martinb said:Having a nice trip in Peak today with others from our club, we happened upon a couple of guys lighting up.
Hmmm. Not nice. hack, cough.
Thought smoking was banned in Peak? :read:
Kevlar said:We were in there today too (different trip to the above) and it absolutely stunk around Far Sump. Not very nice :thumbsdown: :chair:
anfieldman said:Selfish ******s aren't they?
cap 'n chris said:In response to the original post's title, "No".
Suggest you consider shouting REALLY LOUDLY at people to stop smoking. Often works very well.
Not the first time this topic has cropped up, either. For more, see:
Smoking in Caves (2 pages):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,7979.0.html
Smoking Underground (8 pages):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,2855.0.html
No smoking in caves? (3 pages):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,4173.0.html
Passive smoking bats (1 page):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,1884.0.html
Not smoking again! (1 page):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,6514.0.html
Swildons Stoners (4 pages):
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,3402.0.html
Other stuff related
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,4693.0.html
Proposal for BCA to official declare caves non-smoking (7 pages)
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,3906.0.html
Yet more related stuff
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,2527.0.html
george said:I think after shouting REALLY LOUDLY, an 'accidental' splash or two of cold cave water would dampen thier baccy!
I heard once that Derbyshire caves / mines suffer at time from the build up of radon gas. Is this correct?
if it is then cavers that smoke in it's presense of this gas are increasing their chances of lung cancer by a huge factor as chemicals in cig smoke reacts and works bisynegistically with radon... http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/type/lung-cancer/about/lung-cancer-risks-and-causes#radon
i dunno about the rules but 2 me it comes down to respect.
a smoker my self
but with it being combined space id ask every one first and if any said no id simply not light up.
you wouldnt get in a persons car,house ect a just light up.
must think about their health first
SamT said:... Splashing water at them would probably result in you getting a broken nose (and I'm serious).