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Prestwick
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I only occasionally smoke a good Cuban when I am out. I think I smuggled about £500 worth of Cubans to my American friends when I went to Vegas in June although the Dominican and Latin American varieties rolled with Cuban tobacco are pretty nice as well (if a little harsher).
Oh, oh, lol. Most adorable quote of the week comes from I_Bleed_Black:
<Prestwick> ****! I need a cigar, why do cigars have to be so bloody expensive here?
<I_Bleed_Black> Why do you need a cigar?
<Prestwick> I like to smoke a cuban when I'm out but I can't find any here!
<I_Bleed_Black> Wha-? Cuban? Just smoke a British cigar!
...:lol: bless.
Anyway, one benefit of the smoking ban means I can use the same coat again the day after a good night out. I don't have to get it dry cleaned, I don't have to leave it standing or beat it to get the smell of smoke out of it. Its great. One of the major downsides is that it completely disrupts the conversation and atmosphere of pubs and clubs. Unless you're willing to trudge outside with all the smokers, your conversation or whatever gets broken up every five minutes. At work, its even worse. In my job, you have to have someone supporting you in case the job load becomes too great. However, with the feckin' smokers taking about eight or nine smoking breaks a day, its really annoying as when they leave something really bad happens like a major bank going down or what not.
My preferred system is the Japanese system.
Essentially the rules are thus: You cannot smoke outside in public or in public spaces unless you are in a designated smoking area either on the street or in a public space such as a train station, library, etc. These "smoking areas" are basically like bus shelters or ventilated rooms when indoors. They're kind of like monkey enclosures in a zoo and quite fun to watch everyone puff away merrily.
The reason why smoking is banned outside in public or in public spaces is obvious: if you want to go anywhere, you have to go outside. You don't have a choice in the matter. Thus, by smoking, you are impinging on everyone elses' right to clean air.
Now, before all you lung-bleeders get hot under the collar, here is the caveat: private property owners can set their own restrictions. You can have your bar/store/house smoke free or you can even hand out free packs of fags and a lighter at the door if you want.
If it is private property such as a bar or a resturant, you can set whatever rules you want because the fact is that it is up to you to make that choice about where you want to go. You do not have to be there, you do can choose where you want to go in this case. Thus, if you decide to go to a good pub that allows smoking, you understand the risks of secondary smoke and have thus abdicated your right to clean air.
It is all about the choice of the individual and I think Japan's case is brilliant.
Oh, oh, lol. Most adorable quote of the week comes from I_Bleed_Black:
<Prestwick> ****! I need a cigar, why do cigars have to be so bloody expensive here?
<I_Bleed_Black> Why do you need a cigar?
<Prestwick> I like to smoke a cuban when I'm out but I can't find any here!
<I_Bleed_Black> Wha-? Cuban? Just smoke a British cigar!
...:lol: bless.
Anyway, one benefit of the smoking ban means I can use the same coat again the day after a good night out. I don't have to get it dry cleaned, I don't have to leave it standing or beat it to get the smell of smoke out of it. Its great. One of the major downsides is that it completely disrupts the conversation and atmosphere of pubs and clubs. Unless you're willing to trudge outside with all the smokers, your conversation or whatever gets broken up every five minutes. At work, its even worse. In my job, you have to have someone supporting you in case the job load becomes too great. However, with the feckin' smokers taking about eight or nine smoking breaks a day, its really annoying as when they leave something really bad happens like a major bank going down or what not.
My preferred system is the Japanese system.
Essentially the rules are thus: You cannot smoke outside in public or in public spaces unless you are in a designated smoking area either on the street or in a public space such as a train station, library, etc. These "smoking areas" are basically like bus shelters or ventilated rooms when indoors. They're kind of like monkey enclosures in a zoo and quite fun to watch everyone puff away merrily.
The reason why smoking is banned outside in public or in public spaces is obvious: if you want to go anywhere, you have to go outside. You don't have a choice in the matter. Thus, by smoking, you are impinging on everyone elses' right to clean air.
Now, before all you lung-bleeders get hot under the collar, here is the caveat: private property owners can set their own restrictions. You can have your bar/store/house smoke free or you can even hand out free packs of fags and a lighter at the door if you want.
If it is private property such as a bar or a resturant, you can set whatever rules you want because the fact is that it is up to you to make that choice about where you want to go. You do not have to be there, you do can choose where you want to go in this case. Thus, if you decide to go to a good pub that allows smoking, you understand the risks of secondary smoke and have thus abdicated your right to clean air.
It is all about the choice of the individual and I think Japan's case is brilliant.
