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Go to a lot of gay clubs then ?
cancer operates by continued exposure to a carcinogen and proliferates through dna damage - somewhere the non smoking ban got it wrong: do not smoke outside within 5m of an entrance because of the effects of passive smoking... :yeees: its just OTT bollocks.
tut tut
Smokers seemed quite good and were all outside, granted the weather was ok though.
I'm really pleased, especially regarding restaurants and cafes.
I feel quite sorry for the smokers tbh and the pubs etc just don't seem the same.
It is up to the council, who have employed enforcement officers. Largely though, it is up to the bars/clubs, as they face big fines if they allow people to smoke.
I think it's a step towards a social change. In the 50s people used to smoke on the bus and on planes, now that is seen as unacceptable (although you wouldn't know it on the top deck of many buses in Brum) and people just take it as given. So hopefully, in years to come people will look back and be surprised that it used to be legal to smoke in enclosed public places.
Top work to Kirklees Council for employing a 20-a-day councillor in that role.
Duh.
Thats cos of the alcohol, not the fags
I went out yesterday having stopped smoking a couple of weeks or so ago, absolutely loved it, came home smelling of the same aftershave I went out in haha. From the comments of smokers I've spoken to it isn't really that bad - most of them smoked a lot less because of it.
I don't think your IQ has much to do with whether or not you smoke.
I think it's because we all know that it's doing us damage and we do it anyway
I chainsmoked on saturday night, just because i could.
But so do people who eat take aways, drink alcohol at the weekend, even spending time in a busy street with lots of traffic...
It was a bit of a sweeping statement in the first place.
I'm surprised they haven't tried banning the consumption of alcohol in public places yet. That'll be the next thing.
It is in some places isnt it?
I think it might be on the street or something, but wouldn't surprise me if they tried banning it all together.
Even if you take your car for an MOT and you're a smoker don't they have to wait 20 minutes before touching your car or something ludicrous? I think that's taking it a bit far.
people have been smoking hundreds of fags n the pub every day and night, for years
the smell of smoke doesnt just disappear because no1s smoked in it for about 12 hours
might not be AS bad, but ya can still smell it
i'd day its the smoke more than the smell that you can notice
its all in the mind man!
A lot of pubs round here closed to get cleaned. Ours didn't but it only took a day or two for the stale smoke smell to clear