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Re: Smoking
They've brought this bill in about smoking in pubs and its a total mess. If your pub does food then you cant smoke in it. If your pub doesnt do food then you can smoke in it. If you belong to a private members only club you can still smoke. Can you see what is going to happen - pubs that only do a small taking on food are going to stop doing food all together so that they can still be a smoking pub.
I went to dublin where the no smoking ban is in place and i liked it. If i wanted a ciggie i had to go outside either the front door or some of the pubs had designated areas outside with patio heaters and chairs and umbrellas. I found that i didnt smoke as much because i had to go outside.
The only thing is though as i've been told once you get out of dublin and the main cities that a lot of bars/pubs have shut because of the no smoking ban. People because they couldnt smoke just didnt go out and so they lost a lot of business. Also the further you get away from dublin and the main cities it isnt enforced as much - so they are still smoking in pubs and bars down in deepest galway!
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