Smoking

Miss Red

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No surprise you would agree banning.


What would you like to see banned next? I'd bet it's a bloody long list, with 'enjoyment' and 'fun' right at the very top. ;)
lol i think that statement applies to a lot of people not just one ;) Shame these brainwashed sheeplike people cant see its just a gov ploy to raise more taxes....howcome these people dont mind people breathing booze all over them! plus there is no such thing as a "blanket ban" private members clubs are exempt as is bars of westminster!! Do as i say and not as i do lol!!
 

Gramaisc

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lol i think that statement applies to a lot of people not just one ;) Shame these brainwashed sheeplike people cant see its just a gov ploy to raise more taxes....howcome these people dont mind people breathing booze all over them! plus there is no such thing as a "blanket ban" private members clubs are exempt as is bars of westminster!! Do as i say and not as i do lol!!
One of the first people to be collared in Ireland when the smoking ban came in there was a TD who believed that he was immune from the law if he was within the precincts of Leinster House whilst he had a quick drag. He was soon disabused of his erroneous opinion.
 

Withnail

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...private members clubs are exempt [from the smoking ban] as is bars of westminster!! Do as i say and not as i do lol!!
Hansard said:
The Health Act 2006 introduces a ban on smoking in workplaces and enclosed or substantially enclosed public places from 1 July 2007. While the Act does not formally apply on the parliamentary estate, the Commission, on the advice of the Administration Committee, has decided that the House should comply with the principles of the legislation...
Hansard said:
With these principles in mind, the Commission has decided that smoking should cease to be permitted from 1 July 2007 in all internal areas of the House of Commons estate, including in bars and private offices. From that date smoking will, however, be permitted in four designated external areas: the Terrace, Commons Court (North West corner), North Terrace (between Portcullis House and Norman Shaw South), and in a designated area on the west side of Canon Row courtyard. Cigarette receptacles will be provided in these areas. “No Smoking” signs will be displayed at entrances to the buildings.

I am quite eager to see any research you are party to as to the effects of 'passive drinking' - could save me a few bob.
 

Withnail

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MPs can still partake of a free supply of snuff whilst in the House, should they need a nicotine hit.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/snuff?unfold=1
"4. What make of snuff is provided and who supplies it?

The cost of the snuff is approx £6 per tin and the House has purchased 4
tins in 8 years, the cost is paid from Serjeant at Arms’ petty cash.

There is no specific company make and the House just purchases it from a
local tobacconist. The actual weight is difficult to guess, perhaps a few
grams as a pinch at a time, this kind of information is not recorded."

You can almost taste the 'smug' in the answers to that one.
 

Floss

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lol i think that statement applies to a lot of people not just one ;) Shame these brainwashed sheeplike people cant see its just a gov ploy to raise more taxes....howcome these people dont mind people breathing booze all over them! plus there is no such thing as a "blanket ban" private members clubs are exempt as is bars of westminster!! Do as i say and not as i do lol!!

Thing is with booze someone would have to continuously breathe in your face for it be overly offensive! Cigarette smoke lingers in the air and it does get breathed in and causes damage to others including children! I've seen first hand someone dying of lung cancer from the effects of smoking and usually with lung cancer there can be a secondary cancer in the brain! Who has the right to cause that through passive smoking? If people want to smoke they should do it in their own homes, or if in public in a allocated room along with other smokers!
 

Miss Red

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I am quite eager to see any research you are party to as to the effects of 'passive drinking' - could save me a few bob.
Sure....I had a freind whos husband started drinking heavily....this in turn caused auguments, then violence. She went through hell until she found help though a organisation for victims of domestic violence. Glad to say that 12 yrs down the line shes turned her life around and has a man that really does care for her. Sorry i dont have any photos - but surely you dont need the proof to know that there are some idiots out there that drink can lead them to a dark place and the effects (if you want to call it passive drink effects) can be felt thoughout the whole family unit!!!
 

Bob

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In the crowd yesterday I found myself and my two small children in a cloud of smoke, stood right next to us were three girls in their late teens all smoking along eith a man in a wheelchair. I found myself about to say something to them as the smoke was blowing towards my pram, we were well in the crowd and had no option to move away from them as there was nowhere to go.

Then it dawned on me that not just one, but all three of these girls were pregnant. At that point I realised the health of my baby wasn't likely to be of any concern to them when they quite clearly didn't give a **** about their own babies, and decided to keep my mouth shut.
 

Miss Red

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Well you clearly do - i take it this low-life didn't get drunk by "people breathing booze all over" him?

Hardly comparable to passive smoking really, is it?
Depends what ya want to call it really "passive" or "effects" ...not much difference really.
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
Weird, I didn't know I was so trendy before I gave up. (I smoked menthols, as does Dot Cotton in Eastenders - the height of untrendy-ness I would of thought?!)
 
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