Outdoor smoking ban at pubs being considered, says PM
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Health experts welcome plans but some pub owners and hospitality bosses warn of economic pain.
      • Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        It’s not really a ban it’s just a protection for other people’s personal freedoms, I for one would love to get freedom to not smoke in an outside cafe, yet others are choosing for me now.

      • ciwolsey@lemmy.world
        32·
        10 months ago

        When you smoke its not just your own health you ruin. It’s the same selfish thinking antivaxers have.

        • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          10 months ago

          That’s not a terrible analogy, but doesn’t resounding support a ban. It’s virtually unimaginable (and I suspect more or less legally impossible) that vaccination would be obligatory.

            • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              10 months ago

              Yeah, what was legal/feasible 100 years ago might not be the best guide today. I mean no reasonable person would deny it would be better for public health.

              That’s actually an interesting question. All the people I know who still smoke are left leaning and probably pro vaccine. I guess I don’t know many of the main smoking population (older lower socioeconomic status) so maybe there there’s more than coincidental overlap. It would be coherent I guess for the freedom over everything type people I suppose, depressingly.