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Old 04-01-2004, 11:25 AM   #31 (permalink)
John Henry
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I have to admit that when I first heard about this I honestly thought it was going to cause civil unrest. Not because of any preconceptions about the Irish (except that a lot of the Irish people I know smoke), but because I know what a bunch of crabby bastards smokers are when they haven't had a fag.

I seriously hope that if this law ever comes to the UK, which it looks like it might, it will be modified somewhat. Having mandatory no-smoking zones seems like a good idea to me, but having a blanket ban is a bit ott.

I'm not a smoker myself, but I would like my smoking friends to be able to have a fag now and then, mainly for the reasons cited above.

Why not have a limited number of smoking-licensed premises in each authority and make them pay extra tax for the smoking licence? But then I'm not an MP. Couldn't stomach all that booze...
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