Workers attacked over smoke ban
11:23am Saturday 6th October 2007
ONE in 10 hospitality workers have been attacked by customers after asking them to stop smoking.
A survey of 5,000 employees showed many had been threatened or physically attacked since the smoking ban came into force in England in the summer.
Recruitment website Caterer.com said its research showed that staff in bars and restaurants were suffering "shocking" levels of violence.
One worker said a customer put a belt around his neck and tried to strangle him after being told he could not smoke, while another was threatened with a knife after asking a young woman to put out a cigarette.
Laurence Owen of Caterer.com said: "The level of violence experienced by some people when trying to enforce the ban with customers is shocking."
In spite of the threat of violence, nearly four out of five hospitality staff said they were happier at work now smoking had been banned. A similar number said they felt healthier since the ban.
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chas, suffolk says...
12:01pm Sat 6 Oct 07
Health workers and anybody else should not tackle these serious criminals, but phone the police or the smoking detectives.
boris, west sussex says...
12:26pm Sat 6 Oct 07
kerry, says...
12:56pm Sat 6 Oct 07
maybe they should learn that smoking is an addiction and they are doing the goverments dirty work for them
Jethro Tull, Bolton says...
1:41pm Sat 6 Oct 07
A really pathetic article from the BN. Unsubstantiated figues, and pure hyperbole. These so called "journalists" at the BN must be really bored/boring.
boris, west sussex says...
2:05pm Sat 6 Oct 07
S&M comes to mind.
chas, suffolk says...
3:14pm Sat 6 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
3:17pm Sat 6 Oct 07
we are told that the crime rate has gone down, but if 5,000 employees have been threatened or attacked, then surely the crime rate must have shot up. I would like to know who makes up these figures.
Miss Whiplash
boris, west sussex says...
3:51pm Sat 6 Oct 07
JoePublic, Bolton says...
4:37pm Sat 6 Oct 07
Jethro Tull wrote:I don't think the figures are unsubstantiated. The article clearly quotes a survey by caterer.com
In spite of the threat of violence, nearly four out of five hospitality staff said they were happier at work now smoking had been banned. A similar number said they felt healthier since the ban. A really pathetic article from the BN. Unsubstantiated figues, and pure hyperbole. These so called "journalists" at the BN must be really bored/boring.
boris, west sussex says...
4:40pm Sat 6 Oct 07
Depends what happier at work means. Why not ask them, is it fair.
Another distorted survey.
boris, west sussex says...
4:47pm Sat 6 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
5:25pm Sat 6 Oct 07
keithyt, Bolton says...
12:47am Sun 7 Oct 07
kerry wrote:Smoking is not the addiction nicotine is,if these people are addicted to nicotine, then they shpould use patches to wean themselves off it and not pollute the atmosphere and killother people
they are now happier at work despite being attacked maybe they should learn that smoking is an addiction and they are doing the goverments dirty work for them
chas, suffolk says...
8:40am Sun 7 Oct 07
I suggest you read the TRUE facts of passive smoking, before you accuse smokers of being murderers.
RW, says...
9:32am Sun 7 Oct 07
http://www.aa-uk.org
.uk/alcoholics-anony
mous-reviews/2006/05
/europe-to-crack-dow
n-on-passive.html
Oh dear, and I don't drink. Shall I go round calling other people killers?
boris, west sussex says...
10:12am Sun 7 Oct 07
Smoking is not the addiction nicotine is,if these people are addicted to nicotine, then they shpould use patches to wean themselves off it and not pollute the atmosphere and killother people
Another lunatic.
chas, suffolk says...
10:22am Sun 7 Oct 07
RW, says...
10:33am Sun 7 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
10:42am Sun 7 Oct 07
You can go to your doctors for depression and he/she will give you some drugs for it. Be careful though, those drugs can be addictive and dangerous.
RW, says...
10:50am Sun 7 Oct 07
SwanseaTerry, Swansea says...
