RE: 'Extend smoking ban to beer gardens', says report

"...academics from the University of Otago interviewed 13 young adult “social smokers” between the age of 19 and 25, and found the majority supported extending anti-smoking legislation."

Wow, a total sample of 13 people? You don't get much more conclusive than that.

Hardly surprising when you consider this debacle was organised by the New Eels Land equivalent of ASH. These anti-tobacco groups are all linked by a worldwide network so sooner or later they'll be pushing the same daft idea over here.

Had it not been for the change in government New Labour were already considering extending the ban to incluse anywhere within 30 metres of a pub. This was part of their 'smoking ban revue', a hatchet job that was scrapped by the Tories.

A UK survey of 1,312 PUBGOERS in the 18-25 age group, conducted simultaneously in 5 major cities on a Saturday night, found 98.4% supported indoor smoking rooms while 99.7% thought pubs/clubs should have the choice of being smoking or non smoking.

Of these 66% were non-smokers. 79% did not object to being indoors in the company of smokers and only 7% believed SHS posed any kind of health threat. 85% of the total said the smoking ban had affected the frequency and duration of their pub visits.

RE: 'Extend smoking ban to beer gardens', says report

This is the biggest problem Pete! This imbecilic "survey" from N Zealand will soon appear as part of 'a conclusive and growing body of evidence' presented by ASH as absolute proof that more pubs should close because a non smoker wants to sit outside when it's warm but a naughty smoker might also wish to do the same-oops! sorry, the naughty smoker has no choice anymore! Non smokers have 100% of the interior to choose from, why the hell should they have any say whatsoever in what happens outside?
Out of interest Pete, I got my hands on the so called "Smoking Ban Review" (almost as soon as it was written) as ordered up by Labour-most of it was written up within 6 months of the ban being implemented...and we wasted £1m of public money on it as it was shelved.
These so called health nutters will stop at nothing. It doesn't matter to them that this country is financially crumbling, they only have a one track mind!

RE: 'Extend smoking ban to beer gardens', says report

How stupid- why not just ban smoking anywhere on Earth- oh! I know- too much tax! As a grown up adult I should have the choice whether to smoke in the open air or not (I choose not to smoke at all by the way). Another nail inthe coffin of our trade

RE: 'Extend smoking ban to beer gardens', says report

You mean there isn't already a ban on sex? But my wife told me.........