No Smoking Law from 1st July

[Mk2Jo]

Well ..... as most of you probably know, it will be illegal in England and Wales (not sure about Scotland and Ireland are already doing it I think) to smoke in public places (there are a few exclusions).

 

No-one has bothered to do anything about it at work yet (although stickers have been placed on doors) and as my boss is a smoker who waltzes through the place, fag in hand, I don't know if he will take it seriously or not He's not mentioned it to anyone and when asked about it he said "I suppose I'll have to stop smoking on 1st July" ... he's made no provisions for smokers to take breaks (it means that machinery will have to be shut down and production stopped for fag breaks - at the moment people smoke at their work stations).

 

So .... what's your opinion on this new law?? And, would you grass someone up who is breaking the law Discuss ...

[Wessie]

So .... what's your opinion on this new law?? And, would you grass someone up who is breaking the law Discuss ...

yes i would grass someone im totally against smoking, to me it seems pointless and the sooner its banned to protect us non smokers , the better

[Jimsiss]

smoking is a dirty habbit and this law is a good idea, I'd rather breath slightly cleaner air than stuff filled with fag smoke, it makes people smell and discolours things.

 

if you hadn't guessed I'm totally against smoking and I'll never do it or put up with it, so yes I would grass someone in, I prefer to be healthy.

[escort21]

Can't wait for it in pubs ...they'll now stink of stale beer and sweat

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I'm against smoking and smokers. At a company I worked at there where a couple of girls who would have a five to ten minute smoke break every hour on the hour.

 

So lets say it was 8 minutes

 

So 8 x 7 = 56 minutes a day.

35 x 5 = 280 mins a week. = Over 4 and a half hours a week. Which is more than half a day.

 

While us none smokers are working.

 

If you've ever been out drinking in Ireland, all the pubs have smokers congregrating outside. Which is great because you can go home after a good drinking session and not stink of stale smoke.

[Slik 50]

I agree with Mike on that one At our main office there is atleast one person out side smoking at anyone time. Now im not aginst smoking but to me it makes more sense for a buisness to ban smoking full stop and sack one of the people from the pffice as they obviouslydont need that extra man power.

As to pubs. If I go into one and its smokey and I cant take it, I leave. Simple. I cant stand the way people force other people to change. If you dont like it, f*ck off.

 

P.S. I dont smoke

[Mk2Jo]

yeah, we have 3 people out of 5 who smoke in the main office although they do go out into the corridor to have a smoke ..... but .... they all go out at the same time and it makes my blood boil ... when they are out there the phones just ring and ring and don't get answered and they seem to be out there every 5 minutes

[Vista]

I'm against smoking and smokers. At a company I worked at there where a couple of girls who would have a five to ten minute smoke break every hour on the hour.

 

So lets say it was 8 minutes

 

So 8 x 7 = 56 minutes a day.

35 x 5 = 280 mins a week. = Over 4 and a half hours a week. Which is more than half a day.

 

While us none smokers are working.

 

If you've ever been out drinking in Ireland, all the pubs have smokers congregrating outside. Which is great because you can go home after a good drinking session and not stink of stale smoke.

 

It's banned already in Scotland, and good thing too, one or two places have complained of loss of revenue but by and large it's been a popular move.

 

On the fag break thing I timed all my bosses fly fag breaks a few months ago they came to 40 mins in a day. So 40 minutes before knocking off time I packed up and walked out, as it happens he was outside having ANOTHER fag break.

 

He said "What time do you call this??"

 

I replied "knocking off time, I've saved up my fag breaks"

 

Got in my car and drove off

 

Next morning I was called into the office and he quietly said don't do that again, but point taken. Fag breaks were banned from then on (buildings are all non smoking and have been for years)

 

I wasn't popular with the smokers, but productivity improved enough for it to be noticed!!

[Cookie]

I am an ex-smoker (and we are usually the worse ) but now I hate the smell of fags, and smell one and can't believe i used to pay for the privelage of sticking one in my gob and slowly killing myself

 

In a working envioronment i agree non smokers should have the choice not to breathe second hand smoke, i think legally the employer should be made to make provisions for smokers, not have to just go and stand outside like outcasts,also if you work alone or with all staff smokers then i don't think it should make a blind bit of difference, if there is a non-smoker who is told to put up or shut up, then there should be some very heavy penalties if its reported.

 

 

 

But as much as i dislike them i am more for the freedoms of people to make a choice, personally as for the pub ban, that should be anywhere that serves food should have a total ban, end of! thats a good proportion of places smoke free then, but the old style pubs and clubs would still be there for you to choose (THIS BEING MY MAIN POINT, A CHOICE )if you wish to go and have a smoke and a drink. I feel strongly about it becuse its just another move towards being dictated to, we will be told when to east dinner soon

 

 

 

I have spent the last five years working as security in loads of poubs and clubs so have had no choice but to breath in copius amounts of second hand smoke and used to come home absoulutly reeking of fags on my clothes, so i can see the benefits of no smoking, but can aslo see in the long run this being another step up the ladder to total dictation, and as such torn on the issue

[bomber1]

i hate going to a pub and coming home stinking like an ashtray as i drive a lorry im not aloud to smoke in it. tho i dont smoke anyway. but i cant see them puting/enforcing a ban on people driving company vehicles when theres only ever one person in it at a time. im not against smoking just dont want to be around people that do

[steve mk2]

i personaly hate smoke so i think its a good thing ........... wat about green tho

[orionmojo]

i'm not against smoking at all. if you want to put that shite into yourself its natural selection doing its thing imho. but i do hate the 'fag break'

 

when iworked as a KP in a kitchen the chefs and other KP's went off for 5 minutes every hour for a fag break if i tried to join them they'd turn round and say 'what are you coming for, you dont smoke' the cheeky turds. they'd leave me sweating like a pig while they were outside i the cool and i'd have 2 cookers, 2 grills and hotplates galore around me scrubbing pans

 

but i'm not bitter

[Smudger105e]

i cant see them puting/enforcing a ban on people driving company vehicles when theres only ever one person in it at a time.

