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Shoppers Boycott Smoking Ban In UK

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Why can't more American smokers take after this kind of civil disobedience? If we could organize a few boycotts like these Brits are doing we could really have a voice. Note also, many non-smokers are with our cause, because they don't want to live in a fasict state of political correctness!

Shoppers are threatening to boycott a Preston mall amid anger at a smoking ban in its outdoor car park.

Fishergate centre bosses who banned smoking in the open-air car park say people caught lighting up will be banned from shopping there for six months and fined £50.

A string of readers – many non-smokers – have contacted the Lancashire Evening Post to say the measures were too heavy-handed and would discourage them from visiting the centre.

A poll on the LEP website also showed 68% of people thought an outdoor ban was a step too far.

Smoking has been illegal in public buildings and substantially-enclosed spaces like covered bus shelters since July 1.

The laws do not apply to open-air parking but Fishergate managers say they are entitled to enforce their own rules as it is a private car park.

Andrew McCann from Penwortham said the car park ban was political correctness gone mad.

Jul 31, 2007 6:47 am   Email to a Friend

Comments

John H Baker on Oct 01, 2007 4:48 am

Since July 1st 07 there has been a huge backlash against this most draconian of bans by 14 million (one quarter of the population of the UK)smokers who resent being treated like second class citizens and being herded outside like animals, (actually there are laws to treat animals BETTER than smokers) in the cold damp streets. Landlords of Public Houses up and down England are openly defying this smoking ban, around 300, of which two are being harrassed openly by the city council and police alike. The most celebrated are Hamish Howitt of Blackpool, his website is here: http://www.crazyscotsbar.com/ and another Is Mr Nick Hogan of Bolton, Lancashire, If you google him he will come up more than once. Also at www.freedom2choose.info we have instigated a Judicial Review through the law courts to challenge the validity of the ban and we will be taking it all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.

We smokers are the largest minority in the UK and the only minority that is allowed to be discriminated against! The abuse against us is constant.

You can get more information at my website here: www.opposingthe-uk-smokingban.org

l.norman on Aug 14, 2007 3:31 pm

total draconian attitude.where are peoples human.rights.this government should spend its time with sorting outdrug addicts and illegal immigrants and the nhs.smokers are being treat worse than animals.and we pay the most taxes.

tina on Aug 12, 2007 4:18 am

from a club acts point of view..
3 clubs have already closed their concert rooms so hence less work for the acts.
why why why after moaning about smoke getting on their clothes do non smokers come and stand outside in the cold with smokers? answer not many people minded smokers being in clubs ect this segregation is having an effect on socializing,if the clubs pubs ect start shutting down it wont matter as nobody will have any way to go to socialise together!!
i know of 5 people who hav'nt been to their doctor in years
now they have had to go and get antibiotics for chest infections saving money for the nhs? nope i dont think so wait till winter when we all have hypothermia!
it is a human right to smoke we should be treated like humans and as a human we should be allowed to make our own choices of where and when we can smoke.markets are already suffering amongst other buissiness look at the bigger picture nobody is going to benifit from this ban in the long run.

mark on Aug 02, 2007 2:36 pm

I am hoping this is just the start in England. I started two pro smoking blogs in the UK during the last 10 days and the traffic levels and emails are going mad-currently working 18 hours a day dealing with promotion,answering emails etc.
Were a smaller country I suppose,so it makes logistics easier,but we are also fairly laid back-I think UK smokers hid their heads in the sand and thought it wouldn't happen and now it has,the mood is growing angry.
It doesn't help we have had really poor weather,just gives a taste of outdoor winter smoking!

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