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Smoking ban, what smoking ban?

So a few months on, what is the smoking ban like in the UK, now that the whole country is covered by the blanket ban on smoking in enclosed, public spaces? The outcries that went up from various interest groups. The wails from various sections about ‘Civil Liberties’ and the encroachment of the ‘Nanny State’. It seemed that we were all doomed, or so the media seemed to portray.

And as always, everyone keeps on going. A minor inconvenience for smokers and a minor refreshment for non-smokers. Like the Millennium Bug, the introduction of London’s Congestion Charge, the implication of 20 mph zones in residential areas, people just got on with it. The hype generated by the ban turned out to be a damp fizzle. After all, the majority of restaurants, all transportation and many workplaces had already implemented ‘no-smoking’ policies over the last twenty years.

Oh well, I look forward to the next public outcry.

This article was submitted by Joseph Fisher. Joseph is also one of the three orginal writer on OPKM and has written lots of different articles concerning H.I.P..