Rasmie Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Maybe we should go out and do a head count -pint in every bar?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 So, the smoking ban came into force in England today. Meanwhile, BBC World has been running a report about the smoking ban in California. It seems that they already have one smoke free city, and they are about to embark on a second. There are designated smoking areas, and smokers in cars must keep their windows rolled up. Is this a sign of more draconain measures to come for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 So, the smoking ban came into force in England today. Meanwhile, BBC World has been running a report about the smoking ban in California. It seems that they already have one smoke free city, and they are about to embark on a second. There are designated smoking areas, and smokers in cars must keep their windows rolled up. Is this a sign of more draconain measures to come for us? Draconian? As in saving people from an untimely death? Shouldn't be allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerdadodger Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 The smoking ban came into force in England today & it was quite funny to see larger than normal groups of people standing outside in the rain having a fag!! After hearing many people & saying myself for the past few weeks that today would be the day I'd try & give up I was Just wondering how many of you did the same & have been successful since the ban came into force in Scotland!? A lot of the posts I've read over the past few pages say that they are giving or have given up over the past few months and wondered if the ban has helped people in anyway?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4726.html From ISD. Makes interesting bedtime reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerdadodger Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Yes it does Make good reading lol!! I was just after an overall personal view of some of the scottish people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 I gave up a number of years ago and most of the people that I know are non-smokers. Anything that is said here is likely to be anecdotal, whereas ISD will deal in facts. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. Just before I ruined my lungs would have been so much better than long after! There was a big hoo-ha here when the legislation was coming in by a vocal minority. I often heard non-smokers saying that this was what was going to give them a kick up the rear end. Whether they have had the self-determination or not who knows. There will always be a hardcore that want to continue. Let them carry on is my thoughts, as long as I don't have to breathe it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I gave up just before the ban came into force in Scotland. Unfortunately, I have since then fallen off the wagon but I intend to give up again soon. I've proved to myself I can do it. Now it just requires a little will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrutineer Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 is it true the burning terrorist at glasgow is to be prosecuted for smoking in a public place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleepsie Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I think it is brilliant that there is no more fag smoke in pubs. At last I can go out for a drink and not reek of smoke or have a meal out and be spared the diner at the next table 'sharing' his Fag with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2978/cancerip0.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 You've got to give them 10 out of 10 for effort ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7285808.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yorkshire boozer establishes 'smoking research centre'Kerry Fenton, landlady of the Cutting Edge in Worsbrough, converted the pub's tap room into a hub of nicotine-based research in which punters could smoke themselves silly if they filled in a questionnaire. The cunning plan was the brainchild of regular James Martin, a Sheffield printer who noticed a potential loophole in the Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulation 2007 - that a "designated room in a research or testing facility" does not have to be smoke-free "whilst it is being used for any research or tests" Fenton claimed her trade had rocketed since Friday, when the new facility opened to the public. Customers were required to answer questions, such as how many cigarettes they smoked, and if they liked smoky pub atmospheres, as well as stick 50p in a charity box to fund cancer research. She said: "Before Friday we were lucky to get 10 people in at a weekend. On Friday we had 29, on Saturday 31 and on Sunday 46."Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Farkoff Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Absolutely, fundamentally, sock-it-to-me, outrageously wonderful and Brilliant. Stick it to the man, and this crazy coven of nannies which is attempting to govern us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm moving to Worsbrough, wherever and whatever that is.... Seems to be the only place I have any chance of getting to have a freshly pulled pint and a smoke together at the same time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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