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Kipper
Hasn't it been a good year without the fags in public places. One year today since the stinking fags were baned.
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Kipper
Yeah, the pubs round here are loving it, there are no smokers in them ... oh hang on, they're closed .. there's no-one in them.
Nevermind, at least us lepers may smoke at home.
It's certainly nice to go home after a Friday night at the pub, without having my clothes stink of ciggy smoke.
Quite a few in my local have given up - the few that remain go out into the pub's forecourt.
I like not having to breath other folks filth and not stinking of ciggy smoke is nice but now all the pubs smell of toilets, stale beer carpets and BO. Bugger...
My local pub seems busier than ever - it has a lot of live music and many new faces who were put of by the selfish smokers making everyone stink are
now going out. My other local is quieter but thats more down to the change of landlord.
Afraid i am not at all prepared to be diplomatic on this subject and am 100% behind the ban. Best thing they have done IMHO
[Edited on 1/7/08 by Paul TigerB6]
It's great. I get a feeling of smugness when I see the poor addicted smokers standing outside in the cold.
The problem now seems to be fag butts all over the ground, is there a selfishness drug in tobacco smoke?
As a non smoker I say bring it back and encourage you smokers.
Our wonderful government are losing huge amounts of revenue from you and they'll keep
hitting me, the motorist harder to compensate.
Also a pleasant side effect for us is that almoest all pubs now have somwhere outdoor, dry and dog friendly when out walking
I totally agree, a lot better for it
It’s so ironic now, that the folk who took it up to be with the in crowd now find themselves all alone in the cold and rain, puffing away in their
little drug shelter 
Mocked at for being so smelly (if only they knew how much)
I worked in many places that the only canteen was thick with smoke, I don’t miss that one bit.
Never a better thread title 
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Originally posted by NigeEss
As a non smoker I say bring it back and encourage you smokers.
Our wonderful government are losing huge amounts of revenue from you and they'll keep
hitting me, the motorist harder to compensate.
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Originally posted by ReMan
Also a pleasant side effect for us is that almoest all pubs now have somwhere outdoor, dry and dog friendly when out walking
is it really 12mth that means i havent smoked ......for let me think.........oh yeah 12mth and i feel oh so much better for it
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Originally posted by Agriv8
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Originally posted by NigeEss
As a non smoker I say bring it back and encourage you smokers.
Our wonderful government are losing huge amounts of revenue from you and they'll keep
hitting me, the motorist harder to compensate.
As you say they will claw it back one way or another. but least the fag smoke covered the smell of flactulence.
regards
Agriv8
Ex smoker ( for know )
!
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
do you work in my office? I know the smell from the toilets! gods
Ihave found the smoking ban mildly disappointing - I like pubs again after many years avoiding them because I would come out after just a quick half
stinking of cigarette smoke - so it's great that I can go in them again.
I am only disappointed because the smoking in public places ban doesn't include public streets outdoors - it's hard to walk in the street
now without having to walk through clouds of smoke from all the people taking the opportunity to kill themselves a bit more in between banned
areas.
I think that they should put the tax up on cigarettes so that if 50% of people give up then they should double the tax to make sure the rest of us
don't lose out
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
do you work in my office? I know the smell from the toilets! gods
Thought you worked in an office full of babes - surely there cant be a flatulence problem there in that case!!
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Originally posted by mookaloid
I am only disappointed because the smoking in public places ban doesn't include public streets outdoors - it's hard to walk in the street now without having to walk through clouds of smoke from all the people taking the opportunity to kill themselves a bit more in between banned areas.
and the prize for the most self righteous goes to... ?
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Originally posted by locogeoff
and the prize for the most self righteous goes to... ?
I think we should get prescribed free smokes as an addiction. Like bag/crack heads who have been doing it 25 years and still no closer to quitting.
Oh yeah! then claim sickness benefit and DLA, mug people when we`re short, do the odd bit of burglary and shoplifting. After all, it is a recognized
addiction.
