Originally Posted by SlackDad

But to be honest I don't really know whether stopping smoking in pubs for instance is really going to address the issue. As I have said previously adults can choose (generally speaking) to sit, work etc. in a pub where smoking is permitted. (Also good filtration systems can minimise much of the smoke). Children, however, do not have such a choice. So while pubs are nice and smoke free parents are still puffing away at home or in the car around their children. As much as I would not support making smoking illegal, if the government was serious about addressing the ill effects then at least proposing this would mean it wasn't spineless. Or maybe Blair's waiting for Bush's signal .