 

My Company do that already. If I drive a van or lorry that has had a smoker in it, not only does it stink, but there is fag ash dust on the floor, seats, dash etc. and it is soooo unpleasant.

 

Smokers add so much to the litter problem we have, with fag ends and cigarette packets being thrown from cars on a regular basis.

 

And don't get me started on lighted cigarettes being thrown out of moving vehicles!!

[MK5]

our MD at work is very anti smoking and can't wait for 1st July. We're all going to get new contracts that will strictly enforce the ban. the guys in the workshop aren't very happy, especially about not smoking when they're driving.

 

i agree with it completely and i am very anti smoking. i wouldn't hesitate to report anyone i saw breaking the rules.

[X-pack-Glyn]

Well, im a smoker and just try and stop me.

 

my employers attempted to stick non smoking signs in MY van, these i believe are now in some landfill site somewhere...

 

and if youre moaning about the smokers getting 5 min breaks what about tea breaks, chat breaks, swank breaks etc etc, and surelly office staff are the WORST for breaks if thats the case...

 

i do a manual labour job on hundreds of sites and have to abide by thier rules, i allways have a fag in my van... and now theyre on about stopping that.

 

I should add that im also a considerate smoker and an outdoor smoker, i dont even smoke in my own house and i go outside,also i wont smoke in a vehicle that contains breezers.

 

where does this lunacy end?

 

Thats the short version of my comments on the matter.

[mk1mexico]

They banned smoking at my work 3 weeks ago. Smokers can now only smoke before, after and during their dinner break on their shift. And they have to stand in a bus shelter type thing. Im all for it, i agree with the loss in production time and i agree with making the air cleaner for non smokers.

 

I AM a smoker by the way.

 

I find it difficult i will admit but we work only 12 and a quarter hour shifts so if i smoke at 12.30pm i cant have another until 19.45 when im driving home.

 

But i agree with what the government is enforcing and im open minded to both sides of the debate

[flyingbanana]

im a smoker and if there is a sign in the lorry saying no smoking.....my auto pilot says its my lungs and if i want to smoke i will.......if im on a site which says no smoking in the building/on site for a reason i dont have a problem with that but if im driving they have no chance of stopping me

 

 

its a 'free country' and esp has they keep putting prices and getting my money ,and im not being bossed around by a bunch of muppets that work for the government telling me if i can smoke or not

 

rant over

[Jimsiss]

My theory on smoking is that NO ONE needs to smoke, its just a mental thing that you've got to over come if you do smoke, I've never smoked and I don't feel the urge to and I feel healthier for not smoking, I try to hold my breath while walking past people who smoke because I hate the smell of the smoke and I don't want to breath in other peoples unwanted waste.

 

Plus it's a BIG waste of money and very annoying when people go on about how much then need a fag when they don't, it should be banned outright but the government makes too much money off it to do that

[X-pack-Glyn]

Yeah, why not ban alcohol too, as thats more often than not the root of murders, fights and general upset more than anything else

[Jimsiss]

Yeah, why not ban alcohol too, as thats more often than not the root of murders, fights and general upset more than anything else

 

I'm up for that, I don't drink either

[mk1mexico]

My theory on smoking is that NO ONE needs to smoke, its just a mental thing that you've got to over come if you do smoke, I've never smoked and I don't feel the urge to and I feel healthier for not smoking, I try to hold my breath while walking past people who smoke because I hate the smell of the smoke and I don't want to breath in other peoples unwanted waste.

 

Plus it's a BIG waste of money and very annoying when people go on about how much then need a fag when they don't, it should be banned outright but the government makes too much money off it to do that

 

If you have never smoked how can you say you feel healthier for it??

 

And how can you say someone doesnt 'need' a fag?? its an addiction. i will hold my hands up and say that i am addicted. From certain studies they reckon its harder to quit fags permanently than Heroin. So im sorry Jimsiss but you dont have a clue what your talking about.

[X-pack-Glyn]

Yeah, why not ban alcohol too, as thats more often than not the root of murders, fights and general upset more than anything else

 

I'm up for that, I don't drink either

 

No probs, lets ban mexicos because they polute...

[Jimsiss]

yeah but then you can't have your van to smoke in

[flyingbanana]

Yeah, why not ban alcohol too, as thats more often than not the root of murders, fights and general upset more than anything else

 

because they would lose to much revenue........but you are very right on that point.....

[X-pack-Glyn]

Yeah, why not ban alcohol too, as thats more often than not the root of murders, fights and general upset more than anything else

 

because they would lose to much revenue........but you are very right on that point.....

 

yep, tis true...