Smoking banned in all UK pubs & clubs

Dudley · 15 February, 2006, 02:44:32 AM

Good thing?

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4709258.stm" target="_blank">Bus queues just became safer...

[YT-2] · 15 February, 2006, 04:32:40 AM

What a load of bollocks, now how long before drinking in pubs is illegal for health reasons. Its enough to make me wanna start smoking again so I can stub it out on the forehead of some whinging do gooder.

Art · 15 February, 2006, 04:42:52 AM

Dreddcon won't be the same without returning to the hotel smelling like an ashtray.

Natsan · 15 February, 2006, 04:49:44 AM

All part of the service!

esoteric ed · 15 February, 2006, 07:20:48 AM

At last, good news for people who enjoy a social drink but are allergic to smoke.

Filthy habit, but that's just my humble opinion and I may well be in a minority, and as a flip of the coin of what Art said above I DON'T like smelling like an ashtray. :-)

"Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool"

Ed

opaque · 15 February, 2006, 02:09:00 PM

Well you can break the ban if you like but the fines also going up to ?2,500 so might cost you a bit!

Satanist · 15 February, 2006, 03:16:14 PM

As a smoker the ban doesn't bother me in the slightest. I see that people don't want to breath in my smoke and that's fair enough. I've been to Ireland and New York before and after the bans and what I found was that standing outside having a quick puff allowed me to meet people I would never have encountered if I was inside sticking with my own group. You don't smoke as much either.

So I look forward to standing outside in Glasgow having random fights with the usual knuckle dragging rat boys. :-D I think?

El Spurioso · 15 February, 2006, 03:20:56 PM

As a pathetic weak-willed scab who only ever smokes whilst a) in pubs and b) surrounded by other smokers, this is the best darn thing evah.

Funt Solo · 15 February, 2006, 03:53:38 PM

Credentials: hardened smoker.

Viewpoint: Please ban it. I don't have the willpower to give up without actually being forced to legally.

Rant: Esoteric Ed, it's that kind of smug do-gooder preachy attitude that really riles me. "Let's hunt down and kill the filthy smokers - they can't run because their lung capacity is reduced, and they can't hide because of their wheezy cough!"

What I object to is not the ban, but the fervent anti-smoker attitude that's coming out of the woodwork of society. My assumption here is that most ardent anti-smokers probably enjoy a drink (thus aiding in placing a burden on the national health service) and in all probability drive (thus doing their bit to pollute the atmosphere, waste precious fossil fuel etc.) So, get the fuck off your self-righteous podium, because, frankly, you've got your head right up your own arsehole.

A little bit of compassion for those members of the population who fell for the strong combination of an incredibly smart behemoth of a global marketing campaign coupled with one of the most addictive substances on the planet would not go amiss.

[this post sponsored by the society of Not Kicking Smokers When They're Down, lest they bite your overly healthy leg off]

Mikey · 15 February, 2006, 04:24:08 PM

I'm a smoker too and agree with banning it from enclosed spaces-even I don't like having other peeps smoke blowing round me,just my own aromatic and flavoursome roll ups.Now for a true story...

...a person that works with the missus has been diagnosed with lung cancer. This person *never* smoked and is/was an extemely fit and active outdoorsy type-Himalaya climber.BUT they spent nearly every lunchtime in a pub and spent their social time in a pub-and the doc derscribed his lungs as those of a forty a day smoker.

I do not wish my smoking to do that to someone.

M.

Matt Timson · 15 February, 2006, 04:31:33 PM

Actually, I tend to find that most non smokers I know object to stinking like shit after about- ooh- five seconds in any given pub, rather than the accompanying health issues.

The fact is, unless you're a smoker yourself, it's simply unpleasant to be surrounded by smoke.

What I really hate are smokers that equate the evils of smoking to the evils of drink, as though the only issue was a that of health. I'm in a pub. I expect to get pissed. I know it's not good for me, but my getting pissed in a pub will only affect a non drinker if I decide to pick a drunken fight with him. As a non smoker, I still get to stink as bad as you do- and make no mistake, you fucking reek.

Sorry.

Satanist · 15 February, 2006, 04:36:50 PM

"and make no mistake, you fucking reek. "

But I look cool as fuck!

IndigoPrime · 15 February, 2006, 05:57:42 PM

No, you're thinking of the Inspiral Carpets, there.

Noisybast · 15 February, 2006, 06:07:21 PM

I liked Dave Allen's joke where he talks about standing next to a smoker who kept blowing second hand smoke over him:

DA: "Could you put out your cigarette please?"
SMOKER: "Why? You're having a drink, and I'm not complaining".
DA: "Yes, but I'm not pissing all over you at the same time!".

Buttonman · 15 February, 2006, 06:39:13 PM

Or Kelly Monteith at a Dinner party

Man : Do you mind if I smoke?
Other Man : No, Do you mind if I fart?

Nasty, smelly and selfish habit, and well done the Scottish Parliament for taking the lead for once rather than following Westminster.

Don't fancy being the enforcer at the Sarry Heid though!