tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7528934311951907235..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Hiding your smokeCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2202384332736770222014-12-06T01:13:48.111+00:002014-12-06T01:13:48.111+00:00More Advertising Standards Authority fascism -
ht...More Advertising Standards Authority fascism -<br /><br />http://britain-today.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-jackboots-of-asa.htmlIan Hillshttp://britain-today.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-60204412814947495292014-12-01T13:15:31.197+00:002014-12-01T13:15:31.197+00:00You may recall me writing about vaping here. It ce...You may recall me writing about vaping <a href="http://curmudgeoncolumns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/july-2014.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It certainly may be a factor in people choosing one pub above another because they can vape indoors.<br /><br />Even if people continue vaping long-term, it still means they've given up or cut down on smoking, and recent reports have shown that the number of non-smokers taking it up is negligible.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-23623003607119411782014-12-01T12:35:13.345+00:002014-12-01T12:35:13.345+00:00Another interesting thing about that site is that ...Another interesting thing about that site is that as a tobacco company tool it's about outside areas that are nicer than the usual shit heap out back by the bins. It neglects the current fad of vaping which I would guess is eating their breakfast. I went in a couple of boozers at the weekend where people were doing that inside the pub. Others appear to kick them out with the smokers. That would be relevant information and would, I suspect, be a factor in pub choice for some.<br /><br />By my anecdotal observation it appears a growing trend. Assumptions that it is safer, the fact that it is cheaper and maybe to get round smoking bans. Also by observation it appears the more popular devices are those obtained from small independent temporary shops, rather than supermarkets. Maybe because supermarkets now hide rather than display these sort of wares.<br /><br />Some of the devices look quite elaborate. As if the user has spent a bob or two on a habit they intend to maintain. So I doubt they are tools for people giving up.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-54686379310705555772014-11-30T19:26:36.045+00:002014-11-30T19:26:36.045+00:00I'm up for that Cookie. ;)I'm up for that Cookie. ;)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28400192060664697642014-11-30T18:03:41.023+00:002014-11-30T18:03:41.023+00:00Happily, where I live there's no need for a we...Happily, where I live there's no need for a website like that. Regardless of the stupid laws imposed upon us from Brussels, there are many (most) bars where ashtrays are provided both on the bar and on the tables. The locals don't take kindly to lifestyle diktats, and tend to ignore them. <br /><br />They have the selfsame attitude to mandatory seat-belts (the laws concerning which heralded the thin end of the wedge of the gradual but relentless removal of freedom of choice) and crash helmets. <br /><br />Quiet but dogged resistance is the attitude here. A (generally, but not always) muted "Fuck 'em - who do they think they are?".<br /><br />And long may it continue. God forbid that they should end up meekly allowing themselves to be trampled over by health'n'safety zealots like the Brits seem to do.nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-40325792080012756712014-11-30T17:54:26.267+00:002014-11-30T17:54:26.267+00:00Smoking's filthy. I think all smokers should b...Smoking's filthy. I think all smokers should be locked up and spanked daily by ladies that look like Rhianna.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2267034235508099542014-11-30T17:41:13.931+00:002014-11-30T17:41:13.931+00:00Or maybe you should, given that you are more likel...Or maybe you should, given that you are more likely than me to take advantage of such facilities...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28692300315920251712014-11-30T17:38:21.767+00:002014-11-30T17:38:21.767+00:00Looking at that site, it appears you can create an...Looking at that site, it appears you can create an account, have a log in and put in all the information you have on pulchritudinous stockport and do your bit for a cause you clearly believe in. Or can't you be arsed, like?<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com