So Many Myths
GC keeps coming back to smokers, the smoking ban was never about smokers, it was about the myth of passive smoking, and worker health, the very same workers in hospitality who were content now in the UK alone, over 20'000 of those content workers have lost their jobs. Probably not so content now. Speaking as a Publican/Motel owner who believed the ban wouldn't have a significant impact on me from a 7% rise in turnover May to July 2007, I am now down nearly 14%, since the ban. That is not perception that is reality. Non smokers are not replacing the smoker. It was also said that come a general election things would have settled down and smoking bans will not be an issue. Yes they will because HMG have a legal obligation to review the ban after 3 years, Ie. 2010. Rest assured all the Pro choice groups will be making sure that review takes place, as will UKIP, because politically and morally it will be our duty to do so. So I say to GC and others. Hate smoking if you must but at least acknowledge the truth about bans they are based on a lie. And as for not Judging Britain on research from other countries, well what can I say. The UK has never done a single piece of research on the effects of passive smoking in the context of the need for a ban. So GC your whole bases for justification is, using your own logic, flawed
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