is a very miniscule part of the problem.

So, to all the anti-smokers out there, it is time to reevaluate your pious stance and take a look at your OWN life to see what YOU are doing to YOURSELF to make you less healthy, and correct that before you point the finger at others. Get off your damn soap box and do something for yourself.

Oh, and kiss my grits.

Answer 6

cant wait no more stinkin smoke it should have come in operation years ago put cigs up to £10 pack for those who wont quit

Answer 7

its good, for non smoker like me, I am tired of smelling like smoke when I do not even smoke