Smoking ban
By bojangles88
@bojangles88 (649)
April 15, 2008 11:36am CST
To all those bartenders in countries with the enforced smoking ban, isn't it great?! I remember working behind the bar a year or two ago, and not only was I passive smoking constantly throughout the night but I would come home reaking of smoke. My clothes were never the same again! But now returning to the job, I have found a great relief in being able to wear my uniform 2 nights in a row, without the smoky discomfort. Do you agree, or have we got some smokers out there who hate it? Have you got any relevant tales for us?
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4 responses
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
18 Apr 08
I would be glad if smoking is banned and the regulation is enforced in those bars. I could still remember that when I was hanging out with friend at the pub, the smoke is so thick and suffocating 
I coughed heavily after staying few hours in such atmosphere. But I think it's very unlikely to enforce such regulations in our country. There will be no business for the pub if it's implemented.
I coughed heavily after staying few hours in such atmosphere. But I think it's very unlikely to enforce such regulations in our country. There will be no business for the pub if it's implemented.1 person likes this
@sherrylwatts (326)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I guess I understand for you as a bartender - why would you want to inhale others smoke? For the bar owners, its not always such a great story. Our area is composed of one large city surrounded by several smaller suburbs. The smoking ban was placed on the larger city and the profits for bars and restaurants have significantly decreased, while those surrounding areas have gone way up. All smokers have to do is drive an extra 10 min to go to a place where they can smoke and they do in droves!
Not that I smoke, but if you hate smoke so much, why did you decide to be a bartender?
@Perry123 (363)
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17 Apr 08
we love to be inside somewhere to smoke. A seperate room where we could go get a drink from you then go to the seperate room would have been a good compromise. The current situation is intolerable in bad weather...and so we have houseparties intead. That means you like many others may eventually lose your job.
@bojangles88 (649)
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16 Apr 08
I love my job. It helps me to socialise whilst getting paid. It also ensures that I don't go out on a weekend and spend all my well earned money. I'm a student so bartending is really the best option for me. I don't hate it so much as I much prefer not to have to passive smoke. The reason why it's different here is of course because we are an island and the whole island has enforced the ban. People have nowhere else to go so they just put up with having to spend a couple of minutes outside every now and again.
@bojangles88 (649)
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17 Apr 08
Maybe you're right where you are but like ive been through before that really isnt a problem here, and my job is definitely secure for the forseeable future - there's a realy high turnover for bartenders and so there are always an excess of jobs than people to fill them. Which is lucky, though at minimum wage it's really not the best job I could get but hey.
@Perry123 (363)
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15 Apr 08
There are 34 bars and 16 restaurants closed in my town in a year as a direct result of the smoking ban whats so good about that?
It is a disgrace that the state can intefere in someone elses affairs and property and it will not last.
Fascim must always be fought hard;
http://www.forces.org/articles/art-fcan/nazi2.htm
@bojangles88 (649)
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16 Apr 08
there's another discussion related to that (loss of business that is). Where do you live? because in England I really haven't noticed any chances even nearly as extreme as that. It is a shame that companies should lose business but I was just referring to the benefits of bartenders. I understand taht people have the right to smoke but as a (non-smoking) bartender I also have the right NOT to smoke.
@vinubaby123 (417)
• India
15 Apr 08
good, smoking should be banned everywhere. i hate smoking. a little bit of drinks is okay, but smoking is very bad for your health. like you have mentioned, smokers not only spoil their health, but also others'. even the people around them are affected very much by smoking. there is nothing else in the world which damages your lungs so much.
BAN SMOKING!, BAN SMOKING!
@Perry123 (363)
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15 Apr 08
SEIG HEIL! SEIG HEIL!
RAUCHEN IST VERBOTEN!
YEAH YEAH HEARD IT ALL BEFORE :
http://www.forces.org/articles/art-fcan/nazi2.htm
And for those who object to that kind of nazi claptap this could be cool:
http://www.icanhelpit.co.uk/blog/template_archives_cat.asp?cat=15
you want a war you got one.
@bojangles88 (649)
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16 Apr 08
That article seems a tad extreme and yes that makes me just like the little quote there. But Nazism is a mighty big comparison. I'd compare Mugabe's rule with Hitler's and that isn't fully backed up either. But something so trivial as protecting others' rights not to smoke.
@Perry123 (363)
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17 Apr 08
you want to hear it from some of the finest intellectuals historians columnists and legal experts here it is.
you see the nazis started off just like this; their taking over of the individual's liberty in matters of their own body and morals was essential to Nazism and the modern State is doing the same . Mugabe is evil yes...but his ideology is different.
Nazism was nothing if it was not health and animal rights fascism...the same scoureg we face today.
Anyway here ya go:
http://www.editrixoffice.com/sport-hitler.htm
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA7A4.htm
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/250407antismoking.htm
http://www.davehitt.com/nov02/nicotine.html
http://www.lcolby.com/nazi.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/20/smoking.germany
Essentially we fought a war for freedom from the states attempt to control us in aspect of our lives such as health and morality. we will fight just as hard again before again the state takes it further into persecuting other minorities too....already they begin to blame immigrant for economic woes for example.
