tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2749972390742045056..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Smoking ban might be reviewed yetChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-7333420585628902312010-07-08T04:54:12.605+01:002010-07-08T04:54:12.605+01:00A prohibition ban of a legal product is a blow to ...A prohibition ban of a legal product is a blow to the heart of Democracy<br /><br />http://thetruthisalie.com<br /><br />http://fightingback.homestead.comsnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190467191176591296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-23075926038653105942010-07-07T20:38:04.008+01:002010-07-07T20:38:04.008+01:00Most smokers have now adjusted their social life a...Most smokers have now adjusted their social life and exclude pubs.<br />Even if smoking were ever to be legal in pubs again, I doubt that smokers would bother to return to the pubs.<br />The majority of smokers will not want to put money into pubs tills as the publicans by and large turned their backs on smokers whilst waiting for the 'hoardes of non-smokers' to fill the empty bars.<br />Smokers will always remember the rejection by the publicans and will not return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-11287751067032150612010-07-07T10:54:42.673+01:002010-07-07T10:54:42.673+01:00Pubs can easily afford it. Bear in mind that their...Pubs can easily afford it. Bear in mind that their takings will rocket if smoking is permitted. Plenty of people, including myself, would pay 5 or 10p extra per drink to sit in such a room.<br /><br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-10611093179172396912010-07-07T00:16:17.378+01:002010-07-07T00:16:17.378+01:00It's all very well talking about "approve...It's all very well talking about "approved" ventilation, but how, in the present situation, are the pubs going to able to afford it? Hasn't too much damage has been done for a compromise like that to be possible?<br /><br />George SpellerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com