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Originally Posted by Alanmelon
As a non-smoker, I would have to be in favour of these moves. I'm all for people having choice, but when their choices affect others (which occurs regardless of having a few non-smoking areas) then it's time for something to be done about it. I've never known a single nightclub which has an effective non-smoking area, and you always leave stinking of cigarette smoke, not accounting for the potential detriment to your health.
As for the loss of tax revenue for the government - how about the money saved in the NHS through not having to pick up the pieces?
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Approximately 80% of NHS expenditure is staff wages, Doctors, Nurses, Domestics etc. so the only way the NHS could save money, if smoking were banned, would be to make staff redundant, who wants to be the person who sacks the first consultant ?
Incidentally the NHS employs more people than the entire Red army had at disposal during the "cold war" days.
