Those of you who don't work may have escaped this so far until the next time you go out to a public place.
There has been a smoking ban on smoking in all public places in England from 1 July and restrictions on suitable outdoor shelters.
Basically anything that a reasonable person would think provided shelter is disallowed.
Most workplaces already have bans on staff smoking outside the company in doorways as it looks scruffy.
It is not yet clear exactly where smokers can smoke and the problem is ongoing.hey Furby, we have had the smoking bans in Australia for nearly a year now. In the beginning there was a lot of noise and complaints especially from hotel owners, saying they would lose a lot of trade because the smokers would keep away if they couldn't smoke inside. Now they are so used to not smoking inside, its almost like the bans have been here forever. Hotels have provided places for smokers to smoke. Smokers automatically go outside. Non smokers enjoy a non smoke environment. Everyone is happy.
I should imagine it would be a lot more pleasanter for smokers that come from warmer climates. I wouldn't like to have to nip outside in the rain, freezing cold and god forbid snow!!!Since the Smoking Ban was introduced it has rained very heavily non stop in England. It is July after all, it always rains in July.
The area where I am is one where many people smoke, I don't smoke myself so am in evil laugh mode at the moment, but it really is not going down too well. Everyone is not happy.
It is the smokers who are making the noise. They can't rant and rave at the government as it is hiding away in Islington restaurants so have to rant and rave at those who tell them what laws have been made.The police don't have powers to enforce it, apparently, even on their own premises :
Companies have banned smoking in their buildings and as no one wants untidy smokers ganging up on their premises they have removed all the ashtrays outside their buildings.
Smokers are littering the pavement and have now been served with notice that the Council can and will issue litter fines to anyone dropping cigarette ends.
It is a massive tax collection exercise. If they smoke inside they can be fined and if they smoke outside and drop the cigarette ends as there are no bins they can be fined.Toddington has become rowdier at night with huge quantites of smokers now spilling out into the pub carpark for the evening and getting drunker as the night wears on. Must admit I felt a good deal happier when they were all safely penned up inside.
I can see them getting less happy to stand outside in the carpark all night as winter draws on. Hard to see this won't have a big impact on the pub trade as I doubt the number of non-smokers who will now visit pubs more regularly will outnumber the number of smoking drinkers who decide to stay at home with a bottle of cider from Tescos.I felt happier with people inside too, that way I could just avoid the smoking room.
Now, because I have to walk to work, I have to fight my way through gangs of exiled smokers and clouds of their smoke just to get to work.
And they always stand by the blue butterfly bushes so I will never see it again now.
Still at least no one should bother me with "have you got a light" as I am walking past as there will be people who obviously do have a light for them to ask.I've been to a pub twice since the ban. It's a comfortable relatively quiet out of town local that serves decent real ale and has a broad mix of customers. It was busy before the ban and appears to be just as busy after it. There were half a dozen or so smokers outside but I saw none of those inside dashing out for a quick smoke. I can only conclude that this particular pub is attracting many non-smokers, including myself. As for smokers' litter. They have always littered. Look anywhere around city streets, beauty spots and picnic sites, and the most likely piece of litter you will see is a cigarette butt. This is simply because it has been seen as acceptable to drop a cigarette butt, stamp on it to extinguish it, then leave it there. Because smokers are now congregating in fewer places the mess they leave is more obvious. But make no mistake, the onus is on THEM to clear up their own mess and no one else.
Most workplaces already have bans on staff smoking outside the company in doorways as it looks scruffy.
Said by Furby in 2007
Today in 2010 we have the news story that smoking in doorways may now be banned.
These sort of news stories always upset me as I start thinking "but I thought it already was" and then think I must be imagining my life.Non-smoking people wanted smokers outside so they got them all thrown out HaHa and now the NS-ers get annoyed because the poor smokers are huddled outside where people pass. Didn't they see that coming? Next Page...
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