How the smoking ban has been received

September

I was home in Ireland recently (I live in the UK now where we don't have the ban, obviously. Yet), and I was really taken aback by the way the ban has been received. I thought that there would be uproar about introducing a smoking ban in Ireland, but it seems not! I imagine if it can be introduced successfully in Ireland, it could be anywhere, nearly.

carbonkid

think all the smokers bitched and moaned about it at the start but
when it was introduced it was like no one was really arsed to do anything
about it....besides smoking outside pubs now has turned into like a new
social thing:p

Kobie

The Irish are very good at giving out about stuff but not getting off our arses to do anything about it.

Though in this case, I'm glad we're all such lazy feckers.

LegacyUser

Dunno if its the same elsewhere, but as soon as the doors are closed in two of my "local" haunts at night, the ashtrays come out and everyone sparks up.

ixoy

Originally posted by Buckfast
Dunno if its the same elsewhere, but as soon as the doors are closed in two of my "local" haunts at night, the ashtrays come out and everyone sparks up.

Where are you? I've seen nothing like this in Dublin's city centre. In fact, someone was smoking on Friday and I saw them get thrown out immediately. I laughed.

flogen

well given that the doors being closed implies a lock-in, i think smoking is the least of the legal worries there, besides, in a lock in, is anyone actually working (being payed etc...)???

anyway, I think its going grand, the big test will be when winter kicks in, a good friend of mine thinks it will crumble here, i disagree... only time will tell though.
(hes a smoker, so i think its more that he hopes it will fail)

Flogen

Emboss

Tommy Vercetti

The media did their best to incite us all to go mad and beat the crap out of everything - remember the headlines after the first weekend about assaults allegedly doubling ; turns out a doctor treated 6 broken jaws instead of the usual 3.

gobby

t'will be interesting for me... im in germany at the moment and im not due back in ireland untill mid august/early september. i have actually given up smoking while over here so i guess it will be good for me when i return. i think that it will also be very, very strange for me.

over here there is no such thing as smoking bans! quite the opposite. germany is crazy for smoking. everybody does it. there are smoke machines on the street! any kid (who was tall enough) could just go up and buy a pack. its kinda like its still cool to smoke over here. its bloody stupid!!! (and annoying for someone who has just quit)

Washout

I too am surprised on how well it has been recieved.

Its weird seeing auld fellas outside a pub lighting up.

I even find meself going out with my smoking friends. to get some fresh air

Samba

Personally I am delighted with it, I am in the process of giving up myself and if there were not a ban in place, I probably would have already sucumbed to the nicotine monster while out drinking in the pub


You will never get a ban in place in countries such as France and spain, an attempt was already made in France to make non-smoking areas in pubs etc......people threw the idea out the window after a very short while.



This pretty much sums it up.

The Irish are very good at giving out about stuff but not getting off our arses to do anything about it.

I blame flouride in our water system

Dustaz

Originally posted by September
I imagine if it can be introduced successfully in Ireland, it could be anywhere, nearly.

Negative. This is probably the best place to introduce something like this.

damnyanks

Whys that?

davej

Dustaz probably means because we are famous for bitching and moaning but when it comes to the crunch we do sfa about it...

davej

Dustaz

exactly, i was going to write that but i couldnt be bothered

eirebhoy

Originally posted by September
I imagine if it can be introduced successfully in Ireland, it could be anywhere, nearly.

We Irish wouldn't stop going to the pub just because we can't smoke. The French, etc would have no problem getting a few of bottles of wine and inviting friends aroung to their house. I am suprised by the amount of people saying that if it can be done in Ireland it can be done anywhere. Isn't drinking part of our culture?

dazberry

Originally posted by eirebhoy
We Irish wouldn't stop going to the pub just because we can't smoke. The French, etc would have no problem getting a few of bottles of wine and inviting friends aroung to their house. I am suprised by the amount of people saying that if it can be done in Ireland it can be done anywhere. Isn't drinking part of our culture?

I've had no problem giving the pub a miss - haven't been since the first Friday after the ban. The thing that actually surprises me - as someone who spent far too much time in a pub of some sort over the last decade or so - is that I don't even miss it - its like it doesn't even focus on the radar anymore. Guess I've finally learned there is life beyond the pub .

D.

September

I wish they would ban it in England. I would love to give up but I'm too lazy to try, so if I had to not smoke, it would help greatly!

Dont Ban Me

Smoking ban, I love it!!!

The Beer Baron

You can still smoke depending on the pub.
The kinda pubs that forceably throw you out no.
The ones that you can sit in a dark corner skinning up- yes.

I guess it's best to go to ****holes that badly need the business.