Question for Kilties in Scotland

[cessna152towser]

Q1 Are you able to less-frequently wash your kilt?
A1 Hasn't made much difference as, before the smoking ban, I tended to avoid going into smoky places anyway.
Q2 Does Guinness taste better?
A2 I don't drink guinness.
Q2 And what does haggis taste like when you are not choking on the smoke of your fellow diners?
A2 Smoking was not usually allowed at Burns Suppers until after the Loyal Toast, by which time everyone had eaten.

[Pleater]

The ban on smoking is now in force in England too.

I can now breathe in pubs - I can even sing in pubs at folk festivals.

Before the ban I could walk into pubs, stay for a few minutes and then stagger out wheezing and coughing.

Anne the Pleater

[slohairt]

I would question those findings and consider them temporary at best. Unfortunately, a decrease in smoking rates often seems to be connected with an increase in obesity rates. It's really just the exchange of one vice for another. Both of which can cause significant damage to the heart (and other stuff).

[Tetley]

I would question those findings and consider them temporary at best. Unfortunately, a decrease in smoking rates often seems to be connected with an increase in obesity rates. It's really just the exchange of one vice for another. Both of which can cause significant damage to the heart (and other stuff).

Except that obesity doesn't affect the health of others. Smoking in an enclosed space does and makes everybody and everything smell horrible and that's not saying anything about those with asthma or allergies.

Oops, got a bit off topic there.

The smoking ban is great, I can breath in places I couldn't visit before.