1 Month to Go......

[MrsT]

Till our pubs are clear of the smelly smokers, I can't wait, of course there'll still be some jam tarting but that's minor in comparison to the foul odour of your weed addicts. Are you looking forward or dreading? Smokers, how will you cope? Will you give up or puff on defiantly? Non smokers will you go outside with your sad addict friends or just wait inside while they have a fix?

[melons]

Well i used to smoke and it would have driven me mad having to go outside! But i have been smoke free for 5 weeks now!!!

[Supernick]

Really don't think I'm going to notice much to be honest. I don't smoke, but don't really mind it going on in my vicinity as long as it's not being blown in my face! In fact it's just going to annoy me a bit, if I'm with mates in the pub, and they're disappearing off into little smokers cliques to have a fag outside.

[melons]

Bet most of the non smokers will end up outside with their mates while they have a quick ciggy!

[soozmac]

I live in Scotland, where the smoking ban has been a huge success. Ok, you have the hold your breath as you go into or out of the pub, but that's a small price to pay. A lot of pubs have used this opportunity to redecorate, knowing that the cushions won't get burns in them, and the paint/wallpaper won't go yellow. There is even a new word up here called smirting - smoking and flirting. If you catch someone's eye and they go outside for a smoke, you follow, offer them a light, and Bob's your uncle, a conversation follows. I've heard from many a smoker that they're having more fun standing outside with other smokers. The downside is that smoke covered a multitude of sins, and a lot of pubs then smelled like sweat and farts.

[B00]

What's "jam tarting"?

[nannon]

i'm a smoker (am on way to stopping!) and i'm really looking forward to the ban!!I wont want to keep having to go outside for a ciggie and as i smoke more when i'm out it should really help me stop and not start again!!!

[lilmonkey]

I'm a non-smoker but most of my friends are smokers. I'm looking forward to not smelling of smoke (just beer!) when I come home, and actually my friends that smoke are too, and are using the ban as motivation to try and give up. (a lot of them only really smoke down the pub anyway!) I won't be outside with the smokers in the rain , I'll be sat inside feeling smug!

One of the pubs near me banned smoking inside about a year before the date for the ban was announced and it's busier than ever. (although it is more of a food pub)
I think it's quite a good idea to bring the ban in in the summer, get's the nicotine junkies used to being outside gently.

[annie0000]

Farting - yes they have all had to install extractors as the people now are able to smell the stale beer and the toilets and the sick etc that the smoke covered up - you can now see what people really look like as well - whereas before they were in soft focus through the smoke - probably ended a few relationships!

[mccfluff]

i'm a smoker and i can't wait, i work part time behind a bar and i hate it esp when they stand at the bar smoking cigars. i'm quite happy going outside for a ciggie - i do at home anyway even tho i live on my own!

[curlyperm]

who are you to refer to them as 'sad addicts'? bit sanctimonious if you ask me, and (like Boo) i am wondering what the hell is 'jam tarting'?

[Goodsoulette]

Be quite pleased that I dont have to listen to my mate moaning about how her hair smells and she will have to have a shower etc etc

I smoke and Im happy to go outside,

[Doc Spock]

well well MrsT, don't go bl00dy moaning when taxation shifts elsewhere.

[Doc Spock]

BTW I am a smoker, but not smoking at the moment. last fag was mid Feb. I will smoke again in the same way that I will eat strawberries again.

[Pippa68]

I'm with you there, Doc!

Been smoke-free for a few years now..but not looking forward to yet more government robbing..think I would rather smell the fags ;o)

[laurence2]

Can't stand Smokers full stop, the selfish Barstewards.

I never needed the goverment to impose a ban before, i imposed one myself, it was called ''Fcuk off out my face''


Never really had a problem on saying this to smokers, call it bullying if you like, but when smokers light up in non-smokers faces without any consideration whatsoever, be prepared from a backlash especially if you came across me

[joshieboyo]

I find it quite a selfish rule actually.

[joshieboyo]

laurence2 - you really are a **** aren't you