I feel sorry for the landlords and employers who are now going to have to be the ones that police the new law. If they don’t stop people from lighting-up on their premises they could be in for a hefty fine them selves. It will be the landlords and employers who will have to put-up with the agro.
The other day our gaffer told one of our firm’s smokers that if he got caught smoking on his premises not only would the smoker get a fine, the employer would be fined a few hundred quid as well for permitting it. So obviously he is now concerned about the possiblity of one day someone turning up and catching someone smoking and issuing big fines. So quite rightly he will stop the smoking
You have to laugh thou in this particular case. Hehe the nature of our work means that we, more often than not have fumes all around us most of the day, it can not be helped. Being in the fabrication business means you have people welding, flame cutting, grinding, sanding etc and we even have our own paint shop with its own oven. All these things produce nasty fumes, even though you can’t often see the fumes you can smell and taste them. We do have adequate ventilation in a fashion but to be honest you are never going to be able to remove all the fumes, it’s just impossible. There are heath and safety regulations in place that cover these sorts of things and I’m sure the health and safety people have the power to issue fines or even shut companies down if they are caught breaking the regulations but no one ever comes to check and as a result, no ones really worried.
But if one person potentially lights a cigarette in this environment and produces a bit of smoke for five minutes then everyone is worried.
I think the blanket ban is a good idea really. It will take a bit of time to get used too but I’m sure we will. If anything, it will cut down the amount of fags that I smoke.
