Wow! Today is D-day for all social smokers. It is perhaps the last time friends/ collegues/ aquaintances/ business partners/ lovers etc can sit together and smoke indoors in a pub. Photo journalists will probably have a field day! I truly think it is a landmark event. The government actually putting its people above revenues and taxes that it could possibly earn through social smoking. Very brave I must admit.
Although, I'm sorry for all the business' that will go bust because of this. I'm sorry for people who enjoy their pint and cigarette. For me its difficult to be truly liberal and yet support the ban wholeheartedly. The biggest concern here is for those who suffer due to passive smoking. I wonder if the ban will reduce the number of smokers though. They're probably going to be pushed from the pub into the street. I wish there were a more creative solution to this problem though. But at the moment, this seems to be it. Maybe it is the best.
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