UK pub finds smoking ban loophole.

Celticfire · 13-05-2009 03:37PM #1

The landlady of a pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can light up legally, reports said Wednesday.

Locals at the Cutting Edge pub in Barnsley, northern England, must fill in a questionnaire on their smoking habits to satisfy legal requirements before sitting down for a drink and a cigarette in the centre.

England and Wales introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in 2007, contributing to tumbling beer sales which have forced over 2,000 pubs to close in the last year, according to the British Beer And Pub Association.

The Cutting Edge's landlady Kerry Fenton opened the centre, which is a separate room in her pub, five days ago.

"It's given business a shot in the arm and it's all in the name of research, legal and above board," she told the Sun newspaper. "I'm a non-smoker but I believe in the freedom of the individual."

The loophole in the law was discovered by pub regular James Martin, a 40-year-old printer. The local council told the paper it intended to enforce the smoking ban at the pub.

Smoking research centre eh? Would love to see some pub try that one here.

Schism · 13-05-2009 03:39PM

I'm just suprised it this long for a loophole to be found.

Mr.Lizard · 13-05-2009 03:52PM

I hear even their cigarette machine has multiple choice.

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 04:09PM

fckn top idea !! It looks like some of the 'Irish chancer psyche' is finally rubbing off on the brits after 700 years !!

:D

Loomis · 13-05-2009 04:14PM

Next: In clubs - Drug Research Centre

ScumLord · 13-05-2009 04:16PM

The loophole in the law was discovered by pub regular James Martin, a 40-year-old printer

Haven't seen a dot matrix in years.

RATM · 13-05-2009 04:18PM

Mr. Anderson wrote: »

Next: In clubs - Drug Research Centre

Brothels- 'Sex Research Center'

Fratton Fred · 13-05-2009 04:18PM

apparantly you can smoke these electronic cigarette thingys quite legally in pubs.

dsmythy · 13-05-2009 04:22PM

I wonder if it would sustain business though. I'd imagine non-smokers have gotten quite used to smokeless pubs.

Sofiztikated · 13-05-2009 04:23PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

apparantly you can smoke these electronic cigarette thingys quite legally in pubs.

Technically you can smoke herbal ciggies in public places here.
o_O
I'm away to get me rasta hat.

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 04:24PM

RATM wrote: »

Brothels- 'Sex Research Center'

Mr. Anderson wrote: »

Next: In clubs - Drug Research Centre

The Dail - Special Needs Research Centre :pac:

Mr.Lizard · 13-05-2009 04:24PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Haven't seen a dot matrix in years.

40yo? Pffft! More like a daisy-wheel.

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 04:27PM

dsmythy wrote: »

I'd imagine non-smokers have gotten quite used to smokeless pubs.

they've also gotten used to taking up space in the smoking area/beer garden on sunny afternoons, unfortunately.:mad:

chrisp2281 · 13-05-2009 04:28PM

That's brilliant. what an idea. Although it will just be shut down soon. Remember when Johnny foxes got a bus wehich lasted all of about 2 months beciase it was deemed to still be a place of work

Mossy Monk · 13-05-2009 05:01PM

marcsignal wrote: »

they've also gotten used to taking up space in the smoking area/beer garden on sunny afternoons, unfortunately.:mad:

Damn those non smokers for going outside and not doing anything to interfere with my life. Let them burn in hell.

Insect Overlord · 13-05-2009 05:10PM

marcsignal wrote: »

they've also gotten used to taking up space in the smoking area/beer garden on sunny afternoons, unfortunately.:mad:

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't...

:rolleyes:

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 05:27PM

chrisp2281 wrote: »

That's brilliant. what an idea. Although it will just be shut down soon. Remember when Johnny foxes got a bus wehich lasted all of about 2 months beciase it was deemed to still be a place of work

actually the reason it was stamped on in the Johnny Foxes case, is that many people wern't smoking tobacco in that bus, otherwise nobody would have bothered kicking up about it, trust me, i have that on good authority.

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Damn those non smokers for going outside and not doing anything to interfere with my life. Let them burn in hell.

An File wrote: »

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't...

:rolleyes:

Hang about guys, there wouldn't be a beer garden in Ireland if it wasn't for this namby pamby law.
Beer gardens where smokers are forced to sit in the winter months. It reminds me of the freezing experiments they carried out on prisoners in Dachau concentration camp, which isn't surprising, considering this man, the unsung hero of anti-smokers everywhere, introduced the first anti-smoking laws in the world.
Perhaps militant anti-smokers should drink a toast to him, while they're busy contemplating their handywork, and patting each other on the back. It's because of them that pubs now smell of BO and eggy farts.

