quite like going outside to smoke anyway.
No smoking in clubs is shit cos i'm hammered by then.
train stations are the real bummer, as i was always quite considerate anyway and went right down the end of the platform, so i didn't blow smoke in anyone's face.
No effect on social life.

and I've started smoking.

This has benefited my social life

i have "talked to" alot more people than i probably would have.

stale smoke = ewww. and also no fagburnt clothing (Y)

which is stupid.

but not because of the ban.
although the ban was annoying...except a good way to meat people

In principle though, I think it's a stupid law.

partly cos I knew it was coming in. I stopped about a month before the ban.

It irritated me in winter that my friends kept making me stand in the cold watching them smoke. Grrr

When the ban first came in I did start smoking more than usual. If I went out for a smoke I'd get chatting and stay outside for another.

I bet most smokers would admit it as well.

It's a fair enough rule, I'm glad the anti-smoke lobby hasn't got onto an anti standing outside the pub/office/train station smoking campaign yet, although I fear it will.

only all the twats bunch together outside instead of being scattered around. I'm glad that people who work in pubs might not unwillingly get cancer. Also, as a former smoker i'm happy that the temptation to have a smoke with a drink's taken away. The only thing that slightly annoys me is that pub & bar owners are given no compensation for their obvious loss of earnings. People are losing their livings and the government don't seem to be doing that much about it. Saying that, i can't think of one particular place that seems any emptier now than a year ago, but i try to avoid the type of places that might be full of drunken whingy smokers. Overall though, yeah, definitely a good move. Stop idiots drinking too much and city centres might be doable again.

without having to necessarily put my t-shirt and trousers in the wash straight after

this is good by me

i generally think it's better now

I enjoy going outside to smoke.
I probably smoke more.
It's had little-to-no effect on my social life, although I have spoken to a lot more people outisde pubs through cigarette curcumstance, which is nice. I like speaking to random members of the public.

as a non-smoker, but it is nice for clothes to not smell of smoke after a night out.
There's certain pubs I'll avoid because they smell of plague.

I love going to pubs/clubs and not coming home absolutely stinking.

I love being given back the choice over whether to inhale cigarette smoke or not.

I love eating in a restaurant without the stench of someones fag wafting over my food.

I can't believe we put up with smoky pubs/clubs for so long.

going ok so far......
totally........ :s

at a gig the other week.
Other than that, people seem to just congregate outside pubs / smoke more to get that "last quick one" in.
I've also noticed a rise in people poncing cigarettes AND non-smoking friends asking me for cigarettes.

Yeah. It's not great.

cause I couldn't afford it/be bothered to stand outside when out. I've had one cigarette since then, which I accidentally smoked illegally and only got half way through because it tasted disgusting.

I've probably been to pubs/clubs/venues 15-odd times this year and only once did I notice the ban. The Breeders at Birmingham Academy. Absolutely stank of BO. I was begging for some smoke to waft into my nose.

and the scene where they're in a pub and there's shots of all the different conversations in the bar, every one in different languages, and they're all smoking made me sad. it seemed much more homely/comfortable.

saying that, outside of the celluloid world, i don't mind the ban in pubs so much. as almost everyone's said, it's nice meeting people etc.

the issue i still have with it is clubs, especially ones where going out means you have to join a massive queue to get back in, or can't get back in at all - and this applies to gig venues like brixton academy too. a room full of stinking people where you're wasted but can't smoke is not my idea of a fun night.

on the plus side, this does mean i've pretty much stopped going to most clubs (there are a couple of exceptions) and rediscovered live music again.

i also think this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7481209.stm
is going way too far. imagine not only being hospitalised against your will but forced to quit smoking. sucks.

not a big deal except when people remain outside at gigs and clubs, plus the stench of stinking armpits/feet/balls/vagges is revolting.

due to Mrs Catstro being a smoker. This is nice in summer, wasn't very awesome in winter...

-it seems almost impossible to imagine smoking inside now, I can't even imagine myself getting totally wasted and sparking up.
It does make the streets busier than the pubs sometimes though

long live hanway street!

so i don't really know what it was like before, but i enjoy smoking outside, and have no intention of quitting just yet.

the other day at work. Where on earth am I going to smoke that?

All the cool people go outside now every 20 minutes.

I still drink.