Hello all,
So the ‘debate’ about the pro/cons about the smoking ban has long since deteriorated. Each side has simply intrenched itself into ideological idiocy with unrealistic disaster/utopian scenarios. This is boring. The thread is huge, and I really won’t bother later to look through it and see who was “right�.
So I made this thread. Keep it simple, if you have disagreements, or comments, please post here. The only thing we want here is predictions. So we can scroll through and see who nailed it. For clarity, please write a prediction on what will happen, or how things will be during the following intervals:
1) Morning of January First (ie. when people are out partying after midnight)
2) 0-3 Months after ban in effect
3) 1 year after ban in effect
4) 5 years after ban in effect.
I’ll write a full post later when I have time, but here’s an example for #1:
1) Morning of January First
People will most likely not immediately snuff out their cigarettes at midnight, and compliance will be low. There will be a case of an anti-smoker confronting a smoker, leading to a kafuffle. This will be grossly exaggerated for the usual infotainment purposes by Bild/TZ but not much will come of it. (ok, perhaps this won't happen exactly that night, but I'm betting on 0-3 months)



