So the Labour Government over here is struggling with trying to bring in a smoking ban for pubs etc (a la NZ and Ireland). It was going to be an all out ban, but they wimped out so now we are in a stupid situation where if a pub is serving food it has to be non-smoking, but if a pub doesn't serve food it can be smoking.
So everyone is leaping up and down saying it is going to be unworkable (which it probably will be), and that all the bar staff in the pubs that don't serve food will be unfairly affected by even more smoke than usual... People on the radio were talking about rest homes - in theory they are public spaces, but they are also people's homes - there are just so many glitches that everyone but the Government seem able to see.
If NZ and Ireland can bring in these bans, it is crazy that the UK won't. It needs to be either or... Watch this space!
1 comment:
Mog
going to the pub in NZ is a joy now, as you don't end up stinking of stale cigarette smoke any more, its worth it. Only down side is the stink of stale beer (that has been sloshed into the carpet) that is no longer masked by the stale smoke smell
NZ has had its first prosecution for flouting the smoking law in a pub
Cheers
Eryn
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