tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7799293170648361874..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Smoke effects obscuredCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-31008235596480739862009-01-18T10:43:00.000+00:002009-01-18T10:43:00.000+00:00Most people who use pubs are not Camra members. Th...Most people who use pubs are not Camra members. Therefore, it would make good business sense to consider their preferences (prejudices?) in due proportion. If they are unhappy then they could get their own pub. I heard a rumour that they opened a club in Stockport but it failed. I am not one to listen to such rumours though... Anyway, I would be happy with the split you suggest; a welcome split that I remember from my childhood.Phil Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004741561340806061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-22867347333485729962009-01-16T19:47:00.000+00:002009-01-16T19:47:00.000+00:00Agreed, and if that law had come in we would have ...Agreed, and if that law had come in we would have seen a lot of walls going back up in open-plan pubs.<BR/><BR/>However I suspect that many pubs would have ended up being divided between a smoking "bar" and a non-smoking food/family area, so some of CAMRA's diehard antismokers might not have been too happy.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-878132315063160682009-01-16T19:35:00.000+00:002009-01-16T19:35:00.000+00:00I'm a non-smoker, but I couldn't agree with you mo...I'm a non-smoker, but I couldn't agree with you more. If there had to be legislation on smoking, it should have been allowed to continue in pubs, but be confined to one specific room. Unfortunately the majority of multi-room pubs have long been converted into charaterless, open-plan, drinking barns.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.com