tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7782858816633993901..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Standing up in SpainCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-40238350124540998002011-01-22T15:06:39.067+00:002011-01-22T15:06:39.067+00:00It was also the case that, well before the ban, th...It was also the case that, well before the ban, there were plenty of pubs with extensive non-smoking areas, in some cases amounting to about 90% of the licensed space. There was nothing to stop the small minority of people who really didn't like smoke using those pubs. And I suspect Barm will happily pass twenty pubs that don't serve cask beer, so he can't complain it's too difficult.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-50339962959396259542011-01-22T14:36:28.037+00:002011-01-22T14:36:28.037+00:00Barm, there was never a law banning smoke free pub...Barm, there was never a law banning smoke free pubs. For whatever reason, there was not enough demand. One opened in Todmorden in 1994 and gave up the policy after a few months. You can't blame that on smokers. Did you ever frequent the non smoking pubs which opened before the ban?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37005979436154077642011-01-22T14:32:06.876+00:002011-01-22T14:32:06.876+00:00What does 'it didn't work' mean? It &#...What does 'it didn't work' mean? It 'worked' for a lot of people who now have no public recreational spaces whatever. Many other people were happy to let people smoke in places they were never going to go to. There is no justification for not having smoking allowed *anywhere*.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89396715883140337882011-01-22T13:38:05.150+00:002011-01-22T13:38:05.150+00:00It was left to free choice for decades, and the re...It was left to free choice for decades, and the result was that smokers were allowed to puff in everyone else's faces with gay abandon almost everywhere. The "solution" suggest has been tried. It doesn't work.Barmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-58882654449737848992011-01-22T05:02:56.829+00:002011-01-22T05:02:56.829+00:00You mean free markets, liberty and freedom of choi...You mean free markets, liberty and freedom of choice might have worked out better than draconian dictatorhips. I wonder why those smart politicians in government never thought of it. Maybe they had some outside influence placed up on them at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com