within two years!

 

Speculation or fact?

 

I know a few people that don't go to pubs because of the smoke. In the future they will.

Pubs will still do a good trade long term as most people will put drinking and socialising above having a smoke.

Clubs and non-food serving pubs will still allow smoking though.

 

About time too...

For those who havn't see inside a hospital wing with Smoking related cancer sufferers on it... i fully recormend it!
Nuf sed!

 

I love going out for a few beers at the weekend but can't stand smelling of smoke. I dont see why i should suffer, if people really need to smoke they can do it outside.

If they do ban it I will be very pleased.

 

hope this is true, can finally go for a simple game of snooker without stinking of smoke.

 

Nice One!!

Smokers ....... act NOW and either STOP or clear out of our pubs with your disgusting nasty smelly habit

Pete

 

Heck, I actually agree with Pete on something

At the end of the day it's all about choice, and right now the only choice I have is to stay at home, or end up stinking of tobacco. With a full ban, anyone can go anywhere and breathe fresh air (a not unreasonable request IMHO) and smokers can always pop outside to feed their habit.

 

Great, i might actually start going pubbing/clubbing a bit more when it happens. I really hate coming home minging of smoke, ******* filthy habit. It's going to be amusing watching all of the hardened "our freedom's being eroded" smokers bleating about it.

Ha ha fcuckwits

 

Just been on BBC news at ten. Will be announced tomorrow, as usual been leaked by someone in Labour.

I say ban smoking full stop. And I smoke.

 

Agreed!

 

Smoking does have its advantages, I mean if they ban it all together who's gonna pay for our fabulous NHS seriously though all these smokers are helping us non smokers with our tax paying keeping it too a minimum

 

People should be forced to have health insurance like in the states, might make them think a bit about the lifestyle they lead if they're paying directly for their healthcare. Lots of people do anyway already, good thing IMO.

 

There is NO OTHER product that the goverment can charge or get away with charging 80% tax....

If it was banned, there would be no NHS....

 

How much money did you waste in your 29 years of smoking?

 

is there an NHS anyway?

 

petrol?

or is that 70%?

 

Dont think it is as high, but it is not that far away.

Bought 200 B&H for £10 yesterday. £47 in the shops.

 

thought petrol was 70 or 75% but thats something some people cant live without, **** on the other hand

 

Petrol.

 

Is it that high as well??

 

lol Just a moment too late!

Anyway, petrol doesn't have 80% tax - rather, 80% of the cost of petrol IS tax. That's a tax rate of 400%

 

If a ban results in any decline in tax revenue, guess where the easiest place to get it back is?

As for forcing people to pay directly for health care (as in the US) to make people reconsider their lifestyle, it won't work. A large portion of the smoking population cannot afford private health care.

A smoking ban in England is inevitable, but, as well as many benefits, there will be some negative effects.

 

News story here.

It will only include pubs that serve prepared food, which isn't probably such a bad thing.

 

And what percentage of the NHS budget do you think is wasted on people who only have themselves to blame for being in Hospital in the 1st place!?

If there were no smokers then a huge weight would be removed from the NHS, allowing them to have more time to treat patients without self inflicted illness and disease..

LC

 

Why's that? I think it's a perfectly legitimate argument. Smoking is one of the leading causes of Cancer and related diseases in the UK. If there were no smokers, then the NHS would definately be relieved of a huge patient burden due to the lack of smoking related illness and disease.

What part of that statement is daft?

LC

 

IIRC, the tax collected from smoking pays for more than the cost of the treatment of smoking related illnesses. The same cannot be said for obesity, which is also a massive drain on the NHS. The cost of treating smoking related illness is reducing, the cost of treating obesity is increasing. At some point the revenue from tobacco tax will not be enough to cover the NHS bill and the money will have to be raised from somewhere...

 

Don't forget most people don't suffer from smoking related illness for many years (Tax paying years!) Us smokers pay for the helf service but we don't mind you using it. Oh and we don't mind you watching the motor sport we sponsor either.

Do you think anyone that is in hospital due to a hobby related accident should be treated? You could save the NHS a fortune.

If non-smoking pubs n clubs are such a good idea why not open one and see how well you do (You might make your fortune)

Smoking & hunting today but what about when it is something you enjoy doing? cars that do less than 30 to the gallon for example.

Tandy

 

Jerome,

Yeah, you're right. Smoking is bad, but what we eat def. has the largest impact on our health and resistance to disease.

Time to put an 80% tax on confectionary and junk food too then!

LC

 

A stupid example mate. You can't compare an accident with smoking related disease. People don't accidentally die of smoking related cancer or heart disease. It is more or less a certainty that if you smoke, you are likely to significantly shorten your life and die of a disease directly related to smoking.

Accidents are unfortunate and happen to everyone, but smoking is YOUR choice.

LC