He’s Gonna Blow! Extremists Flout The Smoking Ban
HAD the Glasgow bomber attacked one day later, the burning man would be now facing a charge of smoking in a public place.
Timing is all. Something other smokers are discovering as they nip out of the pub between monsoons.
It is now illegal to smoke in an enclosed public place. And, as the Express says, that includes playgrounds in Middlesbrough, Cleveland and County Durham. And a cemetery in Llanelli, South Wales. “It’s bureaucracy gone mad,” says “mourner” Steven Evans, lamenting the loss of Virginia Slim.
But can you smell that? Get past the top notes of scorched skin and burning Osama bin Laden seat covers. Inhale deeply. That, dear readers, is the rich aroma of rebellion.
The Express says “3,000 bar owners are ready to defy the law”. Tony Blows is the leader of Freedom2Choose. He claims support from 3,000 members and will go to the High Court to “fight against injustice and erosion of freedom”.
Blows is landlord of the Dog Inn in Ewyas Harold, near Hereford. “Passive smoking is a perfect lie,” says he. “There is no proof whatsoever that second-hand smoking kills.” Blows is having a “smoke-in” with his regulars.
Landlord Hamish Howitt of the Happy Scots Bar, Blackpool, says it is a “human rights issue”. Landlord Nick Hogan, of The Swan, Bolton, says: “I’m not pro-smoking, I’m pro-choice.”
“I’ll take it to the European Court of Human Rights,” says Dave West, who is planning a “mass light-up” at his HeyJo erotic club in London’s West End. “We’ll have cigarettes coming out of our ears,” says he, failing to realise that punters fed on tales of Bangkok clubs expect so much more.
And singer Joe Jackson puts the tin lid on the argument by saying: “I’m allergic to dogs. But I’m not screaming for a total dog ban.”
He should be. We should all demand an end to dangerous things, like driving, war, bad weather, being hit by a bus, Anthea Turner…
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July 2nd, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Yes it is the pink suited Dave West, the very same. These idiots will get fed up once they get massive fines slapped on them. Maybe the authorities decided to indulge their idiocy for the first night of the ban, let them get it off their chests (or rather on their chests) but I can’t see this continuing.
The worst people are the filthy scum who smoke around their kids, at my kids schools I won’t have anything to do with anyone parents I have seen smoking around their kids, they deserve to be shunned and worse. It’s definitely a form of abuse, I should know, I grew up around my mother’s smoke and it definitely damaged me.
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 am
Is the “Dave West” mentioned in article the very same Dave West that wears pink suits and is banned from all celebrity parties…especially those held by the Beckhams? Now we know why you are a persona non grata Dave, its not cos of your silly suits its cos you stink of cigs sir.
Peace & Light Up
Magic Wanda
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
when it comes to pongy stenches there’s unwashed humans and farts too.
But do agree to large no smoking areas in public places, I used to smoke, stopped 14 years ago and do hate the smell of it, thing is smokers just don’t smell it.
But passive smoking, because of that no one smokes in my house car etc, and I don’t go willingly into a smokers ashtray/house or for long sometimesI have to for work, but they aren’t there then.
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 am
Hmm, so it’s ok pro choice if you’e a smoker but if you’re not and you are in a pub / restaurant that allows smoking you haven’t got the choice of smelling like an ashtray when you leave.
The playground thing I seem to recall is a policy of schools rather than a law. Exactly how many people think it’s a good idea to smoke around 6 year olds ffs?