[OGDev] English smoking ban

[Paul Makepeace]

On 7/10/07, Andrew Black <andrew-lists at mail.black1.org.uk> wrote:
> Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> > I guess it would be a service to some people to mention features like
> > beer gardens, outdoor tables and the like.  Though less an issue in the
> > UK where drinking out on the street in front of the pub is generally
> > okay.
>
> I walked past a pub last Friday and had to go onto the road because the
> pavement was full of drinkers.
>
> I was expecting smokers to colonise beer gardens and tables outside, but
> I handnt thought they would occupy the pavement to the exclusion of
> legitimate pedestrians.

What happens in Ireland might be a vision of the future in England:
little cordoned off areas outside venues with a horrendous
concentration of smoke exhaust. While the sun rarely shines on ireland
the times it does it's a shame rooftop terraces and gardens are choked
with smokers.

It's definitely a step in the right direction (any ban) but California
has it right: smoke-free cities. If you want to smoke, do it in your
car or your home.

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