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Andrew May wrote:
Although probably not the true reason I was always under the impression
that banning smoking in pubs was as much about, if not mostly about,
providing a safe workplace for the bar staff.

You believe those lies too? ;-)

H&S legislation is rarely about providing a safe work place but more about
helping prevent employers being sued - provided there is little or no cost
to them to implement it. Of course the two sometimes overlap.

But of course there's no reason for bar staff to enter an enclosed smoking
area anyway - except to clear up etc. And that could be after closing and
when the ventilation/filtering had reduced the tiny risk anyway. Or they
could clear up during one of their fag breaks. ;-)

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