thought on public smoking

I don't smoke. I think it is OK to ban smoking in public buildings except bars because that can cut down on their business. Many people like to smoke when they drink.

I am from Scotland, we had a smoking ban put in place earlier this year. I am not a smoker but don't mind people who do. No the basis of appeasing non-smokers or trying to get people to stop smoking considering you can legal buy them I feel the government has no right to put a ban in place. However on the basis of health and safety I feel secondary smoke is a very clear health risk and no employee should be made to work in a smoke environment(in fact should be illegal for them to, example when working with other fumes like solder proper extraction should be in place to remove the fumes). That being said if a pub was to provide either a separate area for people to smoke with ventilation conforming to health and safety standards would be a much better solution than a outright ban. I know it might seem laughable going to such lengths over smoking but their is a clear like to secondary smoke and the damage to peoples health. Workers should be protected by the law.