willay
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Come July 1st they are banning smoking in public places in England, just wondering how the smokers of Off Day expect to deal with it?
I mean its not all that bad if you can still smoke outside and stuff, will be nice to be able to sit in a pub without breathing in other peoples smoke though. Apparently its a £50 fine for being caught fag-in-hand, but whos going to police this ? the fag patrol?  
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Hammer
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Yip, the fag police have already pulled me twice in the van to give me stickers and check i don't smoke etc, which was then followed by a workplace visit where they gave us more stickers, a few posters, some leaflets and asked to see our no smoking policy.
Don't have one so they have told us to draught one up and they'll come out and visit again 
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Robin
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I don't smoke anymore, so it won't affect me, but I don't 100% agree with it being a blanket national ban, IMO, it should have been the choice of the landlord of the pub.
You'd know which pubs were smoking pubs, so you could avoid them (the same as you'd avoid a gay bar)
*awaits fag joke*
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Yip, the fag police have already pulled me twice in the van to give me stickers and check i don't smoke etc, which was then followed by a workplace visit where they gave us more stickers, a few posters, some leaflets and asked to see our no smoking policy.
Don't have one so they have told us to draught one up and they'll come out and visit again
So it's a total waste of police time, money and staff then? Well done government.
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C2RL R
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had a taster of what its like a couple of weeks ago in Wales. Feels a bit daft going outside for a cig tbh. I'm probably going to quit.
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All Torque
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Will this make cigarettes cheaper or more expensive?
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willay
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I've read all sorts about the ban in Scotland, one interview with a lad said he'd go to a club and all his mates would jump outside to smoke, and because he didnt want to be in the club alone he would go out with them and started a smoking habit, only in scotland.
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Robin
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Will this make cigarettes cheaper or more expensive?
Neither, but umbrellas and bus stops will rocket in value.
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All Torque
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A bus-stop is a public place Robin 
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Ben D
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Really though robin if it was the choice of the landlord they would all choose to be a smoking pub... They could be a non-smoking pub now if they wanted but they aren't purely because it alienates customers.
the ban doesnt really affect me anyway so i dont Care 
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It's outdoors though, so doesn't qualify for the ban.
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Will this make cigarettes cheaper or more expensive?
good point, not sure. i bet beer and petrol will be allot more expensive this time next year tho.
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CoastalCorsa
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Means i can go into night clubs pubs bars etc without my contact lenses drying up like a nuns cnut.
contact lense wearers will know what i mean !
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Hammer
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The pro's far out way the con's up here, you don't wake up stinking of smoke people go outside for a chat with fellow smokers as well.
One of the worst points is being in a student bar, you no longer have the smoke to mask the great unclean.
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All Torque
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Originally posted by Robin
It's outdoors though, so doesn't qualify for the ban.
It has a roof and 3 sides.
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Robin
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Really though robin if it was the choice of the landlord they would all choose to be a smoking pub... They could be a non-smoking pub now if they wanted but they aren't purely because it alienates customers.
There's 5 pubs in the village I live in, 3 are already smoke free, and have been since last year some time, they have as much custom as the others, because the smokers go in the smokey pubs, the non smokers go in the smoke free ones.
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willay
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Yeah I hate that when my clothes stink of cigs, dont get me wrong I do enjoy the smell at the time (ex-smoker here) but in the morning its just horrible, also really hurts my eyes and all that other pussy shit.
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
It's outdoors though, so doesn't qualify for the ban.
Anything with 3 sides does up here according to my appointed smoking ban monkey
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All Torque
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Originally posted by CoastalCorsa
Means i can go into night clubs pubs bars etc without my contact lenses drying up like a nuns cnut.
contact lense wearers will know what i mean !
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Robin
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It's outdoors though, so doesn't qualify for the ban.
Anything with 3 sides does up here according to my appointed smoking ban monkey
That's a bit silly, 3 sides means you can still get wet, which means it's outside
Anyway, doesn't matter to me anymore
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All Torque
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Oh shit, lack of tax from cigs will push up fuel and alcohol prices
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Tom
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Not sure tbh, think it'll be one of those things that smokers (i.e. me) will have to learn to live with. Probs won;t be a problem over the summer as will be outside. I haven't had a cigarette since monday afternoon though
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
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Originally posted by CoastalCorsa
Means i can go into night clubs pubs bars etc without my contact lenses drying up like a nuns cnut.
contact lense wearers will know what i mean !
harsh, but so true!!
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people ignoring the ban should be shot on sight by strategically positioned snipers know as 'ignorant cunt response unit officers'
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Ben D
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by Ben D
Really though robin if it was the choice of the landlord they would all choose to be a smoking pub... They could be a non-smoking pub now if they wanted but they aren't purely because it alienates customers.
There's 5 pubs in the village I live in, 3 are already smoke free, and have been since last year some time, they have as much custom as the others, because the smokers go in the smokey pubs, the non smokers go in the smoke free ones.
Oh we dont have any non-smoking pubs round here, And tbh it's MANCHESTER so 90% of places wont abide by it anyway
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