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smoking ban
Highlander1:
I smoked for 22 years, spent most of the time thinking about giving up.
Promised to give up next day but never could when I tried I'd see all those huddled outside smoking and feel like a deprived smoker who could almost kill for a smoke.
Went cold turkey one day because I decided I was no longer a deprived smoker but a non smoker. Had few drams in the evening and declared to everyone in the pub I was a non smoker.
Was the easiest thing I ever did to give up once I got non smoker not deprived smoker into my head. After that the craving lasted couple of day's.
Still get odd milli second relapse which goes as soon as it enters my head without me having to light up.
Saved £2.50 per day instead of spending it on tobbaco. Then took a trip of a life time round Eastern Europe on the proceeds.
Once you realise you haven't got a chimney on your head and tell the wee gremline in your head your not going to give him his fix it's easy.
Get a few funny looks when walking down the street telling it to pi** of co's your not getting a smoke for first couple of day's.
Now I feel free free free not controlled by the most powerful drug in world.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
crazymac:
My Gran also went cold turkey.
She started smoking at 15 on the advice of her doctor (how things have changed!) and smoked at least 20 a day until her 80th birthday when she went cold turkey.
Each day she would walk to the post office and put the money she would have spent on ciggies into her post office account.
When she died, she had left instructions with my mum about her funeral, what to do, who to invite (who not to invite!!!!) and where to hold the wake. at the end of all this my mum was left with 17pence in that savings account. at first my mum thought that my gran had worked things out well, untill she realised that she stil had to send in the death cert. to register the death, the cost of a 1st class stamp at the time was 17pence!!!!!!!
My gran had never been in debt all her life, so ensured that my mum would not be in debt through burying her!!!!!!
Bob696:
--- Quote ---Business vehicles when the vehicle is shared!! if you are the only one in and to use the vehicle there is no problem unless your company decides to ban it.
--- End quote ---
I think you will find that this is incorrect. If the Vehicle COULD be shared then you are banned from smoking in it. This even involves private vehicles where you have given people a lift to work (smoker or not). In a nutshell if a vehicle is insured for business use and has more than one seat you could be fined.
It all depends on how people (the anti smoking police) interpret the law.
It is an offence to smoke in an enclosed workspace if more than one person could work (or just be) there.
Business insurance on a car implies that it will be used for work (why else would you pay the extra insurance?)
If it has more than one seat then it could be used by more than one person.
Dosn't matter anyway, the law is in I am not going to cry about it.
Next on the list for the do gooders will be booze. They wont stop till we have the swedish model of £7 a pint and £60 a bottle of scotch. Think I will vote for that as an almost non drinker. No fear of going out and being accosted by drunks in the street, no drunks walking past the house shouting at 3am, no more drunk drivers, A&E staff safe on a weekend. Bring on the booze ban :!:
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
So what will be next after smoking and alcohol? Freedom of choice, perhaps?
beast5680:
This from the smoking law website
--- Quote ---All public transport (including taxis, trains and buses) and business owned vehicles that may carry more than one specified employee need to display a smoking prohibition symbol of at least 70mm (Dia.) in each compartment that could carry passengers
--- End quote ---
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