Re: Smoking ban in pubs

SteveH wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> It's a crazy piece of legislation, given that alcohol abuse causes
>>> as many, if not more deaths than smoking each year.
>>
>> Aside from getting twatted by some pissed up moron though , you can
>> sit next to people drinking for 8 hours every day of your life and
>> suffer no ill effects.
>>
>> Passive smoking does have severe effects on other people's health.
>
> I'm not convinced. For every smoker who dies early from a so-called
> 'smoking related condition', I can show you one who lives way beyond
> average life expectancy.

You can't seriously be claiming that smoking isn't bad for your health?

>>> I guess I'll just end up drinking more at home rather than go out to
>>> the pub.
>>
>> I doubt many people will do that for long as they will miss the
>> social aspect
>
> Get your mates round with a couple of kegs from the supermarket, stick
> iTunes on the telly. Job jobbed.

How do you try and pull some random bird in your own lounge though?
--
Alex

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