Shisha bars

**equium** · 30-07-2007, 07:33 PM

Sorry, random thread, but have all the shisha bars in Brum been closed because of the smoking ban?

**Zooz89** · 30-07-2007, 07:41 PM

Haahaa!! We don't have any shisha bars in Dundee...u missing smoking ur shisha?

**Zooz89** · 30-07-2007, 07:43 PM

Soz not able to help u sorry...

**bonkors** · 30-07-2007, 08:26 PM

dont know about brum but been to edgeware road, london recently and the sheesha joints were empty obviously because of the ban but since it was a nice day, the customers were having them outside facilitated by the owners. I am pretty sure that they will ban smoking within a few feet of a publice place as they proposed the same thing in scotland a while back.

**Captain_Carrot** · 31-07-2007, 02:51 AM

there were two in selly, not sure how they're gonna be affected.

**Diya** · 31-07-2007, 11:42 PM

I've been wondering the same thing. One of the selly ones is being 'refurbished'. Maybe they're going to build an outdoor area or something?

**bonkors** · 01-08-2007, 01:24 AM

it wouldnt suprise me if they did as thats how a lot of these places are working around the smoking ban. However, what will they do if/when the smoking ban extends to within a few metres of an entrance to a public place, how will they work around that one i wonder?

**BallyD** · 02-08-2007, 01:18 PM

yep der closed, ali baba's was da biggie rite next to the uni, der fightin campaigning to stay open... but don't think its going to happen...

**equium** · 02-08-2007, 03:09 PM

Dont get me wrong, I'm all for the smoking ban but people go to Shisha bars to smoke, it's not like a pub where some people smoke and others dont.

I used to really like shisha but have gone off of it a bit recently, still, would have been nice to have the oppertunity to do it in brum.

**bonkors** · 02-08-2007, 04:12 PM

it might be the case but it is still a public place and hence falls under the ban, whether it should fall under the ban or not is another matter. I dont think they will reverse the decision either.