Murder (Smoking) on the Dancefloor

[Basil Brush]

Originally posted by Ronde!

Might seem extreme; but employers (including venue owners) can be sued if people develop problems from passive smoking; and everyone's quite used to it now.

That's the issue- passive smoking. Freedom of choice and choosing to smoke in a public place is fine, and but when it can kill others then it's a different matter.

BAN THE SMOKERS!!!

[TheTramp]

Franck already has....

Steve

[thewacko]

5 of us so far, if we carry on this way we will be able to start our own venue and ban all non smokers


ahh bliss

[TheTramp]

Please do.

The other 51 of us (you can have the person who doesn't care so at least you'll have 3 couples) will go to a nice, clean, non-polluted venue

Steve

[PeterL]

I would like to point out that I was one of the 51.

[thewacko]

Originally posted by PeterL
I would like to point out that I was one of the 51.

i'm sure there are plenty of oil rigs up there, so you can all get some fresh air as well

[PeterL]

Originally posted by thewacko
i'm sure there are plenty of oil rigs up there, so you can all get some fresh air as well

I think you are thinking of Aberdeen. My old hometown. There are none in Edinburgh.

[Minnie M]

What about the smoker is although "takes it outside" but comes straight in and dances the smoke/nicotine still of their hands which is then transferred on to their partners

This has happended to me a few times and has left me running to the ladies to wash my hands

As a non-smoker, not sure why this only happens with a few smokers

[Chickadee]

Originally Posted by Bill

I am pretty anti-smoking and hate going to venues , as Lorna says, and coming home reeking of smoke . And on the very odd occasion you can get that awful smell wafting off a partner as you start dancing..............much worse than being 'sweaty' or 'damp' .
That's one of the reaosons I htink so many people do enjoy Ceroc - there are few smokers and few drinkers..............we all have fun

Totally agree!

[Minnie M]

Woops sorry Christine - didn't read all the posts thoroughly didn't notice Bill's comment eg: " much worse than being 'sweaty' or 'damp' " - so much to read to get to the end of the thread

tobacco smelling hands - yuck - wish they would wash them after they have had their ciggies

[under par]

Originally Posted by PeterL

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It is our habit andf should not be inflicted on people who have the good sense not to do it.

I would vote to ban it from ceroc venues and I am a smoker.
When I am dancing the last thing I want is to see someone smoking it just makes me want a ciggarette myself.

Well said

For me it is one of the pleasures of most MJ evenings is to arrive home not smelling like an ashtray as you would do for most nights out to a pub or club.

I see MJ as a form of physical aerobic excercise almost like going to a gym(but a great deal more fun).
You certainly wouldn't get smokers around the side of a gym whilst people worked out.

So let smokers take it outside or downstairs or wherever else but not near the dance floor

[Andy McGregor]

Originally Posted by under par

So let smokers take it outside or downstairs or wherever else but not near the dance floor

At last, a six-foot ten policeman that agrees with me

p.s. Have some reputation points, officer. Oh, you want to know, "Have I been drinking?" Moi?

[Gordon J Pownall]

Sooo......

no smoking inside, wash your hands, eat mints, spray deodorant, splash on the aftershave


AND COMING SOON TO A VENUE NEAR YOU

no alcohol, clean your teeth, no curry before dancing, polish your shoes, blow your nose, no tight trousers, no short skirts, no lycra, no hip grinds, no fizzy drinks with e numbers, no salty (or sweaty) nuts, no ANDY MCGREGOR IN WOMENS CLOTHES etc. etc. etc.

Where will it end Comrades ???

I am a smoker - bloody love a fag however....and this is the point...

non smokers die as well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


OK enough of the Bill Hicks humour.

I agree that venues (i.e., the dancfloor / main hall areas) should be smoking free and that it should be taken outside.

Please let's not get into the nanny state of asking smokers to wash their hands after a cigarette, (I've seen more men leave the loos and not wash their hands - not that I hang around there for any significant length of time you understand). - You try getting someone to go outside for a fag, inside to wash their hands, then eat mits, spray shower in a can on perfume / aftershave and then eventually get to the dancefloor before the end of the night !!!

People should be able to (and encouraged to) take personal responsibility for themselves and other people. If I go out for a meal with Sal, (non-smoker), we will always sit in a non-smoking area - that's being considerate to the feelings of others in a reasonable (and not too difficult way).

So come on venue managers, ban smoking indoors by all means (as Adam did at our Wolsey Hall venue last Friday), but give people the opportunity and responsibility to take it outside or elsewhere without the feeling that they are lower than a rattle snake's belly in a wheel rut !!!

(I don't mean the banter type of feelings smokers experience by way of being a smoker - I mean the real social exclusion and condemnation of individuals as people percieved to be mindless or non-considerate.

(Anyone who replies that smokers must be mindless to smoke - please survey the number of Doctors, Social Workers etc etc that do smoke.....mindless I think not...)

Right - that's me done - anyone want a JiveMasters 2003 video - we have some left !!!

[Andy McGregor]

Originally Posted by Gordon J Pownall

Sooo......

(loads of smoke screen stuff)

Gordy baby

There's only one thing being proposed here: don't smoke where your smoke can be breathed in by anyone else: that means take it elsewhere, not on or near the dance floor. Cigarette smoke kills and I don't want to die before my time - and I don't want my dance partners and friends to die early either

Forget the rest of Gordon's post. He agrees with banning smoking on or near the dance floor Have some positive rep, baby

Originally Posted by Gordon J Pownall

Right - that's me done - anyone want a JiveMasters 2003 video - we have some left !!!

Does anyone else get the impression that somebody ordered a few too many JiveMasters 2003 videos? Exactly how many have they got left?

[Gordon J Pownall]

Cheers bloke,

why use ten words when a small dissertation will do.....

[Andy McGregor]

Originally Posted by Gordon J Pownall

Cheers bloke,

why use ten words when a small dissertation will do.....

Hey Gordy, you forgot to mention the JiveMasters 2003 video

Are they sold out or something

[cerocmetro]

Originally Posted by Andy McGregor

Hey Gordy, you forgot to mention the JiveMasters 2003 video

Are they sold out or something

I thought that this would be the perfect time to mention, that at no time in the production stage, packing, mailing or marketing, was anyone involved smoking, on or near the video.

Due to such a clean environment, we were able to produce more videos than originally anticipated which is why there are still a few left.

[TheTramp]

Originally Posted by cerocmetro

I thought that this would be the perfect time to mention, that at no time in the production stage, packing, mailing or marketing, was anyone involved smoking, on or near the video.

Due to such a clean environment, we were able to produce more videos than originally anticipated which is why there are still a few left.

Trampy

[DavidB]

Originally Posted by cerocmetro

Due to such a clean environment, we were able to produce more videos than originally anticipated which is why there are still a few left.

If nothing else, you can always use the case as an ashtray.

[spindr]

Originally Posted by DavidB

If nothing else, you can always use the case as an ashtray.

Hmmm, wouldn't it be more eco-friendly to record the 2004 version on them?
Don't s'pose anyone's taking pre-orders yet?