> >> 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. >Sue
>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 What if the employees want to smoke? A law that won't let you provide a shed for these workers to smoke in is well out of order. Sue
