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Originally Posted by NEONKNIGHT
Why we are debating the right to smoke or not to smoke in a public house is because a complete ban, that inflicts itself on individual freedom of choice, which is everybodys right, smoker or non-smoker, is bad. Smoking is not illegal, therfore you should have a democratic right as to your own personal choice.
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With the ban you can still exercise your personal right to smoke in private or outside. As the situation currently stands, there is a large majority of smoking pubs, so the non-smokers who are in the majority, are not well catered for. The new legislation on pubs that serve food will hopefully be a step towards a total ban. But whatever happens, unless smoking becomes banned altogether, smokers will still have the right to continue their habit in private. Please remember that you are not currently allowed to smoke in shops, many cinemas, many shopping centres, and many airports, and no one seems to complain about that.