On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:57 AM [GMT+1=CET], Susan Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As smoking is a legal activity I find it offensive that it is banned. > I think this is a grave infringement of civil liberties and I don't > smoke. Owners of establishments should be able to say if they wish to > be smoking or non smoking and then their staff and customers can > choose which they frequent. > Banning a legal activity is the start of a very slippery slope. I believe that the starting point of the thinking that lead to the current ban was the wish to protect employees in such places from the effects of passive smoking. As a lifelong Trade Unionist I sympathise with this. It's a long time since I last smoked indoors. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
