[fionaB]

im gonna argue the other side of the coin....... well both maybe......... i personally dont mind going outside in the rain, wind, snow, shivering getting wet...just to enjpy something i choose to use my right to do...... use a legal substance...... BUt in the last year ( has it been a year already? ) where i live has gone from having 9/10 pubs/ social clubs open 7 days a week to having two clubs left open all week....... two pubs closed... one club saying they only have funds for about another year or so and then they will close. and when did this happen? yep during the last year......... so logically......... nope of course it isnt having an effect of the finances of licensed premisess.... CRAP. of course it is...
I see no reason why pubs shuldnt be allowed to have a smoking room, with so much technology they can surely put in air conditining to remove the smoke etc.
i have no probs with baning smoking in eateries etc......

But did you know that i am not allowedto have a cigarette in my home within an hour if i have a nurse doctor council worker or ANY OTHER workman visiting my home. which is a laugh cos you never know when the council are gonna appear.

doesnt really bother me again personally as i choose to smoke outside the house anyway. BUT i pay my rent so who should have the ability to say what i do in my home providing its LEGAL..... and that is my point. if they want to ban smoking they should ban the entire product........ but no they want to have their cake and eat it....... yeah they want the taxes , money out of us smokers pockets. but we can only do it when THEY say we can....... unfair?? just a bit...........

so for those who say its positive? ...... ask the bar workers who have been paid off in the last year........... have a look at the empty pubs and clubs in rural and less popullated areas.......

I drove thru a town in ayrshire the other week and passed no less than 6 pubs that were closed down. there wasnt a single open licensed premises in the town. and im not talking about a little village, but a reasonable sized town.

positive? yes maybe to those who live in big towns and cities....... to others...... well i wouldnt like to say.

Fi