I was in a pub in Glasgow on Thursday with a mixture of smokers and non-smokers. A company of around 16, both male and female, ages ranging from 21 to 55 . Everyone commented on how much more pleasent the atmosphere was and how it was good to be able to breathe cleaner air, including the smokers.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
One chap, a smoker, made an excellent point which I hadn't thought about but which would have been true of me had I still been smoking. He made the simple observation that he did not smoke in his own home anyway as he had young children and would not poison their air by smoking in the house. He normally went to his back door to have a cigarette, so doing it in a pub was six and half a dozen to him.
He further noted that, since the ban, he was smoking about half the number of cigarettes when in the pub, as he had to make an effort to smoke, rather than doing it automatically and not even realizing how much he was smoking. This he commented was really a rather good thing.
In short, for him;
1. The atmosphere in which he was socializing was much nicer.
2. He could still smoke if he chose to and it was no more of a chore than it was in his own home. Or outside to be more accurate
3. He smoked less when drinking which was a good thng from both a health and financial perspective.
That's a true story, based on the experience of someone socializing, with smokers, in a city with a smoking (in enclosed public spaces) ban. It is not a glib, unsubstantiated comment like the one it is in response to. Fact. Oh and the b******* is really a rather cheap shot, after you had PMed me to moderate my language. You get more pathetic by the day, mate.
