SMOKING BAN IN BRITAIN

Smoking Ban in Britain

Smoking Ban in Britain

Introduction

This paper presents a critical analysis of the smoking ban laws passed in the British House of Commons on 01 July 2007. The paper also highlights the ethical issues associated with the ban and how the general public reacted to the direction to move.

Anti-smoking movement was to some extent, could not deny losses, and so advised the hospitality sector, to begin selling food in an effort to combat their losses. But it was only a limited effect, has a competitive power market complex for a finite number of visitors.

Discussion of the ban on smoking

During the second year of the smoking ban in England and Wales, the onset of the recession has been used as a pretext for a huge number of pub closures (www.ipcvision.com). This, however, could not explain the ten fold increase in losses in the first year and at odds with the history of previous economic downturns, when the pubs have traditionally 'boomed. In fact, analysts point out that in the seventies pub trade grew in the era of galloping inflation and unemployment record (www.forestonline.org).

Mainstream debates and ethical issues

Mainstream debate in the UK still do not call for a ban on public smoking, but requires a ban on smoking in enclosed public places has increased to such an extent that the government's plans for a partial ban on smoking in general, welcomed in 2005 (www.thesmokingban. Org) . However, many campaigns have argued that these proposals do not go far enough, saying that would still leave the workers in the private members clubs and pubs not serving food at risk from the dangers of passive smoking.

They also argued it would lead to confusion, while the British Beer & Pub Association claimed pubs will feel under pressure to take food from their menus, transforming them into 'drinking dens', in order to avoid the commercial damage that could be done by ban (www.politics.co.uk).

These arguments were to grow in anticipation of improving the health and protection bill obvious split in the cabinet of ministers about how the smoking ban to go. Health Minister Patricia Hewitt seems to be shifting to a total ban on smoking in public places, but was forced to withdraw opposition ministers from her colleagues (www.forestonline.org).

At the same time, more and more companies and even cities have a ban on smoking in public places in general. In August 2003, ...