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Originally Posted by clarie
I understand the logic behind what you're saying. However as I have said before, if a blanket ban is introduced, then I very much doubt a significant proportion of the population would just stop going to pubs. Smokers would just have to adapt.
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I'm not so sure. Of course many pubs and clubs will still prosper but I also believe more and more people will have parties etc. at home meaning that again the winners will be the supermarket profits, and an increased risk to children of passive smoking.
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In a market where there are smoking and non-smoking pubs, the non-smoking pubs may well lose out. But that is not the point of what I am saying. Of course smokers won't like having to go outside. I have never argued for smoking and non-smoking pubs, a blanket ban, perhaps with sealed smoking rooms would mean that pubs would not lose out to each other, smokers could continue to go out drinking and either smoke outside or in the smoking room, and non-smokers could also go out drinking and not have to passively smoke.
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A smoking room. Now there's a thought.