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Originally Posted by SlackDad
Nicely avoided my point about the actual effect that this ban will have on the health of people who actually spend in time pubs etc. where smoking is allowed, and the negative effects of secondary smoke. I suggest that any effect will be quite minimal.
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I haven't avoided it at all. I just didn't give you the answer you were looking for.
To spell it out:
It is not possible to state with certainty the precise actual effect without actually implementing the ban (a point I suggest you avoided, with an IMO invalid comparison with pilot pub opening hours). However the general evidence for the harm done by tobacco smoke provides more than sufficient evidence to proceed on the grounds that doing something must be better than doing nothing.