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Originally Posted by Russ D
Do you really need research (or anything other than common sense) to tell you that if you remove smoking from the equasion, a person will not suffer from passive smoking ie breathing in second-hand smoke?
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I totally agree with you that if you remove smoking then there can not possibly be any adverse effects from passive smoking. That is not up for debate (well, not by me anyway). What I have been trying to suggest is that do we really think the ban is going to make that much difference to the vast majority of passive smoking related illnesses. Does the average amount of exposure time from enclosed public spaces really have an effect on our health? If not, then are we are banning something that poses only a tiny risk. Is this why the government backtracked on its initial proposal. The vast majority carry on using mobile phones even though some research has identified a risk. I would think common sense may tell me that I am frying my brain by carrying on but I still do.
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btw my challenge to you to find a non-smoking pub in the Port Talbot/Swansea area hasn't been forgotten about just because you glossed over it 
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I'll find one for you in a couple of years
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