Councillors have debated a smoking ban for Falklands Pubs at Legislative Council.
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Intro: Cllr the Hon Mr. Ian Hansen (IH):
In rising to speak to this Motion I shall be brief as fellow Councillors have covered all the aspects, I believe. I would just like to say initially that I think it is a great shame that four Councillors aren’t here to take part in this debate as it is an important issue. I am not going to try and make any long justification as to why I should support this Motion. I guess I can say that as a non-smoker I am doing it for purely selfish reasons.
I am asthmatic as are others and to be in the company of someone smoking for any length of time is pretty uncomfortable.
I have also seen in the past friends and relatives suffered terribly from smoking related diseases. I think I would prefer or it would be preferable to see others follow the example of the Brasserie, Malvina and the Trough. But realistically I doubt, unless a smoking ban is compulsory, we shall ever see one.
As the Honourable Michael Rendell pointed out, the fact that other countries taking this step and successfully, it must give us some direction.
Mr Speaker, I support the Motion.
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