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Originally Posted by Gayle
We stopped going to pubs because we had children - couldn't afford it and also couldn't always get babysitters.
I think the smoking ban made a huge difference and it was a bit surprising that the government couldn't see it coming!!!!!
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In all honesty Gayle I think they did see it coming. It would have been a great way of saying that they'd stopped the binge drinking culture. The problem is that there never was a binge drinking culture, just a few biased reports in the media of the minority who over-indulged tarring the rest of us. What would have been better is dedicated smoking rooms or dedicated smoking pubs.
I don't particularly miss stinking of fags when I get home but I'm sorry to see that the atmosphere has been cleared out along with the smoke.