The result is in, and we have a complete smoking ban in England in all enclosed public spaces from Summer 2007. Its a novelty to agree with the Goverment for once!
I personally support this fully - smoking is damaging the health of everybody in pubs, clubs and restaurants. Several times recently I have had to move around a pub die to someone smoking and removing my ability to breathe properly. When I worked in a bar the smoky atmosphere was one of the main reasons I left in the end.
It is a basic human right to do as you like with your body - but in this case, the actions of smokers are having a direct physical effect on those of us who manage to go through life without getting addicted to an expensive way to die earlier. If you want to kill yourself on the instalment plan do it out of my airspace. We have to share our pubs and restaurants, I cant see a plan to have smoking and non smoking places ever working. The final thing we now need to clear up is the clapping in irons of people who stand outside the front of the offices smoking around the doors and leaving fag ends everywhere.
The only problem I see is that I would rather see this put in practice tommorrow rather than next year.