11:01am Sun 7 Oct 07
keithyt wrote:Keith...you are either an idiot,or,too young to be using a pc...Terry
kerry wrote: they are now happier at work despite being attacked maybe they should learn that smoking is an addiction and they are doing the goverments dirty work for themSmoking is not the addiction nicotine is,if these people are addicted to nicotine, then they shpould use patches to wean themselves off it and not pollute the atmosphere and killother people
chas, suffolk says...
11:01am Sun 7 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
11:08am Sun 7 Oct 07
Keith...you are either an idiot,or,too young to be using a pc...Terry
Now let me think, yep....idiot.
RW, says...
11:12am Sun 7 Oct 07
When I was young , I went to see my doctor after the latest health scare ( you always think you've got whatever it is), and he told me that it wasn't good for me to live my life in fear worrying about something that might never happen.
So I only go to the doctor when there is something wrong with me that I can't fix. Like the recurring virus I had 23 years ago.
boris, west sussex says...
11:13am Sun 7 Oct 07
Your xmas card list, herr flick wants....working out jokes, and understanding them.
Available from all good book shops.
chas, suffolk says...
11:26am Sun 7 Oct 07
Rugrat is TRYING to be funny. See latest, pubs going back in time. Send him one.
JoePublic, Bolton says...
3:18pm Sun 7 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
3:25pm Sun 7 Oct 07
Imagine your wife is critical, you stand outside A&E, light a fag, then some git sais "put it out".
chas, suffolk says...
3:29pm Sun 7 Oct 07
I second that, but if it wasn't for the ban these incidents whould not have happened.
RW, says...
5:03pm Sun 7 Oct 07
RW, says...
5:22pm Sun 7 Oct 07
Seasider, Blackpool says...
5:22pm Sun 7 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
5:38pm Sun 7 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
7:30pm Sun 7 Oct 07
Mandy V, Cambs says...
9:02pm Sun 7 Oct 07
I feel sorry for the landlords/Landladies who are supposed to police this unwanted ban.
RW, my new doctor is DR. Google at the moment.
RW, says...
9:20pm Sun 7 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
9:49pm Sun 7 Oct 07
We have been told by the police often enough not to tackle CRIMINALS. We should phone the police or the smoking detectives.
john, Richmond says...
1:05pm Mon 8 Oct 07
cow-head, westhoughton says...
2:25pm Mon 8 Oct 07
RW, says...
2:29pm Mon 8 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
5:20pm Mon 8 Oct 07
You've heard of Dear John letters? You sound so upset, I wonder who's been messing with your wife?
boris, west sussex says...
5:32pm Mon 8 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
9:32pm Mon 8 Oct 07
Secret cig lock-ins at rebel bars
By Fiona May
Rebel pub landlords are holding secret lockins for smokers.
The illegal cig sessions - similar to booze lockins when England had the most restrictive drinking laws in Europe - are increasing as the autumn weather arrives following the July 1 smoking ban.
One landlord of a remote country pub in Suffolk said defiantly: "I am a smoker and a lot of my regulars are smokers so during normal hours we are forced to stand outside.
"But I am not going to send them out on cold dark nights for a fag.
"So just as we used to have lock-ins for a late drink, I am now doing them for a late smoke."
The most defiant landlords are in Yorkshire, where 5 per cent of licensees have refused to impose the ban despite the threat of court action and big fines.
This is refreshing.
chas, suffolk says...
8:31am Tue 9 Oct 07
Common sense at last.
boris, west sussex says...
9:55am Tue 9 Oct 07
Where's Herr Flick???
boris, west sussex says...
2:52pm Tue 9 Oct 07
check out
http://www.thetelegr
aphandargus.co.uk/di
splay.var.1744981.0.
wardens_get_tough_ne
w_litter_powers.php
It's a smoking thread
John, Richmond says...
11:38am Wed 10 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
1:16pm Wed 10 Oct 07
Remember the Poll Tax?
chas, suffolk says...
1:37pm Wed 10 Oct 07
boris, west sussex says...
2:10pm Wed 10 Oct 07
chas, suffolk says...
2:37pm Wed 10 Oct 07
Wrong channel. The act of the apostle Ash says - thou shalt not smoke.
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Q..Chas & Boris..eh ?