[Madame Dufarge]

Mr O’Hora said a worrying fact about the abolition of the smoking ban and people drinking and smoking in their homes is the fact their children are being exposed to alcohol and cigarettes at a much earlier age. “Smoking may have been regulated in pubs but children have more access to drink and smoking earlier which is a worrying trend. It is something which will have to be dealt with by the Minister who was told by the vintners of this on the introduction of the ban.”

"Something which will have to be dealt with...."(?)

I have an image of Ministry of Busybodiness SWAT teams rapelling down chimneys to catch smokers lighting up in front of their kids.

For the children...

[383rr]

The lies they tell are un-real. Do they think we are all stupid? (they must)

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I think O'Hora was referring to the law of unintended consequenses - that the smoking ban made things worse.

Still, I can see the Nanny-Staters taking it the wrong way - by banning smoking at home!!

I never drank in Teach O'Hora, even though I don't live far from that pub...