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Smoking in restaurants
There's a question below asking about smoking, in which an ABer says there's no demand for non-smoking restaurants. Please will everyone give their view on whether they would like a ban on smoking in enclosed public places, particularly in restaurants?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi Smudge,
I'm absolutely with the majority - I hate the smell and I find it annoying that when I've paid for a nice meal out, someone lights up at the next table and puts me off eating it! I do actually sympathise with smokers as I appreciate just how addictive it is. My own partner is a smoker of 45 years and has tried giving up on several occasions but I have accepted that he'll never give up completely, though he has cut down a lot. He never smokes in the house or in restaurants as he knows how much I hate it. In addition, my best friend, with whom we often go out for a meal, suffers from asthma and cigarette smoke makes her condition much worse.
I really started this thread because I couldn't believe that someone could be so self-delusional as to say that there's no demand for non-smoking restaurants! Every survey that's ever been done on this subject has shown that the majority of people would support a ban.And in reply to the smokers who say there should be separate areas, I'm sorry but these don't work. Cigarette smoke doesn't know it's supposed to stay on one side of the room! Also I don't the think the 'we should have the freedom to smoke' argument works. There are many things in life that we don't have the freedom to do, including harming other people.
Only 27% of Uk adults smoke - I think it's time that the other 73% were able to go out to pubs and restaurants and not have to sit in an atmosphere which is, at best, unpleasant, and at worst, downright harmful.