How are you finding pub numbers since the smoking ban?

The hypocrisy of the government on smoking in this country is ridiculous, on 1 hand its smoking is bad mmmmkay, then its oooh tobacco duty thats nice we can spend that on some pointless exercise somewhere.

Either ban completely it or put up with it.

Also there will be more drink related trouble on the streets with smokers hanging around outside,
 
This country has had Public houses for centuries, its not the pubs thats the problem but the bars and clubs in towns that offer stupid drinks promotions, double vodka red bull for £2 etc. I have never kicked off or been a arrested when drunk, you get 10,000+ people in a town centre all drinking stupid amounts of alcohol you will get trouble, must admit though I do like going in over 21-23 bars/clubs never see any trouble and its more relaxed, 18-21 are right ****
 
I went to a club in Manchester and instead of smoke, all I could smell was stale farts. Bring back smoking I say!
 
I think I've found the best way to hide the strange smells in the pubs now that smoking has gone... I take my Chinese takeaway in there haha. well, its only nibbles and chilli sauce, but the sauce is DAMN strong smelling, still, it smells better than the rest of the pub lol.
 
there was a marked difference in mancheser city centre on friday
which considering the level of events that were on, was suprising
saturday was still fairly quiet
i cant say how it was in individual pubs but i get a very accurate idea of the number of people out from working on the taxi ranks

in general though
clubs smell a bit more, bars, even busy ones, i havent noticed a negative difference, although the lack of having to wash my clothes after 1 pint is quite nice
 
Gigged in Cheadle on saturday night and the pub was packed.
Best of all I didn't choke on stale smoke and I didn't hang my clothes out when I got in.
I still had to go outside to get my fix of passive smoking though.
 
I quite like the ban, it's been the final straw in making me give up.

I do think next they should do something about excessive drinking / antisocial behaviour so I can go out without waiting for someone to kick off!
 
I've enjoyed the more smoke free pubs but clubs are utterly unbearable. The smells of very strong BO all over was horrible. Really killed the night out. I'd rather have the blanket of smoke masking peoples sweat, vomit and booze.
 
Dyson said:
Bring on the alcohol ban! All they money it costs the NHS and police/ambulance services, it'll be next...
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You got to love posts like this, we are discussing whether pubs are doing ok without smoking and some joker always calls for prohibition. Lets face it it was so successful when it was brought in the the USA. :rolleyes:

I also suspect that there wouldn't be an NHS without taxes for smokers, drinkers and the absurd licensing fee's the Government charge to sell alcohol.
 
My local bar has been non smoking since it opened over three years ago yet there are still some selfish ****s who walk up a flight of stairs to the gents and then light up!!
The arrogance of some people is staggering.

Most places around here are less full at the moment because all the delightful students have gone home; it'll be interesting to see what happens when they are all back as Headingley is designated "a public space" where alcohol is not allowed to be taken onto the streets so it'll be no smoking inside and no booze outside.
 
packed solid, if not more people in there

now however, the pub doesnt stink of fags, it stinks of BO and sick :o
 
Personally I wouldnt mind going to the pub with friends now. Whereas before I would just avoid them.

If they have lost smokers, the numbers will be more than made up by people who wouldnt have otherwise gone to a pub.
 
Sinizterguy said:
If they have lost smokers, the numbers will be more than made up by people who wouldnt have otherwise gone to a pub.
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Yes, and they're now full of people who don't know how to drink in public. It used to be that you only got these kind of people on Bank Holidays. In the pub I used to work at we used to call them the "Bank Holiday People" (OK, so we weren't that inventive!). They tended to be around 35-55 yrs, white and wear a lot of gold. They only drank halves, or a taboo and lemonade for the lady. Never bought rounds, and the wife never went to the bar. More often than not they'd have a couple of youths in tow, barely 18, burberry cap wearing lad, and a girl with the shorted skirt ever and the most make-up ever. After three or four drinks they got very loud, started to annoy the regulars, sometimes there were fights, but more often than not the woman stormed off crying.

Every Bank Holiday.

They've now started to come in regularly to my local.

This is what the smokers have been replaced with!

Nice :(
 
What kind of pubs do you guys frequent if all you can smell is body odour and puke. :eek:

Not something I have ever come across since the ban started in Scotland thankfully.
 
Doonhamer said:
What kind of pubs do you guys frequent if all you can smell is body odour and puke. :eek:

Not something I have ever come across since the ban started in Scotland thankfully.
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Rough ones.
 
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