Poll: The Health Minister is thinking about curbing smoking in pubs. Which option do you favour?
* Please note that the results of the online poll represent just a snapshot of opinion from the site members who participate. The results of each poll do not necessarily represent the national picture. Participants are only allowed to vote once in each poll.
James(kylpet) Posted:
02/08/2001 20:12 |
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The Ban everything brigade are at it again. Does FG whant to criminalise a person for smoking???
No Smoking Area is the answer.I am a Non Smoker and would be satisfied with that!!
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Robbie(bobcourt) Posted:
02/08/2001 21:36 |
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total ban
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paddy(David) Posted:
02/08/2001 22:42 |
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there's too much government interference/ regulation in the lives of ordinary people - there's a commonsense balance that has to be achieved. As a parallel do we start banning dairy products on health grounds ?
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Valerie(vcoghlan) Posted:
03/08/2001 09:46 |
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Its about time that bar workers had protection from passive smoking - bars are workplaces too for many people who work long hours - sometime 50 hours a week.
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joebre Posted:
03/08/2001 22:17 |
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no smoking areas is enough. I am a non smoker and would be happy with this. This will have to be a gradual thing to work.
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moh(abbasito) Posted:
04/08/2001 02:10 |
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Smoking is a bad, unhealthy habit.But must not forget that it is a personal subject. No smoking areas are best so that non-smokers as well as smokers can enjoy their time in the pub.
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EDWARD(EDHANLON) Posted:
04/08/2001 14:31 |
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If we are going to have a total ban on smoking in pubs, then we should go the whole hog and ban all drinking in pubs as well.Huh?
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Anonymous
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05/08/2001 23:07 |
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We are goinging down the US road.... let us respect individualism, rathern than totlaitarism...we all drive cars,and contribute to bad air - the people who complain always complain but have no real answers that actually work, they're just frustrated old moaners,...who want to find a cause to keep them alive!!!
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Anonymous
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05/08/2001 23:17 |
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If you ban smoking in pubs, you will ban all real fun pub life - and if that's the case, let's all give up fun you shower of dull people...
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Anonymous
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06/08/2001 14:05 |
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Smoking should NOT be allowed where food is being served. As far as banning smoking in pubs goes I feel it will take a long time to bring that into practice. However, no smoking areas with PROPER ventilation would be a start.
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Anne Marie(AnneMarie2) Posted:
06/08/2001 15:18 |
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Would love to see a total ban - I hate cigarette smoke, but don't think it'll happen. No smoking areas is a more realistic option. A few completely no-smoking pubs as well would be nice. Do these exist already in Ireland? If so, where are they?
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Anonymous
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06/08/2001 19:10 |
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I quit smoking 4 years ago and I would now favour no smoking areas in pubs
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Anonymous
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07/08/2001 11:29 |
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No smoking areas will only work if they are put in good locations in bars/restaurants - not in the corner beside the toilets/doors or any other pokey place they can find.
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Anonymous
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07/08/2001 12:51 |
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To paddy (David) To compare dairy products to smoking on health grounds seem invalid to me since when you smoke, your decision goes further than your own body and affects others around you. When people claim their right to smoke they forget the others right to a clean air. When your action affect others, you must not think of yourself alone. Why should I inhale your somoke, specially when we know what we know about smoking consequences?
You would not like me to poison your food, or your water... why should I accept you poisoning my air?
I agree there are other factors which may poison the air too,But We must start acting where acting can be done. Lets walk, before running, Shall We?
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Anonymous
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10/08/2001 00:12 |
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I am a smoker, and I definitely agree to a NO SMOKING area in pubs,
already, I feel guilty enough, to seek a non smoking area, in which to eat with my friends, so let's be
sociable and allow 2 areas in all things sociable, ie pubs, clubs, restaurants, etc...........
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Ruth(ruthhegarty) Posted:
10/08/2001 09:26 |
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Most of the above people who are against a total ban seem to forget that smoking affects non-smokers aswell - so it is not up to the individual. The non-smoking areas in restaurants in Ireland are insufficient (nearly always the smallest, ugliest part of the premises), but I have to say we are way ahead of some other European countries. However, considering the level of smoke in most pubs, would non-smoking areas make any difference - the smoke does not obey the boundaries!
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Anonymous
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22/08/2001 13:26 |
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I think smoking should NOT be allowed where food is being served. Therefore no smoking areas are a good idea in pubs.
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frank(frando) Posted:
31/08/2001 19:22 |
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Re smoking in pubs, I see that only one person ,Valerie, gave consideration to the poor old bar man/woman .These people had to endure many hours every day inhaling smoke .Do the smokers not believe in cancer from cigs.
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Anonymous
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02/09/2001 22:56 |
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I am not a smoker, but I think there should be no smoking areas.
There should be extractor fans in
pubs.
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Katie(KatieM) Posted:
03/09/2001 13:33 |
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Look at the poll results, 50% of those bothered enough to vote have said they would favour a ban. Why is the Minister so slow to keep up with other countries. The UK has no-smoking sections in a huge no. of pubs and it works, people abide by them. You can actually go to a pub and come out smelling your perfume or aftershave, not smelling like a dirty old ashtray. Why does it take Ireland so long to catch up?
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Anonymous
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06/09/2001 22:59 |
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Yes,it should be banned. The health of the bar worker has to be taken into consideration.
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GRAINNE(maxie) Posted:
11/09/2001 12:46 |
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I favour a total ban on smoking in pubs or anywhere else.I dont mind smoking out of doors its in confined places that its dangerous for non smokers.
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Anonymous
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17/10/2001 15:07 |
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I'm non-smoker and I'm all for no smoking areas in pubs as in my case a lot of my friends smoke and I know they would'nt go to a non-smoking pub, I think proper extraction and air-conditioning would help the situation. However I also think smokers should be forced to pay higher insurance premiums, why should the non-smokers among us subsidise their higher health costs when smokers generally show no regard for non-smokers in where they smoke and the health consequences inflicted on us. And before any smoker gets on their high horse I smoked myself for a while before I reliased the effect it was having after only few months, nobody can tell me they feel great in the morning after smoking 20 or more fags while out the night before
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Anonymous
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07/02/2002 08:35 |
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I would totally go for a total ban
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annmkavanagh Posted:
04/04/2002 19:46 |
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Total ban in all public areas
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mark(markmcdermott) Posted:
26/09/2002 12:01 |
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LIKE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE USA,IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SMOKING WII BE BANNED IN THE PUBS IN IRELAND
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GRAINNE(maxie) Posted:
05/10/2002 12:50 |
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Yes its the right thing to do.A smoker has no idea the effect it has when one is eating or drinking.Im not totally against smoking as long as it isnt in a public place.
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Anonymous
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24/10/2002 18:56 |
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Iam a smoker and I believe smoking should be banned in pubs, or at the very least have no smoking areas!!
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lisa(FRM12726) Posted:
22/04/2004 08:18 |
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i don't rally care
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