The Smoking Ban is Here!

It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here. England is now smoke free. To celebrate we went down one of my local pubs. This is the one, which before, i couldn’t stand going to. I would always end up coughing and smell like an ashtray afterwards.

Funnily enough they’d decided to put on a karaoke tonight.. as an attempt to make sure the hardened smokers returned. Although i don’t think loyal smoking locals would stop going just because of a smoking ban. At the end of the day their main motive, apart from escapism, is to drink beer.

Walking in the pub was strange. It didn’t smell of smoke but there was still the same old musty smell that most oldish pubs retain. All the original smokers were in high spirit although there was a few jokes made. Most popular being “here… take £50 from my card so that i can light up”.

As we know a lot of faces both behind and in front of the bar it was good to hear the landlady’s opinion. She was saying that because of the lack of smoke it meant that people could smell each other more. Now in many cases this was fine… you smell other people’s aftershave and perfume… but it was people with, how shall i say, have a lower hygiene regime that was causing a little problem. This pub has a wide range of age groups although does have a large contingent of male 20-somethings. To combat this additional dose of B.O. in the air the landlady had added air freshener to the air conditioning system! I didn’t notice it personally and i’m sure this would be easily rectified by adding more window vents. Or maybe by putting deodorant vending machines in the men’s toilets!! Quick… i better patent that! lol

All in all i loved the new cleaner experience.  I just have to try and remove my smoke-induced stigma attached to the pub name whenever i here it! Here’s to the future, when i’ll be able to go to the pub with my ultra anti-smoking bro!

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