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Derby Tup Aug 2019 8:01am, 30 Aug 2019 33,981 posts	0 Derby Tup And avoided
Angus Clydesdale Aug 2019 8:29am, 30 Aug 2019 15,453 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Smokers should be allowed to have one smoking pub in every town.
Diogenes Aug 2019 8:44am, 30 Aug 2019 39,775 posts	0 Diogenes Smoking should be banned in all public spaces. Smoking should not be allowed indoors when children are in the house. People should not be allowed to smoke within 2 metres of a neighbouring property. Impossible to enforce the latter two, I know.
fetcheveryone Aug 2019 8:45am, 30 Aug 2019 22,636 posts	0 fetcheveryone Angus - if that meant they weren’t all hanging round the entrance of all the other pubs, I’d vote for that.
Velociraptor Aug 2019 8:50am, 30 Aug 2019 42,939 posts	0 Velociraptor I also regret that smoking is banned in places I don't want to pass through, like pubs, but permitted in places I do want to pass through, like the pavement outside pubs.
Maclennane Aug 2019 8:52am, 30 Aug 2019 21,308 posts	0 Maclennane There should be a causal link and a minimum risk level before health scares can be published in non-specialist press
Maclennane Aug 2019 8:55am, 30 Aug 2019 21,310 posts	0 Maclennane you should be required to find interesting names for your conquercise zones
fetcheveryone Aug 2019 8:56am, 30 Aug 2019 22,637 posts	0 fetcheveryone +1
GlennR Aug 2019 9:02am, 30 Aug 2019 44,535 posts	0 GlennR Perfectly reasonable, Maclennane. The ultimate reason for the ubiquity of the smoking ban is the risk to the health, and consequent legal action, of the staff of pubs et cetera. The first legal case by a child against its smoking parents will put the kibosh on smoking in the presence of children.
Stander Aug 2019 9:07am, 30 Aug 2019 15,995 posts	0 Stander Smokers should be allowed to make up their own mind whether to smoke in their own houses and cars, irrelevant of whether any kids are present. Less nanny state please. For clarity, I'm a recently (2 years) ex-smoker of 30 years.