A word to all you people sweating about the smoking ban?

Question

It seems to have escaped many English people's knowledge that the ban is fully implemented with great success in every other country within the UK.

I am a smoker and last March I was banging on about my right to smoke and how the approaching ban was an infringment of my human rights and all the rest of it.

16 months later I can quite honestly say the ban has been a good thing.

When I do go the pub I smoke less, I don't come home absolutly stinking, I can breath easy. Imagine what it is like for a non smoker to sit amongst all that smoke if thats how it made me, a smoker feel!

There has been no direct link to pubs shutting down and the ban coming in. Yes people will quote you figures of all the pubs that have closed in the pasy yeay but it actuall isn't any more than a pre ban year sees.

The only places that have suffered are Bingo halls as people are obviously to addicted to bingo and f@gs to give one up!

So embrace the change, you might just like it!

Answer 1

I have seen the questions, I'm embarrassed at the ignorants of my fellow country men. They seem to be getting more and more insular, almost like many Americans! It seems more in London, than other parts of the country. The media has a part to play in this, especially the London centric BBC and it's dumbing down policy.

Eire, had a ban for a while now. And it's great to be in a pub late at night and to breath fresh air!

Answer 2

I live in NY where they have a smoking ban and the smokers got their knickers in a twist about it at first as did some owners think their business would go down. Fast foward to now almost 5 years after it was implemented business is actually back to normal or increased due to the indoor ban and smokers really do not have a big problem with it. It is not a big deal to them to go outside. People are always against change but will get used to it. Also I forgot where in any law book did it state where smoking is a right.

Answer 3

I totally agree with you Ireland has had the ban in the last few years now and like yourself I'm a smoker that at first was really annoyed at the thoughts of the ban but now find it hard to remember what it was like before it. I too don't smoke as much when I go out and my clothes don't smell totally disgusting because I've been in a pub with at least 50 other smokers!

Answer 4

Don't you realise? It is NOT the point of smoking or not smoking: It is YOUR FREEDOM that is in question.
I am a Belgian. I moved to UK in 84, comming from Iraq, because it was THE country of FREEDOM. In 15 years, I have seen our "libre arbitre" and freedom of choice being eroded day after day by governmental Do-Gooders.
It has gone so bad that I decided in 99 to leave UK forever.
Today, Britain has less freedom than Iraq under Saddam, and has become a hated country, like US, and for the same reasons.
The Grandeur of the British Empire has gone, but the brits still think they are "great". They are not. Their education has gone down the drain. The brits have forgotten logic and simple philosopy. They do not think anymore: they have left their government think for them. They have become just a bunch of sheep obedient to an omnipotent - and incompetent - government.
I am so sad of this. I used to respect them.
The laws in UK? A comedy. New laws every other day to cover governmental incompetence, but grab a few votes for the power in charge.
The gun ban? Ruined thousands of legitimate businesses, at the cost of tax payers. Drove the weapon's trade underground. Prevented another Dundee? Of course not.
The smoking ban? Don't make me laugh. Smoking workers are going to be upset during the work hours and become less efficient (if they were in the first place). Pubs and restaurants loose clients. No need for a picture.
Offer me a well-paid non-smoking job: I quit!
Yes, the smoking ban is a breach of Human rights. Of YOUR rights.
I hear you: "What about me? I don't smoke!".
Nor do I, while in presence of non-smokers. I call it common courtesy, and I do NOT need a law to tell me that.
I respect others freedom, whithout the need to be TOLD and LEGALLY CONSTRAINED.
Good bye, UK, never again. Not because we can't smoke (I don't give a d**n), but because there is no freedom anymore.
Thumb me down if you want: YA still have some freedom.

Answer 5

There's nothing good about them other countries in the UK.
It means we are no longer a free country. People will be denied their common right. People will be sad and miserable. The Government is set to spend millions on anti-depressants and street cleaning. Thousand of pubs (and other public smoking places) throughout the country will close. Huge rise in global warming due to thousands of patio heaters installed in public places. Nightclubs will close. Mass job losses. And ultimately less sociable people because they will be drinking and smoking at home! Watch out because they may just ban drinking next year!

Answer 6

Well, good for you!!! Now, you're a valued example of what it means to respond to civic responsibility. It's great to see that someone understands that some rules are made for the greater good and that following those rules can be a healthy thing.

God Bless YOU!!

Answer 7

Are they shutting down the factories too? One factory will put out 300 times more smoke and poison in the air than all the smokers put together.

Answer 8

i agree in part of your opinion but to be honest i come home more sloshed as every time i want to smoke and have to go outside the fresh air makes me drunker

Answer 9

I think pubs will find that smokers spend more money so its their loss

Answer 10

I agree with you 100%