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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
I was referring to an alcohol fix, still its a very potent and powerfull drug that wrecks lives of those around it.
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However alcohol is not generally addictive. The difference is important.
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Never thought of using a handgrenade as a comparison to a cigarette, i'd imagine the odds of sustaining a fatal injury from, a few pound of explosive contained in a steel shell designed to fragment would be considerably higher than passive smoking.
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You were the one who said (I quote) "if smokers smoke thye know they are practically committing suicide", so please don't criticise *me* for exaggerating.
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Based on what happened at my local, something as little as stopping smoking at the bar, seemed to empty the place I'd guestimate that little rule drove people to the other pubs around that allowed smoking at the bar, to about 30% of the locals in the pub.
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But if by "banning smoking" you were referring to a situation like that in Ireland, then there's no point in people moving to another pub because the rules will be the same there.
On that subject,
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=124221 says that "Irish Smoking Ban Hurts Business, Say Irish Publicans", however it's interesting to note the statement right at the bottom of the page which says "Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Tobacco Manufacturers' Association" which suggests this might not be *entirely* impartial...!