Vote on smoking ban in public places

punky_munky · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:52

I'd like to see a reverse of this and be for us to be granted the right to spread asbestos over peoples clothes whenever we wanted.

UOcUK Poopscoop · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:53

cleanbluesky said:
No-one has to go anywhere... a person cannot be gaurunteed air quality no-matter where they go. I cant walk down an A-Road and still get air quality, why is the idea that I should demand air-quality when going inside a pub any different?

If you want air quality, you have to seek it - a smoking ban wont change this

I can be out all day and not return smelling of petrol fumes.

I spend an hour in a pub and I stink when I return.

I rarely gag on car exhaust fumes but walking into some pubs almost makes me want to.

Cars aren't going to be banned because they could never get away with doing it.

You can get away with banning cigarettes though, so they have.

Simple.

Bennah · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:54

So a total ban in 2007 then for England. But a ban in place for Scotland in March? Ok I get it.

Does it mean that you can smoke going down the street though? Public buildings and stuff are banned?

tuckenator · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:54

I agree i can't stand the smoke, soo annoying having to breathe smoke in nightclubs/bars and then stinking of it the next morning.

zain · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:54

I'd ban it everywhere except your own homes.

If you smokers want to smoke and kill yourself, thats fine but blowing it in my face or around me giving me coughs n making me sick isnt fair.

William · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:56

Krowzer said:
I wouldn't call a activity that causes cancer a "right" :|

What like microwaves, clingfilm, cycling or driving?

wolvotim · 14 Feb 2006 at 19:58

Should have banned tobacco all together if they were really against smoking.

Oh wait, it’s the £9.3bn in revenue they collect compared to the £1.5bn they spend in smoking related diseases, nice little profit there.

james.miller · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:00

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
I can be out all day and not return smelling of petrol fumes.

I spend an hour in a pub and I stink when I return.

I rarely gag on car exhaust fumes but walking into some pubs almost makes me want to.

Cars aren't going to be banned because they could never get away with doing it.

You can get away with banning cigarettes though, so they have.

Simple.

if i make a few coffees at work, the smell lingers far longer than tabacco smoke. Should we ban coffee?

UOcUK Poopscoop · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:01

wolvotim said:
Should have banned tobacco all together if they were really against smoking.

Oh wait, it’s the £9.3bn in revenue they collect compared to the £1.5bn they spend in smoking related diseases, nice little profit there.

Entirely true, but at least it will be more actual smokers that die (don't mean that in a bad way) than those who just inhale it involuntarily.

If you smoke you are accepting the risk.
I don't smoke, so why should I?

cleanbluesky · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:03

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
I can be out all day and not return smelling of petrol fumes.

I spend an hour in a pub and I stink when I return.

I rarely gag on car exhaust fumes but walking into some pubs almost makes me want to.

Cars aren't going to be banned because they could never get away with doing it.

You can get away with banning cigarettes though, so they have.

Simple.

The problem has been this bad yet you have had to wait for the government to bring out legislation for you to find a solution?

UOcUK Poopscoop · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:03

james.miller said:
if i make a few coffees at work, the smell lingers far longer than tabacco smoke. Should we ban coffee?

Wasn't aware of the fact coffee aroma was carcinogenic??

(I would also change your brand of coffee)

UOcUK Poopscoop · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:04

cleanbluesky said:
The problem has been this bad yet you have had to wait for the government to bring out legislation for you to find a solution?

Sorry, what?? :confused:

VIRII · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:04

Balddog said:
We are talking about legislation arent we?

I thought that there was legislation to do something about people who threatened others or incited murder ....

cleanbluesky · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:05

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
Sorry, what??

You were detailing how bad an experience entering pubs has been for you, you seem happy that the legislation is going to solve your problem - I'm just curious why the situation has been so bad for so long but you haven't found a solution...

Is it because you didn't care about it that much really?

james.miller · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:07

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
Wasn't aware of the fact coffee aroma was carcinogenic??

(I would also change your brand of coffee)

it isn't, and that's not the point. the point is virtually all the non smokers who want it banned place smell as either the top or 2nd reason they want it banned. As for it being carcinogenic, well that's really irrelivant. if your in public, cars will do you more damage than somebody smoking, ulness your standing next to them sucking up their fumes.

wolvotim · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:07

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
Entirely true, but at least it will be more actual smokers that die (don't mean that in a bad way) than those who just inhale it involuntarily.

If you smoke you are accepting the risk.
I don't smoke, so why should I?

I really think they should make tobacco illegal if they want to put their money where they mouth is.

It might help me quit then

UOcUK Poopscoop · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:08

cleanbluesky said:
You were detailing how bad an experience entering pubs has been for you, you seem happy that the legislation is going to solve your problem - I'm just curious why the situation has been so bad for so long but you haven't found a solution...

Is it because you didn't care about it that much really?

Find a solution??

What on earth are you talking about, you have truly lost me? :confused:

I have always supported a ban on smoking in public areas but your train of thought still baffles me.

Mr_L · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:10

wolvotim said:
I really think they should make tobacco illegal if they want to put their money where they mouth is.

It might help me quit then

If anything they will probably legalise other drugs and tax the crap out of them.

Rich_L · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:11

\o/

IMO there's no right to smoke in the first place, the government not banning it up to now is a privelege and concession afforded to smokers rather than them taking away some right of theirs.

Sooner the better, and I'm glad that there aren't going to be any daft exemptions like originally proposed.

AJUK · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:11

WOOOHOOOOOOO!

About time the MPs got something right. Later drinking may actually be tolerable and I won't come home stinking with lungs full of carcinogens.

Excellent news.