Question about the smoking ban to all smokers....?

Question

Are you actually going to quit smoking now or will you continue to smoke? Will you still go to the pub?

Answer 1

I don't mind being shoved into a special room but am not looking forward to having to smoke outside with all the do gooders looking on disapprovingly.

I'm sick of judgemental society where we are all supposed to conform. Where has the freedom of choice gone ? How dull when we are allowed no individualism and are all required to live by a certain set of rules deemed "appropriate"

I'll no doubt carry on smoking and stick 2 fingers up to society and yes, I'm still going to go out.

Answer 2

We got the smoking ban here in Scotland 15 months ago and its been the best thing ever. I am a smoker and have continuted to smoke, I really do want to stop and wish i had when the ban came into place, however was sitting my finals for uni and didnt want to go through quitting whilst going through such a stressful period. Witht eh smoking ban i have massively cut down and plan to stop very soon (honest!!)

Pubs are much nicer to sit in and enjoy a drink, it really isnt that much of an inconvienence going outside for a cigarette. Before the ban i could easily smoke 20 on a night out but now it is only a couple! The smoking areas of pubs and clubs are a great place to meet people, if you are in a club it gives you 5 minutes to actually chat to people without shouting over the music! The only downside to the ban is that clubs smell worse (puke and sweat) but honest you do get used to it!

good luck england for the ban, if we scots can do it easily then you will have no problem!

Answer 3

I don't plan to give up smoking in a hurry. And I'm not planning to go to the pub anymore. I'd advise all other smokers who aren't going to give up to do the same, then the blame for pubs shutting will lie firmly on the heads of non-smokers who didn't keep their promise to patronise the pubs more when smoking is banned.

Not planning to give up on drinking, nor do I plan to drink alone. My plan is to do home brew, and give it away free to my friends when they come over for a PRIVATE party. They'll do the same in return. This should foster some of the community spirit that would otherwise be lost due the smoking ban. Smokers or non smokers I don't care, so long as they behave as adults and understand the "rules" of hospitality.

Home brew mead is really easy to make well, with little more effort than buying beer in. It only takes a few months, and costs pence per pint, so it's cheeper than both the pub, and the supermarkets. I've never got a hangover from decent home-brew, despite getting thoughly ratted on it. It might even be better for you as it's been messed about with less. (it's be arround for longer than bread so the risks should be pretty well understood)

I don't like paying tax, but put up with it like most other people. I understand that smoking costs the NHS money, and that smokers should "foot" that bill. I don't mind non-smokers having a right to clean air, but I object to paying tax on tobacco when I get ridiculed because of it. I cannot (legally) get out of paying tax on tobacco, so I'll hit back by attempting to pay less tax on other things. Home brew is one way, I'm not selling/bying it so tax isn't due on it.

Answer 4

I will continue smoking, it is my choice, i feel that considering all the money smoking tax's bring in that despite the anti smoking lobby, the government could never afford to ban it outright.

There may be a reduction in the amount of smokers, this however all will pay for with increased taxes to make up the shortfall.

I personally think that banning smoking in pubs is a step too far, there used to be a day when a pub would have a smoking room.

Answer 5

I live in Belfast and the smokng ban came in here at the start of May. I have not quit smoking as yet altho i am planning to soon. The ban hasn't affected me too much so far, altho it does still feel a bit strange having to go outside when i'm out at pubs and clubs. While being a bit of an inconvenience it does also mean that you tend to meet a lot more people when u r out that u wouldn't have normally as u r all standin outside together in wot seems to have turned into a sub-culture of smokers. For all those saying it is ruining their lives and it is an infringement of their human rights i have to say grow up and stop cryin, it isn't that bad, there are a lot worse human rights infringements on people in this world and they learn to deal with it so i think u can deal with having to go outside to have a smoke now and again for christs sake!

Answer 6

i am a smoker in scotland where the ban come in a year ago. the majority of pubs now have a sheltered area at the back classed as the beer garden in some where smokers can go and most of them have patio heaters and are still comfy sociable places to have a drink. I will quit when im ready not when the goverment dictates but i have cut down when im at the pub but still enjoy my evenings out as much as i did when we wernt smoke free. good on them who have managed to quit due to the ban but i will quit when im ready and not before.

Answer 7

I smoke and still will I have to stop when I get a date for my jaw replacement because if I don't my recovery will take longer. I don't go out a great deal only when I do then I will have to go outside. I have always had respect for others and even when out for a meal, when you could smoke in restaurants I would never light up if someone was eating. If I put a ciggy out on the pavement I pick it up and have been known to pick up some that don't belong to me. What angers me is that those who are against smoking stereotype smokers as a dirty crowd and this is not the case.

Answer 8

I'm not going to stop just because the government is banning it in all public places.
I never go to the pub anyway as I don't like been around drinkers. I don't drink & tend to find that if I'm in a pub I get called boring and anti social for only having a soft drink.
I don't call non smokers boring or anti social..
I have a friend who claims he's going to smoke more in protest. lol.

Answer 9

no i wont quit
when I'm ready, i refused to be forced to give up even by my own parents...
i don't usually go to pubs and nightclubs but sure i enjoy my ciggy with my drink...
it wont worry me to go out side for a smoke if i had too...
besides I'm used to smoking outside of clubs and restaurants anyways...
to me the nightclubs will loose business and police will have more jobs due to people having parties in their smoke homes...
alot of people will be throwing their own parties and saving themselves money...by not going to the nightclubs...
there is still going to be some sort of smoke in the nightclubs, and that is what the dj's blow out onto the dance floor... i hope you non smokers still come home smelling like smoke from that...otherwise i cant wait for the day that they ban drinking all together, now that would be funny...lol
at least no one will wake up with a hangover anymore, let alone having the fun they do under the influence of alcohol....my oh my how will they cope...haha lol

Answer 10

i wont quit smoking, i love it , i really do and i prefer smoking to drinking although i would like to do both, but i will simply go to the pubs on special occasions now. ive already gone from 2-3 times in the pub to once every few weeks