Whilst at Glasgow this weekend, I was appalled at the amount of smoke in pubs we visited - truly appalling, and I can honestly say the worst I can ever remember anywhere.
To name them: Scotia Bar, Victoria Bar, Three Judges,
We also went in Clockwork but had a smoker with us so elected to sit in the smoking area, so I can't complain about that one.
My throat hasn't recovered yet.
I too don't like smoking in pubs, but, but. Having just returned from Dublin where no smoking is now enforced, the pubs decided to put a few tables and an awning outside, so that smokers could carry on, as smoking is legal out of doors. The council swiftly realised that they were on to a money spinner here, and charged the pubs for their useage of the pavements, those down Grafton Street averaging over £12,000 this year for example. The pubs paid up. Next year's fees are set to treble, with £33,000 being the norm. and 500 Euros/sq. metre being the set price. Geese and golden eggs springs to mind, and no doubt the council won't be happy until Dublin is without its pubs:-( Here in jolly old Britain of course we're about to let the councils loose on licensing. A good scheme whereby licensing will be in the hands of (mainly) political persons, and where costs have gone from, for example, £30.00 every three years for Keighley golf club to £800.00 for this year alone. With councils being noted for their efficiency and cost effectiveness we can no doubt expect to see an increase on the 6 pubs/week presently closing.
You should have been in Inverness, as I was. Just about every pub has a "Vote for the Publican Party" poster in the window. The party claims that a survey showed that 82% (that is not a typo) of Scots want to smoke in pubs, and that anti-smoking legislation should be stopped.
I found a single pub (well outside the city) which has a no-smoking policy, and that's only in the room they use as a restaurant, and only before 2130hrs!
Now you know why the Scots have one fo the worst cancer records in Europe.
'Over the past 50 years, 682,000 people ? more than the current populations of Edinburgh and Aberdeen combined* ? have been killed by tobacco in Scotland.'
M.
Better times ahead, it seems:
B.
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we were in Glasgow a few weeks back, & luckily enough the first pub we tried was the Phoenix, just off George Square - completely no smoking pub!
enjoyed a few pints of Caledonian 80, before heading back to the airport, clothes still smelling fresh!
Dave
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