Soon to be Smokefree

Very soon England will be smokefree...the last country within the UK to do so. Bans in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all went into effect within the past two years. It's a much more comprehensive ban than the one implemented in Madison back in July 2005. There are very few areas that smoking will be allowed. Even smoking in your home is now regulated in the sense that you are not allowed to smoke before someone like a repairman visits or a baby sitter comes over.


All of the bus shelters have recently been decorated with no smoking signs, which is a lovely idea but how in the world is that going to be enforced? Today, a co-worker who smokes was complaining that all of the outdoor ashtrays have been removed and "it's not even July 1st yet." There are now only two areas outside that people can smoke at work and that is inside ventilated smoking shelters, which are also required by the new law.