No Smoking Ban...

[Blank]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

[Dave]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

Well there are pubs that aren't like that - but i'm glad you don't know where they are, as you are clearly a lunatic.

[Cympil]

Well there are pubs that aren't like that - but i'm glad you don't know where they are, as you are clearly a lunatic.

and you`re clearly depressing

[Mr Darn]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

i dunno...theres some truth in there somewhere....

[sarah24]

i think some pubs may end up closing as they will lose alot of business once this ban comes in

[Sw@lnalla]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

Very true, though I never got my chips, and many of the old sods found out that alcohol is more deadly than tobacco.

[Cympil]

Very true, though I never got my chips, and many of the old sods found out that alcohol is more deadly than tobacco.

That`s sad

[Pencil_Neck]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

A touch harsh I reckon but it depends on the clients & establishment. I enjoy the odd beer at Xmas & have never found the above in my slumbers.......

[Blank]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

Cympil, you must frequent the Clayton often to come up with that conclusion!

[stu]

Wey since most of the pubs are filled with dirty stinking wife beating drunks with pee stained pants that punch`s anything in their way,i think the safest place would be outside anyway..and at least smoking doesn`t turn folk into slurring idiotic beer bellied low lifes who think throwing their kids a quid for a bag of chips is looking after them

At least the smoking ban will help close the pubs..now that would be a result

Havent seen many pubs "filled" lately more like 2 or 3 people at the most.Fetch the smoking ban in and there will be even less folk going out,so at least C.K. will at last win a pool game cos he will be playing by himself but there again I'm not so sure

[Hamburger Pimp]

You on the pipe, fool?

I'm the grandmaster of the green baize. I got the skillz to pay the bills. When I get amongst the pool balls I'm doing more damage than Ray Winstone in "Scum".

To boil it down and put it in the shell of a nut, I got game.

[Pencil_Neck]

You on the pipe, fool?

I'm the grandmaster of the green baize. I got the skillz to pay the bills. When I get amongst the pool balls I'm doing more damage than Ray Winstone in "Scum".

To boil it down and put it in the shell of a nut, I got game.

[stu]

You on the pipe, fool?

I'm the grandmaster of the green baize. I got the skillz to pay the bills. When I get amongst the pool balls I'm doing more damage than Ray Winstone in "Scum".

To boil it down and put it in the shell of a nut, I got game.

Sorry mate thats been banned more than baccy,everything fun is being banned,I'll just have to whup your butt at pool,that should be fun

[Joe Rooney]

Previous topic title:

Smoking ban: it wont last

Edit: Topic merged with existing.

heres why it wont work there would be a lot more violence in pubs due to stress of not having a sig and another thing is that most people that go to pubs that are non smokers actually like the smell

another thing is that as soon as the ban comes the pubs will shut down as there will be know one going

and without the smell of smoke the pub will prob smell of swet and urine and who wants to sit and smell that

Last year, when smoking in restaurants and bars was banned, a group of Calgary owners announced that they would ignore the new anti smoking laws. Their rationale was the same ones you are quoting now. Customers would stay away, businesses would fail, Calgary would become an evening ghost town, etc, etc.

After a few weeks, about 40 or 50 of the most strident anti law owners were hauled into court. Some were discharged, most were fined a few hundred dollars, and sent out to repent their evil ways!

A year later, and Calgary is still booming. Restaurants and bars are packed, and no one seems to have noticed the absence of smokers. The air is fresh, and you can taste your food.

So much for doom and gloom. Either smokers have just decided to get with the program, or there is a whole new clientele crowding the bars and restaurants. But as for "the bars will all close." Certainly not in Calgary, and as long as people need relaxation, and a pleasant atmosphere to meet and socialise in, then the bars and pubs will continue to prosper!

Joe

[Mr Darn]

^^^^^^^

Hear Hear!

