It's official

[gemfyre]

By mid 2006 smoking will BANNED in all indoor venues in Australia.

*dances around* I WILL be throwing a party when that happens.

Why so long to wait I have no idea but better late than never I guess. I just hope I don't get cancer in that year and a half.

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Nerr, nerr

[emu-bitter-babe.livejournal.com]

Yeah well... well... mebbe I'll quit and then mebbe by then they'll have invented a perfect not-bad-for-you cigarette!!!

HA!

Then I would win.

In the meantime, yes, I quit. I quit, whilst railing against the unfairness of it all.

Also in defence of some smokers, who aren't necessarily ALL horrible evil people with no consideration for non-smokers... I have never, ever lit up at a table/chair/whatever that I've sat down at unless I see everybody at that table smoking. Or I ask them first. If someone sits down next to me, however, and I'm smoking, they're accepting their passive habit so far as I'm concerned.

Interesting other smoking fact about MOI, since it's ALL ABOUT MOI - I went to Missy Higgins last weekend at the Fly By Nightclub and filled out one of their questionnaires about their "no smoking" policy. I thoroughly enjoyed screwing with their statistics by saying "yes I smoke and yes I would be more inclined to go to a venue that's non-smoking to watch a live band" ;) Hypocritical, but true.

*bows*

I now return your Gemfyre limelight to the rest of the people who'd like to get a post in edgewise.

Re: Nerr, nerr

[azhure.livejournal.com]

Just sticking my nose in here. As a non-smoker who actually doesn't mind the smell of smoke (I'm weird, I know), Joey here is one of the most considerate smokers I have ever known.

Though I should say ex-smoker. One hour ;)

Re: Nerr, nerr

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Yeah it kinda shits me that so many mates of my mine light up at venues where smoking is allowed. But I guess while it's legal and I'm getting exposure from people I don't know I can't really say anything.

I do know plenty of polite smokers however. It always seems to be the assholes who troll my anti-smoking community (well I guess, a polite smoker WOULDN'T troll such a community would they?)

Re: Nerr, nerr

[emu-bitter-babe.livejournal.com]

Don't take this the wrong way... but that was my point with the Fly By Nightclub. I'd support a non-smoking venue because I think it's a good thing for everybody.

In the meantime, if you choose to go to a smoking venue and you're a non-smoker... well... I don't think you can pout and cry about catching cancer if you're gonna hang out in a smoky pub once a week. If you're that worried about getting cancer in the next 1.5 years, then you'd stay away from venues of high exposure like that. Sorry, harsh, but true. Nobody's twisting your arm to go to closed-in smoking spaces like that.

Re: Nerr, nerr

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I adore everything about karaoke at KK's except the smoke.

So I will continue to go, but I do 99% of my bitching in the appropriate communities. ;)

Re: Nerr, nerr

[emu-bitter-babe.livejournal.com]

See, to me that either makes no sense if you're that worried about it, or makes you seem melodramatic about your "cancer risk" posts.

Re: Nerr, nerr

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I just feel that I (or anybody) shouldn't HAVE to risk their health in such a way by going somewhere they enjoy - why should non-smokers miss out on what they love because there are people who smoke?

Ah well, counting down to mid-2006.

Re: Nerr, nerr

[emu-bitter-babe.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely fine and valid. But don't post that you're worried about catching cancer, then regularly trot off to a smoking venue voluntarily anyway. Show some spine! Stop going and they'll stop the smoking.