Smoke Free Pubs

This just in -

"Hi Carol

...need your help - tomorrow the government votes on the smoking ban - not sure if you support the full ban - but would be grateful if you could help through your blog.

Very last minute but if you could put this up this afternoon ( pretty please and some champagne at mine is in order for this lovely gesture!) i would be grateful....see email below."


I quit smoking on 14 September 2001 - after smoking all my duty frees at a clip I thought I couldn't feel any worse! I support a full ban and think the bars in Ireland are much improved these days.

The British Heart Foundation's website is:

http://www.bhf.org.uk/

So here's the email announcement:

"Hi all

We need your help to lobby for smokefree!

Tomorrow is the final House of Commons vote on smokefree legislation in England, and we've worked hard to ensure as many MPs as possible are aware that:
* Passive smoke is a proven killer and dramatically increases the risk of heart disease;
* Everyone has a right to a smokefree workplace; and
* To continue to allow smoking in non food pubs and bars will only increase health inequalities and prove much harder to enforce than a total ban.

Scotland and Northern Ireland have already decided to follow Ireland's brave and successful lead in going smokefree, and Wales seems sure to follow. Workers in England must be given the same protection from the damaging effects of secondhand smoke.

Every vote will count tomorrow, so please visit bhf.org.uk/yourvoice and email your MP, calling on them to support a total ban on smoking in pubs, bars and private members clubs.

The vote is on a knife-edge and the result could come down to a handful of votes.

Your email could make all the difference.Thanks for your help - and Happy Valentines Day from Policy and Public Affairs!!! "

Ruairi OConnor, Public Affairs Manager, British Heart Foundation