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Thread #97990 Message #2055643
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
18-May-07 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: smoking in uk pubs
Subject: RE: BS: smoking in uk pubs
If people want to smoke tobacco or anything else, that's their business, so long as they don't blow the smoke in my direction in a confined space, if it's tobacco. Prohibitionists who want to take it further than that, and ban the practice in open spaces get up my nose just as much as inconsiderate smokers do.
Outdoors, having a smoker around can in fact be a useful way of keeping off the midges. I have no doubt that when the long overdue ban inside pubs come into force I'm going to find myself choosing to have my drink in the outside smoker's area. (I don't think there's any problem about secondary non-smoking.)