tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post8793553311705013770..comments2024-03-26T09:35:47.151+00:00Comments on No PC Views: Scotland Brewing Up Trouble (For The Future)No PChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-81919805879786265532016-05-30T15:36:34.705+01:002016-05-30T15:36:34.705+01:00Actually I don't make the same link. Drinking ...Actually I don't make the same link. Drinking and smoking <i>(both drug taking and potentially addictive),</i> were inextricably linked for many <i>(including me when I still smoked),</i> and that link has proved hard for many to break, so they drink more at home. <br /><br />Smoking was banned in cinemas around a decade earlier and in any event, cinema going was not an addictive, or a nightly event <i>(as pub going was for many)</i>. The clean air and block buster movies have caused cinema attendances to stabilise and rise a bit. <br /><br />The same cant be said of pubs ... but then its a different scenario.<br /><br /> No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-35501081003671380762016-05-30T07:13:53.791+01:002016-05-30T07:13:53.791+01:00You suspect the depreciation of pub attendance to ...You suspect the depreciation of pub attendance to be linked to the smoking ban and yet cinema attendance continues to rise despite of it.Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-51520694539965423382016-05-30T07:04:38.824+01:002016-05-30T07:04:38.824+01:00Personally I would make supermarket beer 20% more ...Personally I would make supermarket beer 20% more expensive than pub beer. For spirits probably 30% more. This would boost pubs and depress home alcohol .... both socially good things. <br /><br />I don't understand the point you make about cinema attendance rising in a post about drinking? No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.com