[jambutty]

When the smoking ban comes into force and bear in mind that it hasn’t yet, the ban will apply to all ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACES and the operative word here is ENCLOSED. I understand enclosed to mean a building with a roof and walls all the way around and closable entry points – that is doors. Thus a bus shelter will not fall into that category – no doors except that the owner of a bus shelter can decree that smoking in the bus shelter is not allowed or is allowed.

As far as car parks are concerned the owner of the car park can stipulate that smoking is banned even though it is not an ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACE. But that would be hugely hypocritical seeing as the air will be full of noxious, poisonous and deadly vehicle exhaust fumes at peak times and this throws into question ‘fresh air’. The so called fresh air that we all breathe is nothing of the sort. In fact the oxygen content of the ‘fresh air’ is some 3% less than what it was 50 years ago.

However many of the non smoking brigade are already quoting the ban as just PUBLIC SPACES. That’s a bit like kicking a person when they are down.

The non smoking brigade will rue the day that they set off on that trail because all it has done is to establish a precedent that the governments will exploit to the full in the years to come so that they can control the citizens to the Nth degree.