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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I never said people didn't have the right to a smoke free area hence "a clear distinction between smoking pubs\clubs\whatever and non smoking that way everyone was catered for" which would have given both groups what they wanted guess that passed most of you guys by eh.
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Ergh, I knew I was opening a can of worms here ...
This thread has been on the go for years, and it has all the arguments for and against in its many pages. However, to summarize the most important one, the smoking bans implemented in the various home nations of the UK were all legislated for on Health and Safety at Work grounds. The primary justification for it, in law, is that bar workers do not have the choice not to go into a smoking room. It is unfair to ask them to do so now there is such a wealth of evidence that even passive smoking can be deadly. That is why there are so few exemptions. Allowing smoking areas to continue would have completely defeated the primary purpose of the legislation.