Smoking ban

[druiaghtagh]

Following the news of the soon to be introduced ban of smoking in public, i wonderd if it will apply to workplaces. I work in a factory that recently built an enclosed smoking room in our canteen. Will smokers still be able to use that or will they have to go outside please?

[delboy3]

From what I understand it will include factories, so not even a set-aside room will be allowed. How well that will go down is anybody's guess.

Anyone remember the 1970's teabreak strikes?!

[Lonnie]

The above post is very true, not forgetting. that the House of Commons has a 'set aside room', that will remain in use.

[WoWo]

While I do think it a little hypocrical, you have to consider the implications.... do you suggests MP's all pop out and stand on Westminster bridge in a small group every time they have a fag?

[Hans_Olo]

Why shouldn't MP's have it banned? Why should they subject those who work in the Palace of Westminster to THEIR 2nd hand cigarette smoke! Maybe they could give up or stand in the road like everybody else!

[Big Al1st]

I am giving up smoking. This is my 6th week of not smoking now but I do not agree with a complete ban.

The thing that worries me is the ban in private clubs. By description they are private, not public, and people pay a membership fee to join. They dont have to join. I am not one to go on about civil liberties but just where does the governments encroachment on our private lives stop.

Workplaces are a different matter because all, or nearly all, of the people dont have a choice but to work in that environment.

Another six weeks when I have started smoking again I will probably start banging on about not having a ban at all.

[Pippa68]

I think it is an infringement of my civil liberties that when I visit a pub or club I get my feet puked on & my clothes showered with booze because people decide to get ****** out of their heads. Surely I have a case? ;o)

I think the whole thing is lunacy ~ & no, I don't even smoke!

[lady_p_gold]

Where I work they have even made a rule that you have to be so many metres away from the building ....

[mightyWBA]

Wait until they realise cars lorries and buses pump out more harmful crap than cigarettes! Whoops!That will never happen thanks to the lovely revenue generated by fuel tax!

[Drisgirl]

What about the revenue from fags?People will cut down.Where I worked they had a seperate smoking room and I smoked at that time.It was disgusting with the result I didnt have my first one until 8 at night once I was organised.I didnt miss it.I havent smoked for a few years and wont again.

I do agree that it should be a blanket ban - ie smoke in the street or in a house.That way there would be no confusion.

I can understand where the smokers are coming from in a way because its almost like having your security blanket ripped away and you dont know how you will cope without it.You will.Non-smokers in the main have put up and shut up so at last some consideration is being given to everyone.

[Postdog]

I'm just worried about how many jobs will be lost and business closed as a result of this. I smoke - I'd rather I didn't, but I do, and I do actually enjoy some of my cigarettes rather than smoke through addiction.

It is a habit of mine to enjoy a pint, something to eat, and a few ciggies in the pub when I finish work, but if I don't have the freedom to smoke, chances are I - like many - won't go in the pub any more. It could be argued that the ban will protect those employed in pubs and that from harm, but if there is no pub, they will have no job.

And what about all the tobacconists? - chances are some will just give up completely (OK, I know that's the aim of anti smoking groups...) but that's just going to hit the shops financially, and some won't survive.

Leaving people with a choice was far better - there are plenty of no smoking areas to choose from.

[wallis1007]

Good! it should be banned outright. Dont people who smoke realise that they stink. All this crap about how much tax they pay, most of them know someone who knows someone that can get them "cheap" fags. Most (not all )smokers cost the NHS more money eventually.Almost anytime I go to a pub I know that I shall go home smelling of second hand smoke. I know people that go to the pub to smoke because they wont smoke at home because it makes their home smell ! I just can't understand why anybody would want to pay lots of money to shorten their life. Been realistic though, everybody should have the choice wether to kill themselves slowly or not,just not in public places. There are a lot of people that dont want to breathe your smoke in.If you think its fair for me to have your second hand smoke then maybe if I go out for a drink then you could have the results of that forced upon you. I shall now get off my soap box and wish everyone long healthy life.