Smoking to be banned OUTSIDE?

[Rod Paradise]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

[George2Loose]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

[Rod Paradise]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

[boldie]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

I think I love you.

[doubleup]

Smoking is a load of pish

[George2Loose]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

I think I love you.

Disagree. Why should I have to go elsewhere? Smoke if you want. But I don't want to put up with ta.

Also I remember coming home after a night out or even a game of poker stinking of smoke- I'd rather not have that.

I can also take my kids to numberous pubs/restuarants etc without having them put up with passive smoking

Overplayed or not- people die of passive smoking. It shouldn't happen and now that we have a reasonable ban in place it will happen less which can only be a good thing

[Bongo]

The smoke in gala notts used to make my eyes sting. It really was that bad.

[WarBwastard]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

Darwinsm also selects ignorant twats for elimination too don't forget.

[Rod Paradise]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

I think I love you.

Disagree. Why should I have to go elsewhere? Smoke if you want. But I don't want to put up with ta.

Also I remember coming home after a night out or even a game of poker stinking of smoke- I'd rather not have that.

I can also take my kids to numberous pubs/restuarants etc without having them put up with passive smoking

Overplayed or not- people die of passive smoking. It shouldn't happen and now that we have a reasonable ban in place it will happen less which can only be a good thing

Hang on though, your premise here is that because YOU don't like smoking in a premises NO premise in the country should be allowed to have smoking? I just can't see myself as that important TBH. I don't like rave music but if I go into a pub playing it I'm humble enough to leave and find some other pub.

In the end if it's a venue of which there is a limited amount in an area (ie casino/ciinema) I can understand the ban, but if there 3 pubs on a street why should NONE of them offer people doing something legal & taxed? And to attempt to ban smoking outside..... damn the puritan/pretctionist/nanny state we've become. You'd need to laugh because it could make you cry.

[Rod Paradise]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

Darwinsm also selects ignorant twats for elimination too don't forget.

And the government keeps bringing in laws to prevent it too. It's just wrong.

[steeveg]

i can understand people wanting a total ban on somoking if they feel there safety is in danger, it just annoys me when i see a lot idiots causing trouble in town centers due to alchol, they attack innocent people, some just act abusive and threatining, nothing seems to be done to stop this but  i am told i cant light a ciggie ,seems prorities are wrong sometimes,the sooner society starts to not just pick on easy targets the better.

[WarBwastard]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

Darwinsm also selects ignorant twats for elimination too don't forget.

And the government keeps bringing in laws to prevent it too. It's just wrong.

So this is one of the many areas our Government has a duplicitous and hypocritical approach to.  You can make that point without implying weak lunged people deserve to die anyway.

[Tuffster]

As a smoker, I was in favour of the ban inside pubs, fair enough, it gets cold outside in the winter, but hey ho, if it prevents bar workers from picking up secondary smoke then I'm all in favour of it.

It's the bloody sanctimonious non-smokers who really tilt me, the ones who move into your area whilst you are enjoying a cigarette and then request you put it out. Grrrrrr. A classic example, I'm leaning against the (outside) of an empty bus-stop in Central London awaiting my number 25 to finally turn up, so I thought I'd try Murphy's Law and light a fag to get the bus to arrive. No such luck, however a woman with a pushchair toddles up to my otherwise empty bus stop, stands within 3 feet of me and then looks at me with with hate filled eyes and asks me to "put out that f**king disgusting fag as it's harming my beautiful baby". WTF, I turned to look at her, took another drag on my fag and calmly told her feck off and if she was that worried about my smoke; a) stand INSIDE the bus shelter, b) worry more about the car pollution affecting little babies lungs or c) stop being such a stupid cow.

/rant

[boldie]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

Darwinsm also selects ignorant twats for elimination too don't forget.

And the government keeps bringing in laws to prevent it too. It's just wrong.

So this is one of the many areas our Government has a duplicitous and hypocritical approach to.  You can make that point without implying weak lunged people deserve to die anyway.

lol@ the sensitivity. I thought it was obvious it wasn't meant literally.

[George2Loose]

As a non-smoker I think this is a pile of shite... FFS IF the governement would give up their huge haul from the tax on tobacco then I'd believe they were serious in trying to ban it.

Leave people alone. They banned smoking in pubs and now you can smell every fart, bit of BO & you can see the people in the place - they all looked better through a smokey haze!!!

Leave it as an open choice (remember them) and pubs put up a sign to say they are smoking or non-smoking - job done. And I'd rather second hand smoke than the non-smoker doing the 'cough cough, handwaving' pish they do to show their disapproval of smokers.

I'd rather put up with the odour then die of lung cancer TYVM

Or go to another pub? Seriously the risk is overplayed anyway FFS. How many old smokers are there? Plenty. If a bit of tobacco smoke cleans up the species by eliminating weak lunged people with a flimsy DNA then it's just darwinism in action anyway.

I think I love you.

Disagree. Why should I have to go elsewhere? Smoke if you want. But I don't want to put up with ta.

Also I remember coming home after a night out or even a game of poker stinking of smoke- I'd rather not have that.

I can also take my kids to numberous pubs/restuarants etc without having them put up with passive smoking

Overplayed or not- people die of passive smoking. It shouldn't happen and now that we have a reasonable ban in place it will happen less which can only be a good thing

Hang on though, your premise here is that because YOU don't like smoking in a premises NO premise in the country should be allowed to have smoking? I just can't see myself as that important TBH. I don't like rave music but if I go into a pub playing it I'm humble enough to leave and find some other pub.

In the end if it's a venue of which there is a limited amount in an area (ie casino/ciinema) I can understand the ban, but if there 3 pubs on a street why should NONE of them offer people doing something legal & taxed? And to attempt to ban smoking outside..... damn the puritan/pretctionist/nanny state we've become. You'd need to laugh because it could make you cry.

How many people have died from passive rave music?

How many pubs were non smoking pre the smoking ban?

Passive smoking is a killer- I'm not in favour of banning smoking or smoking in the open air. The current ban makes sense.