Then the state could sell government backed smack and tax em for it `cos they would have to work and prove where their money came from to qualify.
Mmmm an idea lol
? WTF is with this rabbit, it's fecking huge!! what's it been smoking?
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Originally posted by Andi
I think we should get prescribed free smokes as an addiction. Like bag/crack heads who have been doing it 25 years and still no closer to quitting.
Oh yeah! then claim sickness benefit and DLA, mug people when we`re short, do the odd bit of burglary and shoplifting. After all, it is a recognized addiction.
Then the state could sell government backed smack and tax em for it `cos they would have to work and prove where their money came from to qualify.
Mmmm an idea lol
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
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Originally posted by Andi
I think we should get prescribed free smokes as an addiction. Like bag/crack heads who have been doing it 25 years and still no closer to quitting.
Oh yeah! then claim sickness benefit and DLA, mug people when we`re short, do the odd bit of burglary and shoplifting. After all, it is a recognized addiction.
Then the state could sell government backed smack and tax em for it `cos they would have to work and prove where their money came from to qualify.
Mmmm an idea lol
Can get loads of treatment to help smokers quit on the NHS already!! Patches, gum, tablets etc, as well as support. Why should the NHS pay for fags for people who wont quit anyway?? Most stupid idea in ages on this site!!!
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
and meant as a joke
)
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by locogeoff
and the prize for the most self righteous goes to... ?
...all the smokers who put thousands of non-smokes in an early grave simply because they insisted they had the right to smoke regardless of everyone else?
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
had to avoid smokey places in the past as it affected me when playing semi pro level sport
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Originally posted by NigeEss
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
had to avoid smokey places in the past as it affected me when playing semi pro level sport
Paul,
You need to avoid where you live then
[Edited on 1/7/08 by NigeEss]
Away from all the polution of Ellesmere Port Ha! Went over to my uncles t'other week, a place named Triangle, near Halifax and we nipped down to the pub for one. Apparently he'd been in there the week before with he missus and child and they were sat outside at the table having a drink when some fella with a fag asks if he can sit at their table, there being other empty ones around mind. Uncle asks if he wouldn't because of the child and not wanting her to inhale the smoke. Smokey fella then goes mad and tells him that he has no right to be outside the pub and that he should do one! Uncle just moved table to save the hassle but what a bell end!
it's intersting to note that a few years ago I was involved in a car crash and at the time was given a blood oxygen test and it was remarked that
I must be a smoker, I wasn't but did have my lunch in a canteen where others did. I had another test not long ago for a medical and was normal,
well as far as my blood was concerned 
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Originally posted by locogeoff
and the prize for the most self righteous goes to... ?
I hate the fact that you now have to walk in/out through a fog of smoke. You can no longer just sit outside - the outside is a smokefest! Ban them all to a small secluded corner, away from the main building. Think of it as a long term investment - less smokers = less NHS bills = less tax (yeah right!?)....
well i would rather smell cig smoke all day,
than the smell of the locals toilets, stale beer and some smally fat bloke at the end of the bar !
and if you dont smoke dont go out side !
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Originally posted by twybrow
... less smokers = less NHS bills = less tax (yeah right!?)....
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Originally posted by ch1ll1
and if you dont smoke dont go out side !
lol
but i might live in a pub !!
I might live outside you pub....!
"unless Andi confirms"
Yes I confirm.
Phew! This topics gone up in smoke.
I loved it when the smoking ban came in, when i was working in a bookies it meant that you would be in a cloud of smoke all day. The filters from the
Air con were scary with the amount of crap in them.
When the ban came in i really noticed the difference! It was interesting to see which would win out among the customers the gambling or smoking
addiction.still had people in the shop saying that it was against there human rights not to be allowed to smoke.
I did nearly point out about my human right not to be posioned while at work......
Main place for women to smoke now seems to be in their cars. I am amazed at the number of them I see driving around with a cigarette held between
their fingers, good job cars have power steering these days.
John