Audere, its true some people do have black lung and emphesemia here in Wales but they are people who smoke or frequent smoky pubs... ;-)

The air is sweet and clean everywhere else (except port talbot) and those of us who don't smoke can sing tunes that make the Indigo Bunting jealous.

:-)

Muck


Yes

Audere, I should have explained myself a bit better. No smoking wont put people off from visiting Britain, but unfortunately for the pubs, especially the little village pubs that tourists like to visit, there are numerous people who just wont go inside if its smokey. I know of a lot of people, who regularly visit Britain, but just don't like smokey pubs, and who can blame them, they don't have to put up with. On my last trip to London, I visited St.Albans, walked around looking at the sights, and then went into a number of pubs for lunch with my wife, and on each occasion, we backpeddled out because of the smoke. We ended up having a nice lunch in a cafe in a park, which didn't allow smoking.
Muck, Wales is my favourite destination in Britain. I think next trip will be wholly spent in that beautiful part of the country. Great rivers, waterfalls, pubs, walks, singers, etc.
Regards tropo.

:-)

Muck

Caroline, has the smoking ban in Scotland stuck, or are people generally ignoring it?

We leave in a week and I've been hit with bronchitis (great timing), so I'm hoping the answer is that people are complying.

It has absolutely stuck - it is the law. The only problem I can see is just with a few small, old men's pubs (i.e. not anywhere you'll be going) - they have been tending to leave the doors open, with smokers standing right next to the doors, so those inside would still be able to smell the smoke. But that should become less of a problem as the weather continues to get colder - presumably they will have to shut the doors eventually !

Who enforces it? Have the police really got nothing better to do? Or is it the usual tin-pot gauleiters from the town hall (and I speak as a local authority employee)?