Let me firstly say, I am a non smoker. Let me also say I am a UKIP Chairman for Swindon, a PPC and local candidate. I have also spent 4 years investigating the effects of passive smoke, and they are scientifically insignificant, as well as the bulk of the science saying so, so does the OSHA in the States and the UK's own H&SE, which is why HMG had to bring the ban in under the DoH. Even if the smoke were an irritant of pre-existing conditions it can be removed from the air. Who says that, ASHRAE, the experts on ventilation and filtration. They revised their policy in May 2007 which effectively said that adjacent smoking/non smoking areas can be 100% clear of any contaminants with modern HEPA Filter, Ultra Violet systems. Mr Wise is also out of touch with UKIP who have made it a manifesto pledge to re-visit the smoking ban and change the regulations to include choice. In fact in a recent piece of research into the effects of the ban on UK hospitality, the forward is written by Godfrey Bloom MEP.
http://www.ukip.org/ukip/images/stor...moking_gun.pdf
UKIP's support of the rights of smokers and their tolerant non smoking friends has led William Hill to contend that UKIP in elections could now benefit from potentially 20 million votes because of the ban. Politically we would be stupid as a Party to ignore that. I think Tom is out of Touch.