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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Can you explain why when the oft mentioned The Lounge became non-smoking that non-smokers didn't rush in in droves to sample the smoke free atmosphere? Don't you think that market forces would mean that if the majority of people wanted non-smoking pubs then they would flourish in areas where non-smoking pubs existed. The fact that even where competition in an area between smoking and non-smoking pubs exists there is no movement for more pubs to take the no-smoking route suggests there is something radically wrong with your thinking.
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For the millionth time in this thread ian, this is not about preference or profit-making, it's about health!!!
Russ has already said that there were many reasons that The Lounge went out of business. Are you really confident that resting your argument on one bar in Swansea is going to make your point loud and clear? It's hardly a good model for what could happen if a ban were introduced, and in fact it supports my argument for the blanket ban.