Smoking Ban - Rant

So, the time has come. You will no longer be able to sit in your nice quiet local pub and enjoy a beer and a smoke. First smokers are forced into 'Smoking Areas' and tiny 'Smoking Rooms' in pubs of offices, now they have finally been pushed completely outside.

I can't remember the last time I was in a pub with less than 80% of those present smoking. It’s unbelievable. Of course people complain that they should not have to sit next to 'fowl smelling smokers' in pubs, my advice, get some other friends, or move to the clearly labelled 'No Smoking Area'.

The obvious objection being that smoking is addictive and dangerous, hmm, I wonder what else is addictive and dangerous, could it be alcohol? Ahh, that’s it. So, what's next, I know! Alcohol free pubs, places where you can go to be safe from the 'fowl smell' of real ale and enjoy a nice healthy fruit smoothy.

Just for the record I am an occasional smoker, maybe 3 /4 cigarettes a week, sometimes much less. I feel no desire to 'give up' as I probably get more harmful substances in my body breathing in the exhaust fumes from the bus that stops outside my house, plus I actually smoke because I enjoy it not because a need it.