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Re: smoking and the pub
Can anybody who is wholly opposed to smoking in pubs please, hand on heart, say that they never make non-essential trips in their cars. Or always look at the alternatives to cars when planning trips? Only those who answer yes to these questions (honestly), can unhypocritically support the ban on smoking in pubs (provided of course they are not damaging peoples health in other ways).
Why are we not looking at banning smoking around children in any environment, be it at home or in the car. This is more important as children can not always make a choice about the environment they are in whereas adults, generally, can. (and presumably would be more susceptible to the effects of smoke). This, of course will not happen as it would be very difficult to enforce. To me, the government banning smoking in pubs/public places makes it look like it is doing something about public health, but ultimately, as the watered down version has shown, is pretty toothless.
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