Edward
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killertomata said:I was just telling my boyfriend about pubs in London I wanted to see but can't because they're full of smoke. This ban in England changes things, I'll have an easier time in the city next time I travel there. I'll be able to patronize more business, so from a tourism point of view it could be a plus.
If one of those was/is the Blind Begger in Whitechapel (famous due to its connection to the Kray legend), it's amazing the difference it's made there (it's one of my locals). I walked past last inght, and I can't remember ever having looked into it from the outsdie before and being able to see clearly all the way to the back. It'll be intersting to see how the ban works over time. Seems to me that in the UK, smoking is a dying habit anyhow - only aqbout 30% of adults smoke now. Don't know what the breakdown is between genders, but in the war years a little over 50% of men and about I think 40%(?) of women smoked. It's definitely something I see less of than when I was growing up in the 70s / 80s... seems odd now to look back on old fimls, even 70s sitcoms and see just how common smoking is depicted as being - that has definitely changed in my lifetime. I think it's gonig to be interesting to see whether we see the evolution of a whole new smoking culture, or whether the limitations it puts on people amoking in a public place actually encourage more people to give up.