Its Finally Banned

I would have said socialising was number 1

It's March the 28th the law takes effect in Scotland... not successful yet!

ok but you dont have to socialise in a place that sells alcohol if you dont want to be in a drinking environment

if you go to a bar to socialise you are usually having a drink in most cases

as a business, a bar is there to sell alcohol, which its customers buy!

regardless im sure you see my point.

I see your point but I would say the main purpose was to socialise hence most people going with somebody not by themselves

Chris just goes to see what operating system their till's use tho - so he doesn't understand the socialising thing

And this ban has been a long time coming!

Cant wait for it to be enforced!!

lmao

they won't ban alcohol as its optional in a bar to buy it or not. whereas if people smoke its not optional to breathe it in or not.


can wait to come out of a club and not feel like ive smoked about 10 fags through second hand pap!

Re: Its Finally Banned

good news if you ask me

They can start by saving the 2.4 billion wasted each year by people going to the A and E when there is no need for them to be there.

I'll be glad to go out and not come back stinking of smoke. I'll come back stinking of beer instead.
There is a lot more to this than just secondary smoke. The real reason it's banned is because of a 30 year campaign to stop people doing it. The secondary smoke thing is just a *smoke screen*
you've a lot more chance of dying from deisel smoke than cig smoke

There is a whole pile of people who don't want any drugs in society at all and they will use whatever means they can to ban them
In America it's already starting to be socially unaceptable to drink alcohol.
We lose our freedoms so easily and getting them back is impossible

whats this?

it's been estimated the cost of smoking related illness to the NHS is 1.5 billion - any idea what tax is made from cigs? a lot more i can guess

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There is a whole pile of people who don't want any drugs in society at all and they will use whatever means they can to ban them
In America it's already starting to be socially unaceptable to drink alcohol.
We lose our freedoms so easily and getting them back is impossible [/B][/QUOTE]


Bans never really work ... look at Prohibition in America ..... it just exacerbates 'underground' activity. I assume that America won't try and go down that route again. But then again, America is not know for it's common sense .........

so can we have members only smoking clubs?

not if you meet in a public place

doubt it... the workers will complain behind the bar and then you'll get dogooders join up and moan about it just to up hold the law

not anymore, its starting to cost more to look after smokers then they pay in, thats why the goverment is starting to clamp down on smoking

i dont smoke but i think total crap who are them to tell people the cant smoke anywhere i you dont like it dont stand next to smokers you cant smoke in food places and at the fair enough next you wont be able to do it in your own property like

smokers can work behind the bar.

it would be cool as fuck. No chris uk gimps.