On Sunday July 1st the ban on smoking in enclosed places comes into effect in England & Wales and makes tomorrow night the last in which you can enjoy a fag with your pint at the local. I for one plan to go out with a camera so I can take a picture of myself with a ciggie to show the grand kids. Are there any other UK smokers here or anyone other smokers who live under a ban like this already?
I live in Oxford and for most of the pubs, popping outside won't be a problem; being a University city most of the pubs in town have gardens (although you do have to put up with a lot of American students, lol). Our nightclubs, in comparison, won't currently let you out once you're in so how is that going to work?
Muscian Joe Jackson is an outspoken opponent of the smoking ban and had this to say: -
"Smokers are now the only minority whose minority status is quoted as justification for abuse. Britain is becoming a society in which the extreme agendas of health officials and lobby groups are allowed to determine public policy. Freedom of choice, tradition, tolerance, pleasure, property rights, market forces and public opinion are being swept aside by a fanatical fringe."
I live in Oxford and for most of the pubs, popping outside won't be a problem; being a University city most of the pubs in town have gardens (although you do have to put up with a lot of American students, lol). Our nightclubs, in comparison, won't currently let you out once you're in so how is that going to work?
Muscian Joe Jackson is an outspoken opponent of the smoking ban and had this to say: -
"Smokers are now the only minority whose minority status is quoted as justification for abuse. Britain is becoming a society in which the extreme agendas of health officials and lobby groups are allowed to determine public policy. Freedom of choice, tradition, tolerance, pleasure, property rights, market forces and public opinion are being swept aside by a fanatical fringe."