The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30020   Message #579734
Posted By: Herga Kitty
25-Oct-01 - 03:46 PM
Thread Name: Non-smoking folk clubs in the UK
Subject: RE: Non-smoking folk clubs in the UK
Herga (Mondays) has a non-smoking policy as the result of a motion put forward at the AGM a few years ago by Anni Fentiman. You can do this if the club is running in a function room without a bar. When we had Dick Gaughan as a guest, his contract specified a smoke-free venue - so Dick had to nip out for a fag in the interval. This isn't really about Puritanism - the effects of booze on people's voices are generally confined to those who imbibe, but smoke has effects on other people, especially those with asthma, that the smoker may not notice. Are there any TT smokers who are made ill by the alcoholic fumes emanating from non-smoking drinkers? - if so, I apologise.