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Old 29-06-2007, 18:02   #1488
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Re: smoking and the pub

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler View Post
But how would they have decided which pubs were required to impose the ban?
I don't think they would. I think the pubs would have to apply to be smoking pubs.

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Originally Posted by Chris T View Post
At the risk of taking this thread right round in a big circle ... this legislation has been brought in as a health and safety at work measure, not a public health measure. It wouldn't make sense to apply it selectively.

There really is no grounds for objecting to this, it was a free vote in Parliament and is a truly democratic law.

It was bought in as a knee jerk reaction to that guy suing that casino over his lung problems IIRC.

The point is that even in a smoking pub, it may be practical to have a deciated "smoking room".
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