I'm not saying smoke to save the NHS!!! I don't smoke myself anyway. BUt I'm pointing out the government's hypocrisy in this matter. People are all thinking the ban is great because they are only thinking about what they want personally. There is a much bigger issue here, and not many people seem to be addressing it. You're all happy for the government to take away your civil liberties when it's something that you don't want to do anyway. Let's see what happens when they try to ban something that you do want to do. It's not a question of whether you like smoking or not. If it was that simple, I would support the ban, seeing as I don't smoke.
I think smoking in pubs should be at the discretion of the landlord. If, for example, and landlord runs a famly pub with lots of children, he may well decide that he will ban smoking in there. However, some of the pubs I've worked in have been little local pubs where the vast majority of customers are smokers. I believe the landlord should have the choice of keeping smoking in that pub. If non-smokers choose not to go in there, well, that's fine.
Further - I cannot believe that they have banned smoking in private members clubs. That's disgraceful.
Edit: Hi Nodis - thanks for your kind comments
