smoking ban is in scotland and it's great but all the pubs smelled like fags then like piss then everyone put airfreshenrs in

ohhhhhhh ...explain yourself lol

If everyone who has an opinion on this subject were aware of other (allegedly) dangerous carcinogenics in everyday foodstuffs and cleaning agents, that are widely used, they would realise that tobacco is taking the fall for the world's cancer problems. I'm not saying that tobacco is not unhealthy, but if people feel so strongly on the "anti-smoking in public" side of the argument, I'd like them to be aware of other harmful substances that they inhale or ingest everyday, like carbon monoxide from car exhausts, fluoride rom tap-water, UV rays from sunlight and "safe levels" of carcinogenics in soft drinks like Coca-Cola.

My question is: Are most people SERIOUSLY worried about their long term health as a result of passive smoking? I have several sugestions which lead me to believe that they don't, but you're probably thinking that I'm a stuck-up b*st*rd who loves to hear the sound of his own voice at this stage!

i'm sort of on this fence on this one, i don't mind goin outside for a cig anytime, i won't light up in a restaurant i don't like smoking and food. Ithink the main bother for me would be the fact you go outside for a cig.......BUT......the pub won't let you take your drink out hahaha so what do u do? put it on the window sill and stare at it to make sure it doesn't get spiked. Ithink the solution for that would be having tables outside but even then you don't want to sit on a soggy old bench when it's been raining, lol

ooo look how my topic has progressed...awww lol

well here in ireland you're allowed to take your drink with you in most places. the club i go to has a roofed area with a load of couches and tables n chairs.... patio heaters, speakers so you can still hear the music inside...... infact..there are more people outside having a cig, chatting to mates/strangers and having a giggle with their pint and smokes than there is inside.

the pubs all have smoking areas out the back with seats, heaters and tables.

afterall it's only good business isn't it? who'd want to go to a pub where you had to stand outside with your brolly getting frost bite with no drink to go with your ciggie? lol. i'd stay home.

wrong place I know, but Peachy, you're new pic is absolutely gorgeous

Just gotta bring this back up. Well we've had the smoking ban in place in sunny Scotland since March and gotta say its had its ups and downs. Im a smoker and i personally dont mind going outside for a ciggie. My local has got their gazebos up, their picnic tables out and their wall mounted heaters ready for the winter time so its all sorted for me. We even get to take our drinks out as its enclosed with a fence. Gotta say though it does make the pub a more pleasant place to be in when u aint got all the smoke nipping ur eyes. It even got to me at times and Im a smoker. It has had its downside though as in some of the pubs ive been in, u do tend to smell the toilets quite badly and peoples body odour a lot more (as I have informed a couple fo people LOL). Needless to say these aren't places i frequent that often!!

All in though, I think its been a change for the better and im all for it!!

there should be a WORLWIDE ban on smoking

even better, stop making the repulsive things then NO ONE will EVER smoke again!

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I agree with you on this.... there is by far worse out there than just fag smoke!!![/quote]


there's not MUCH worse than fag smoke!

but at least cars, and the Sun (uv rays) are a necessary evil even though they prduce harmful effects

there IS NO useful purpose of smoking. all smoking does is kill people smokers and none smokers alike.