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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Non-smokers do not have to expose themselves to passive smoking.
So what's the problem?
Why the need for the ban?
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Honestly speaking we have been over this point so many times in this thread that I am not sure for the need to go there again. But to summarise:
a) Pubs are a place of work - the health of the staff must be considered. People seem to think it's fine and if the staff don't want to work in a smoky pub they don't have to, but others have pointed out that it's not always that easy.
b) Why should the choice of where I want to go be decided by whether or not I want to inhale someone else's smoke? Currently smokers dominate the pub-going population - even if they are not in the majority their combined smoke makes the whole place stink.
c) It may encourage some smokers to quit.