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Originally Posted by clarie
The point I was making was that people were saying the non-smoking pub was losing out to smoking pubs. This would not happen if all pubs banned smoking. People were saying that given a choice, landlords would not ban smoking for commercial reasons. I say, this may be true, but my major concern is not for the profits of the landlords. If a blanket ban is introduced, the pubs, as I said, will all be in an even playing field.
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But is stands to reason that if a non-smoking pub was in demand then this one would have prospered. The pubs may be on an even playing field if a blanket ban was introduced but clearly would not be catering for demand. An even playing field would also be to have 15 smoking and 15 non-smoking, would it not?
(Also of course, the Government fudge is clearly not creating an even playing field).
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Furthermore, why should the non-smokers have just one, out of 30 pubs to go to?
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Agreed, make many more pubs smoke free to create a fairer choice for all. But why hasn't this happened? As I said before 15 smoke free/15 smoking. 8ut even in this case I wonder which 15 would prosper?