Weatherspoons bans smoking in its pubs!

doc_cruel · 24-01-2005, 12:03 PM

Well done JD - ahead of your time once agian.
I hate having my health suffer by someone else's dirty habit - The 'civil freedom' argument just doesnt cut it when their freedom's negitively effect eveeryone elses life!

let's home the government can ban smoking in pubs all together!

Intbel · 24-01-2005, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by doc_cruel

Well done JD - ahead of your time once agian.
I hate having my health suffer by someone else's dirty habit - The 'civil freedom' argument just doesnt cut it when their freedom's negitively effect eveeryone elses life!
let's home the government can ban smoking in pubs all together!

I'll agree to abolishing tobacco altogether if alcohol is also abolished.

B.A.Ware · 24-01-2005, 12:37 PM

This is going to be very interesting to watch, I’ve always said that if the market demanded non-smoking pubs then surly the breweries would supply them. This happens in all other sectors of the markets. At last it has happened now whether it’s what the market demands or just some anti smoker at the top of JDs I don’t known but the results will be interesting to see. There was a pub by me that went smoke free but after loosing £15000 in three months they converted back. I do know of other smoke free pubs but they are mainly eating-houses. Personally I think government should force all pubs to have air movement systems and the should be inspected on a regular basis this way no one would be contaminated by other peoples smoke.

Bellatrix · 24-01-2005, 02:14 PM

Smoking keeps you thin - no Wetherspoons pubs for me anymore!

mkpdavies · 24-01-2005, 03:47 PM

I have no problem with a business making this decision on it's own. It was coming anyway, without the need for legislation.

All power to Weatherspoons if they are happy they will not lose business. Perhaps the people who want to smoke will go elsewhere, while those that don't will now go to Weatherspoons. See all sectors of society kept happy, without the need for draconian blanket bans!

UKIP MAN · 24-01-2005, 09:33 PM

After smoking for 34 years, I gave up 1 year and 2 months ago,

nothing to do with health

Just cant afford to pay £4.00 tax a day for no reason, I want duty free fags now...... :evil: :twisted:

Julian Morrison · 24-01-2005, 09:42 PM

Agreed with mkpdavies.

Anyone who wants a national imposed cigarette ban would do well to ask themselves how well the drug war is going. And accustom themselves to the phrases "tobacco related crime", "smoke-easies", "baccy-head youth culture", etc etc.

TomPhil · 25-01-2005, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Julian Morrison

Agreed with mkpdavies.

Anyone who wants a national imposed cigarette ban would do well to ask themselves how well the drug war is going. And accustom themselves to the phrases "tobacco related crime", "smoke-easies", "baccy-head youth culture", etc etc.

So just because it's difficult to enforce a law means that we shouldn't make it? Only 5% of burglaries are solved; should we legalise burglary because we can't enforce the law? And think of all the other crimes that burglary leads to; possession, drugs, handling, etc. We could end all that if we legalised burglary.

Just because a law is difficult to enforce does not mean that it shouldn't exist.

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doc_cruel Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 213	Weatherspoons bans smoking in its pubs! Well done JD - ahead of your time once agian. I hate having my health suffer by someone else's dirty habit - The 'civil freedom' argument just doesnt cut it when their freedom's negitively effect eveeryone elses life! let's home the government can ban smoking in pubs all together!

24-01-2005, 03:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 31,083 Party: Libertarian Party	I have no problem with a business making this decision on it's own. It was coming anyway, without the need for legislation. All power to Weatherspoons if they are happy they will not lose business. Perhaps the people who want to smoke will go elsewhere, while those that don't will now go to Weatherspoons. See all sectors of society kept happy, without the need for draconian blanket bans! __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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24-01-2005, 12:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
B.A.Ware Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 4,620 Party: UKIP	This is going to be very interesting to watch, I’ve always said that if the market demanded non-smoking pubs then surly the breweries would supply them. This happens in all other sectors of the markets. At last it has happened now whether it’s what the market demands or just some anti smoker at the top of JDs I don’t known but the results will be interesting to see. There was a pub by me that went smoke free but after loosing £15000 in three months they converted back. I do know of other smoke free pubs but they are mainly eating-houses. Personally I think government should force all pubs to have air movement systems and the should be inspected on a regular basis this way no one would be contaminated by other peoples smoke.

24-01-2005, 02:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bellatrix Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 625	Smoking keeps you thin - no Wetherspoons pubs for me anymore!

24-01-2005, 09:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
UKIP MAN Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,898	After smoking for 34 years, I gave up 1 year and 2 months ago, nothing to do with health Just cant afford to pay £4.00 tax a day for no reason, I want duty free fags now...... :evil: :twisted:

24-01-2005, 09:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Julian Morrison Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Banbury, England Posts: 198	Agreed with mkpdavies. Anyone who wants a national imposed cigarette ban would do well to ask themselves how well the drug war is going. And accustom themselves to the phrases "tobacco related crime", "smoke-easies", "baccy-head youth culture", etc etc.