Smoking Banned In Millennium Square: Bristol Reacts

Bristol became the first city in the UK to ban smoking in some public places today as it became illegal to puff up in Millennium & Anchor Square.

Some were less than impressed, and some….blew things out of all proportion.

Banning smoking outdoors in Bristol is one step anyway from no groups larger than 3 people to be seen outdoors together #1984 #bigbrother

— Jamie McAleny (@digitalplantpot) February 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/neilvxrmarsh35/status/562203179186917376

https://twitter.com/Barronak/status/562190156040781824

Some were a bit more realistic.

Bristol: pretty sure the cracked and uneven slabs in the square are more of a health hazard than someone smoking in the open air.

— CHRIS (@c_chris10) February 2, 2015

But most people took it quite well.

Good on Bristol trying to ban smoking in public, why should we breathe it in, your choice not ours!!

— james 'bradders' bradford (@jimmybnorwich) February 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/AlexandralSwann/status/562198582070345728

The new smoke free places in Bristol are not an infringement on your civil liberty to smoke! You smoking infringes my right to clean air!

— Liska 🌸 (@NewMumOnline) February 2, 2015

Whilst some took it to have a dig at Bristol!

https://twitter.com/Cigar117/status/562159995689922560

HEY. Leave our city alone, we’ve got great things like… the Bear Pit….and…..Big Jeff!

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What do you think about the ban?

Sam Gillies

Founder and editor of Best of Bristol. Creator of numerous Bristol lists, guides & videos. Most likely found attempting to find interesting street art across Bristol and other cities.