Re: smoking and the pub
 

Tomorrow will be worse.

pheeeeew.

:erm:

Re: smoking and the pub
 

errm im not waking up with her!!! JOKE!!

Re: smoking and the pub
 

No, you smell of beer and thai now ;)

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Wonderful! After decades suffering other people's smoke we can now have a nice few drinks or a meal in a clean, smoke free environment!!!

There is a God after all :)

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Yes, but he's upset too, what with being a smoker himself ;) (burning bush, fire and brimstone)

Re: smoking and the pub
 

To listen to some you would think they have never had a smoke free pub to go to you have they have been around for years they were just never very full.

Re: smoking and the pub
 

i am a smoker and a boozer and there is no way i am going to stand b**l freezed outside a pup to have a smoke, the offlicence will get my trade as i am sure many others will follow suit :disturbd:

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Really? Where? If there'd been a single non smoking pub, bar or restuarant around here we'd have been using it for the last 20 years. The best we could do was a small supposedly non-smoking section at the rear of a nearby Weatherspoon's pub. Problem was there was no separation from the smoke, inadequate ventilation and many smokers just ignored the signs - apart from that it was great. :rolleyes:

Re: smoking and the pub
 

I havn't been into a restaurant locally for about 3 years that allowed smoking and there have been for the last 2 years at least 2 pubs that were non smoking. They did exist and were available for non smokers before the ban if you couldn't find them that doesn't change the fact they existed.

Re: smoking and the pub
 

True Rizzy, I was listening to a publican on the radio crowing about his profits doubling since his premises went no smoking a few years back, he sounded a bit flummoxed when the presenter said they would probably go down now as all the other local pubs would be offering the same service

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Well I wasn't denying their existence nationally but an entirely non smoking pub or restaurant miles away isn't much use to us. Of course we've been to places locally which have had non smoking sections but in our experience these have been almost useless for the reasons already mentioned.

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Well it's very early days yet but there's no sign of a drop in trade in our new smoke free local. Time will tell though.

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Didn't have a Wetherspoons near you, pity

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4201053.stm

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If there weren't any no smoking pubs in your area, how could their trade be affected now they all are :confused:

Re: smoking and the pub
 

I referred to our local Weatherspoons pub in my last but one post. I too heard that story some time ago and was delighted but it was inaccurate and our local only went smoke free on Sunday. IIRC there was some confusion in the statements issued by Weatherspoons and it turned out that only their pubs in London would be going smoke free at that time.

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I think we may be getting confused about non smoking pubs and pubs with non smoking areas. There were NO entirely non smoking pubs in this area but the one pub we used which did have a non smoking area doesn't seem to have lost trade since it went smoke free on Sunday. As I said though it's still early days.

Re: smoking and the pub
 

So in order for you to have the convinience you wanted a large group of people had to have their rights removed well when you put it like that it was all worth it.

Re: smoking and the pub
 

Smoking will be banned in Wetherspoon pubs in London and other cities by this May 2005

Perhaps they left it up to the landlords in the end?

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and you attached that to post about an already smoke free pub that had enjoyed huge profits up until Sunday due to it's unique status in the town, that pub no longer offers a unique service, so will quite possibly end up losing out due to the ban