Comments on: England Bans Smoking in Pubs and Clubs http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/england_bans_smoking_in_pubs_and_clubs/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:36:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: yetanotherjohn http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/england_bans_smoking_in_pubs_and_clubs/comment-page-1/#comment-73618 yetanotherjohn Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:21:53 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13686#comment-73618 Government forbid that market forces should at all come into play. Lower health risks for a place banning smoking would of course lead to so many applicants that the management would have to choose between paying market wages and getting the best of the best or paying below market wages as employees reap the hidden benefits not measured by a paycheck but by a longer life. A patrons don't have to think even once about their balancing the factors of location, price, service, atmosphere, etc with the direct threat to their lives. What pub allowing smoking could possibly stay open when its competition could advertise "Drink here and we won't be trying to kill you like that other place". If banning smoking made since to the consumers of pub space, then the market place would reward pubs that banned smoking. I'm a non-smoker and am annoyed at smoke. But I would rather exercise my judgement as a consumer than have the government decide what is best for me. Government forbid that market forces should at all come into play. Lower health risks for a place banning smoking would of course lead to so many applicants that the management would have to choose between paying market wages and getting the best of the best or paying below market wages as employees reap the hidden benefits not measured by a paycheck but by a longer life.

A patrons don't have to think even once about their balancing the factors of location, price, service, atmosphere, etc with the direct threat to their lives. What pub allowing smoking could possibly stay open when its competition could advertise "Drink here and we won't be trying to kill you like that other place".

If banning smoking made since to the consumers of pub space, then the market place would reward pubs that banned smoking.

I'm a non-smoker and am annoyed at smoke. But I would rather exercise my judgement as a consumer than have the government decide what is best for me.

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