In mid
July I wrote that Brighton and Hove could become one of the first places in the UK to ban smoking in its parks and on its beaches.
Unsurprisingly, as with all of Nanny's "bright ideas", there has been some mission creep. It now transpires that the proposed "voluntary" smoking ban in Brighton and Hove’s beaches and in parks
could also be extended to the outside of pubs and restaurants.
The
consultation questionnaire published includes
separate questions covering the outside seating areas of both types of
venue.
Councillor Dan Yates, who chairs the Brighton and Hove Health and
Wellbeing Board (what an absurd name for a board), is quoted by
Brighton and Hove News:
“We wanted to see what people’s attitudes were to
smoking where people are eating and drinking as we do not have any
information on this.
Currently the inside of pubs and restaurants are legally smoke-free but not outside areas.
We would certainly not be looking at any additional compulsory
smoking restrictions to business, other than the existing smoking ban.
But
depending on the results of the consultation, we may want to work with
businesses to encourage smoke-free outdoor areas on a voluntary basis.”
Nick Griffin, managing director of Pleisure, which runs Brighton
pubs including the Great Eastern in Trafalgar Street which has several
benches on the pavement outside, said the idea was “bonkers”.
“Clearly the proposal hasn’t been thought through. The law of unintended consequences will take effect here.
If one bans smoking from outside seating areas, the smoker will
simply (and I hasten to add after much confrontation!) smoke in the
street where they aren’t yet banned. Surely this is a worse scenario
with more scope for litter, visibility from children and no greater
protection for the public.
Add to this the risk it places hospitality staff under, with much
of the income coming from tourism from places where such a ban will not
be present.
It’s a bonkers idea! What is the justification for it?”
Retarded thinking by a retarded council!
By the way, if you have ever wondered who invented "passive smoking" here is the answer:
"Karl Astel — upstanding president of Jena University, poisonous
anti-Semite, euthanasia fanatic, SS officer, war criminal and
tobacco-free Germany enthusiast — liked to walk up to smokers and tear
cigarettes from their unsuspecting mouths. (He committed suicide when
the war ended, more through disappointment than fear of hanging.).
It
comes as little surprise to discover that the phrase “passive smoking”
(Passivrauchen) was coined not by contemporary American admen, but by
Fritz Lickint, the author of the magisterial 1100-page Tabak und
Organismus (“Tobacco and the Organism”), which was produced in
collaboration with the German AntiTobacco League."
The anti smoking fanatics owe their origins to the Nazis!
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