This notice outside an office has left me speechless. The non-smoking lobby in this country has won and yet they are still moaning. Banning smoking in pubs will result in the closure of up to 10% of pubs in the UK according to licensed industry figures, yeah I know it was going to happen but how about phasing in such a dramatic change. No that is not the way our so called labor government operates, a friend of mine said the other days that politicians are like nappies and need changed regulary. A sentiment that I wholeheartedly agree with. I am an ex-smoker and suffer from quite severe asthma, yet I do not get distressed by watching people smoke, and I have not turned into a humorless swine.15 March, 2006
Dumbfounded, 15/03/06
This notice outside an office has left me speechless. The non-smoking lobby in this country has won and yet they are still moaning. Banning smoking in pubs will result in the closure of up to 10% of pubs in the UK according to licensed industry figures, yeah I know it was going to happen but how about phasing in such a dramatic change. No that is not the way our so called labor government operates, a friend of mine said the other days that politicians are like nappies and need changed regulary. A sentiment that I wholeheartedly agree with. I am an ex-smoker and suffer from quite severe asthma, yet I do not get distressed by watching people smoke, and I have not turned into a humorless swine.
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my god. *shocked smiley*
OK, this whole smoking thing is getting out of hand. I don't smoke anymore, but I see no reason why people who do shouldn't be allowed to light up outside!! That is crazy!
Doesn't anybody remember the Prohibition? What's next, cigarette runners? Gangsters smuggling boxes of smokes across borders, secret smoking lounges?
It's human nature to be attracted to what we aren't allowed to do, and it's human nature to rebel against someone telling us to "Stop that!"
When will society learn????
Hehehehe this one is really funny!
More pics... missing Manchester, need more pics....
Hehehe i have asthma but i am not distressed when seeing people smoke on the other side of my window...
I just have a bit of a laugh, they'll be dead soon anyways :)
It's because they've started to win. They're so smug now they just want to see how far they can keep pushing it and validate themselves.
a short, sharp shock is better than a gradual change. Figures over the last 3 weeks of the smoking ban north of the border show most bars with no effect or takings up. Some report takings increases of 25%. Yes, a small number of pubs have takings down - yes, some may go out of business, but how much profit were they making in the first place. i have no doubt they will be bought out, renovated and make more money.
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