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Originally Posted by andygrif
Why don't we ban drinking in pubs too whilst we're at it? Oh and bungee jumping too?
Can adults really not make up their own minds whether to go to (or work in) a pub where people smoke?
The points on tax are very valid:
Guinness was only last week blaming the smoking ban in Eire for large drops in sales..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3621386.stm
So the revenue will decrease not only from tax on cigarettes but also on alcohol and income tax....
The Publican (trade magazine) reports a 16% drop in turnover in all pubs in Eire, plus a 14% drop in staffing levels in the year living with the smoking ban. |
Because the Government collects £1.2 billion from the sales of alcohol and it costs £2 billion to treat the effects of alcohol, the Government collect £700 million from smokers each year and it costs £200 million per year to treat smoking related diseases, alcohol sales will always go through the roof each year because of the binge drinking effect we have in the UK.