The ThunderDragon: Pubs - Smoke = Stench

06 August 2007

Pubs - Smoke = Stench

Since the smoking ban came into force in England on 1 July, more than a month ago now, smoking has been illegal in all pubs in the UK. But it appears that the ending of smoking in pubs have had at least undesirable, though obviously foreseeable, effect - now pubs stink. With no more tobacco smoke smell to mask that of sweaty bodies, stale beer, etc. pubs are beginning to stink. Despite the claims of pro-ban people that pubs would smell sweeter without tobacco smoke, that was obvious bollocks, and has been proven so.

I noticed this the first time I visited a pub after the ban came into force, and it was especially bad a week or so ago when I went out in the town centre with some friends. As much as I disliked smoking, and coming home smelling of smoke, the odour that many pubs and bars have, especially on crowded Friday and Saturday nights, is really quite nauseating.

But it seems that some pubs have thought of a solution - they plan to pump perfumes into the air in order to disguise the other smells that have risen to the fore. I'm not sure how effective this could be, really, and there is almost certainly some Health and Safety directive dictating something about particles in the air or some such rubbish.

Source: The Times

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