"First they came for the smokers,
but I didn't speak out, because I wasn't a smoker
Then they came for the meat eaters,
but I didn't speak out, because I was a vegetarian
Then they came for the drinkers,
but I didn't speak out, because i was a tea totaller
Then they came for me, and i happily blew my own brains out,
because all the fun people were gone,
and the world had turned into a namby pamby uber controlling nanny state,
that wasn't worth living in anymore."
:pac:

Insect Overlord · 13-05-2009 05:29PM

/thread

Nice work on Godwinning your own argument.

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 05:35PM

An File wrote: »

/thread

Nice work on Godwinning your own argument.

anti smokers really really really hate the Hitler connection, don't they ?

Sharpshooter · 13-05-2009 05:35PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Damn those non smokers for going outside and not doing anything to interfere with my life. Let them burn in hell.

They are taking up seats in the beer garden aren't they,anyone would think there was no fresh air in the pub.

AnonoBoy · 13-05-2009 05:39PM

Smokers are such whiny little pussies, aren't they?

"Oh it's sooo cold outside. It's not fair. I might get a chill. My Mammy lets me smoke inside.....blah blah blah"

God be with the days when smoking was a tough man's game. Now it's all these Fairweather Smokers who couldn't suck it up and be tough if they tried.

It's cold outside. So what? Toughen up nimrods, put on an extra jumper and go out and be a man.

:rolleyes:

DublinWriter · 13-05-2009 05:42PM

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

40yo? Pffft! More like a daisy-wheel.

Daisy-wheel? You were lucky. In't my day...etc etc.

I'm still laughing at the poster who said the landlady might lose business...just conjure up some mental before and after pictures of pubs in relation to the smoking ban.

Tar.Aldarion · 13-05-2009 05:44PM

What I get from this is that smokers are slow. :pac:

seanybiker · 13-05-2009 05:45PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Haven't seen a dot matrix in years.

Ha ha ha. Nicely spotted.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 06:05PM

marcsignal wrote: »

anti smokers really really really hate the Hitler connection, don't they ?

Well it's not really relevant. He was an atheist and vegetarian as well, that doesn't mean all atheists and vegetarians are pre-disposed to be fun-hating Nazis. He's just one famous example.

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 06:08PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Smokers are such whiny little pussies, aren't they?

"Oh it's sooo cold outside. It's not fair. I might get a chill. My Mammy lets me smoke inside.....blah blah blah"

God be with the days when smoking was a tough man's game. Now it's all these Fairweather Smokers who couldn't suck it up and be tough if they tried.

It's cold outside. So what? Toughen up nimrods, put on an extra jumper and go out and be a man.

:rolleyes:

sitting outside in November, not moving for 4 hours, coat, or no coat, consuming cold beer, IS cold, not exactly rocket science, is it? even Dr.Mengele knew that.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

What I get from this is that smokers are slow. :pac:

slow to be bullied by fascist anti smokers, who, incedentally, are packing out pubs now in their tens of thousands since the ban, can't you see them ??? that's why pubs are now doing a roaring trade, and smoking areas are empty.

Red Meat gives you colon cancer, by the way. So what's next? This?

Tar.Aldarion · 13-05-2009 06:46PM

Hopefully.

liah · 13-05-2009 07:01PM

Saoirse Slimy Gauge wrote: »

Well it's not really relevant. He was an atheist and vegetarian as well, that doesn't mean all atheists and vegetarians are pre-disposed to be fun-hating Nazis. He's just one famous example.

Hitler wasn't an atheist.

liah · 13-05-2009 07:03PM

marcsignal wrote: »

sitting outside in November, not moving for 4 hours, coat, or no coat, consuming cold beer, IS cold, not exactly rocket science, is it? even Dr.Mengele knew that.

From my experience most normal smokers sit inside the majority of the night, and only go outside when they need a smoke.. Hardly counts as sitting outside and not moving for four hours. Don't know what the hell kind of masochistic smokers you hang out with. Probably just want an excuse to complain.

Anyway, pubs back home in Canada have survived just fine, and we've had the smoking ban in effect for years. And trust me, it gets a lot colder there than Ireland.

AnonoBoy · 13-05-2009 07:08PM

marcsignal wrote: »

sitting outside in November, not moving for 4 hours, coat, or no coat, consuming cold beer, IS cold, not exactly rocket science, is it? even Dr.Mengele knew that.

THIS JUST IN:

You don't have to sit outside the whole night!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 07:11PM

liah wrote: »

Hitler wasn't an atheist.

I looked it up and stand corrected. Apologies.

Great, now I'm all embarassed.

UK pub finds smoking ban loophole.

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