[Monsta®]

why don't they ban other things that are bad for your health like chocolate, crisps, lard, shot guns, knifes, sticks, cars, buses, trucks, trains etc etc we can all go back to living like the native indians of america and run every were! only the peace pipe would have to be banned!

[stu]

Last year, when smoking in restaurants and bars was banned, a group of Calgary owners announced that they would ignore the new anti smoking laws. Their rationale was the same ones you are quoting now. Customers would stay away, businesses would fail, Calgary would become an evening ghost town, etc, etc.

After a few weeks, about 40 or 50 of the most strident anti law owners were hauled into court. Some were discharged, most were fined a few hundred dollars, and sent out to repent their evil ways!

A year later, and Calgary is still booming. Restaurants and bars are packed, and no one seems to have noticed the absence of smokers. The air is fresh, and you can taste your food.

So much for doom and gloom. Either smokers have just decided to get with the program, or there is a whole new clientele crowding the bars and restaurants. But as for "the bars will all close." Certainly not in Calgary, and as long as people need relaxation, and a pleasant atmosphere to meet and socialise in, then the bars and pubs will continue to prosper!

Joe

As a smoker I agree with the ban,but as previously posted this has to be a total ban for every work place not one law us and another for someone else ie:-Houses of Parliament,prisons and hotels.

How can anyone push through a law and exempt themselves from it,this is afterall a workplace(HofP)

I think this is the cause of contention with a lot of smokers,not the fact of the ban itself!

[Pete]

As a smoker I agree with the ban,but as previously posted this has to be a total ban for every work place not one law us and another for someone else ie:-Houses of Parliament,prisons and hotels.

How can anyone push through a law and exempt themselves from it,this is afterall a workplace(HofP)

I think this is the cause of contention with a lot of smokers,not the fact of the ban itself!

I agree with you Stu, Why have MP's still got the right to smoke in their private members bars, when Working Mens clubs have got to obey the smoking laws and probably go out of business.

Working Mens clubs are not public places as they are private members clubs, if the government had allowed Working Mens clubs to have a vote by their members then it would have been fair.

But for MP's to be exempt from the laws that they themselves have brought in is pure arrogance.

[stu]

Good point pete,thanks for the support

[Denzel]

According to an in-depth report, tabs are officially good for you.

[Pete]

According to an in-depth report, tabs are officially good for you.

I have read that Denzel, thats why I will continue to smoke me tabs.

They were giving the ash trays away last night at my local working mens club, I got a couple of them and now I don't know which one to use first. Ah well it saves the wife having to pick me dog ends up off the carpet.

[Merlin]

I have read that Denzel, thats why I will continue to smoke me tabs.

They were giving the ash trays away last night at my local working mens club, I got a couple of them and now I don't know which one to use first. Ah well it saves the wife having to pick me dog ends up off the carpet.

Get as many as you can then in a few years put them on e-bay they'll be collectors items make a bomb oops wrong phrase there have the anti terror sqad round later................................who's that at the door....................................................aaaaaarrrrgggghhhh

[Blank]

I have read that Denzel, thats why I will continue to smoke me tabs.

They were giving the ash trays away last night at my local working mens club, I got a couple of them and now I don't know which one to use first. Ah well it saves the wife having to pick me dog ends up off the carpet.

Spoilt for choice now eh Pete?

[Mr Darn]

I agree with you Stu, Why have MP's still got the right to smoke in their private members bars, when Working Mens clubs have got to obey the smoking laws and probably go out of business.

Working Mens clubs are not public places as they are private members clubs, if the government had allowed Working Mens clubs to have a vote by their members then it would have been fair.

But for MP's to be exempt from the laws that they themselves have brought in is pure arrogance.

Its not just the fact they are exempt, its the fact that these laws have been brought in to protect the worker, and the barstaff in these places are still going to be affected by the smoke, so they should be in this legislation too. however, there is always the point that they could employ only smokers, and have an uproar from the equal working rights people! they wont win that one without making it a blanket ban with no holes.

[Pete]

I have stoped smoking