Straight off the bat. I HATE SMOKING. I cant wait till the UK gets its act together and bans smoking in July. We have smoking bans here in Canada and in New Zealand where i lived before. Those bans went off without a hitch. I'm sure we will hear all the wingers moaning that they cant have a pint and a fag. It's going to be fantastic to go down the pub and not coming home smelling of smoke. The worse thing is in the morning for a non smoker whose been in a smoking environment you stink of cigarettes and you clothes reek like they've been in an ashtray all night. How is the smoking ban going at the valley? Can you smoke in the concourses but not in the seats? Any way i will get down of my high horse.
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Currently can smoke on the concourses which on the upper north can get quite smokey admittedly.
Glad to hear you have clean air in Canada - could you ship some over here!!
must be awfully high up there.
one thing that will change apart from non smokers lovely clothes not smelling of smoke is that the atmosphere will be fragmented as half the group will be outside smoking while the other half are inside. apparently tho in ireland a lot of couples have met this way (popping out for a quick smoke and chatting) so its good for the romance side.
in dublin last year one of the biggest pubs in temple bar had set up patio heaters in the little garden area, it was mobbled and more smoky than being inside! worse than the concourse.
there is a pub round the corner here in the city that is non smoking. it works well its very busy. Why cant it be put in place that a pub is either smoking or non then its that persons choice to drink there/work there or not.
I only smoke when drinking so am hoping this will make me cut down... but i can see everyone sitting in beer gardens now until november.... neighbours to pubs will be complaining about the noise outside etc due to the smokers out the front and back. it will work i suppose but it wont half take the fun out of going to the pub.
Fed up with my clothes reeking of the stuff having spent a couple of hours in a pub. Smoke a lot more in the pub than elsewhere, so will help me either cut down or give up, if i haven't done by then already.
bring it on !
Try the Harp (great old fashioned Pub) at the back of the Collesium, generally worse than the concourse in the lower north at half time.
Hopefully it will have a positive effect on people stopping, as a lot of the posts above seem to imply.
As for the concourses at the moment, thick with smoke - who's dumb idea was it to ban smoking in the seats but still allow it in the concourses?
When the ban first came in the pubs still stank though- either of BO or stale drink, as there was no smell of smoke covering it up! Most of them have got that sorted now, thankfully...