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Originally Posted by clarie
Yep, and as I have said before, why should I be restricted in what pubs I go to by whether or not I am willing to passively smoke? What if my local is designated a smokers' pub? Or what if your local was made a non-smokers' club?
With my suggestion, neither of us need change our choice of venue, it's just that when you want a fag, you pop off to the smokers' room. If you want to smoke that much I am sure it's not too much of an effort.
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It appears to me from reading the last few pages of this thread that smokers are willing to make compromises but non-smokers just want everything their way.
How about a pub landlord having the choice of whether he wants his pub to be smoking or non-smoking? If he decides that it is to be a smoking pub then he provides a room or outhouse where the non-smoker can sit to escape the smoke. It is all about rights and in my eyes the owner of the establishment who puts up the money to open and run it should have the ultimate say in what goes on in his establishment. Why should that landlord have to ban smoking in all of his establishment just in case you or other non-smokers want to have a drink there? It is all about choice and smokers should have the ability to choose just as much as non-smokers, but more importantly the owner of the building should have the ultimate choice.