# £10 Licence Fee to Smoke **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870 "2008-02-16T09:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/41 "2008-02-18T13:05:53Z")
yes, it’s counted as a domicile rather than a place fo work. I think they had to come up with some way to exclude prisons to avoid the riots ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/42 "2008-02-18T13:07:59Z")
We’re going to need extra large pockets, to keep our extra large card holders in. Gotta squeeze your bank card, credit card, driving license, national insurance number, national identity card, permission to smoke, permission to drink, permission to buy fast food etc etc etc ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/43 "2008-02-18T15:17:06Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] We’re going to need extra large pockets, to keep our extra large card holders in. Gotta squeeze your bank card, credit card, driving license, national insurance number, national identity card, permission to smoke, permission to drink, permission to buy fast food etc etc etc [/QUOTE] Licence, it’s licenCe my good fellow. We are not an American colony, yet ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/44 "2008-02-18T16:10:41Z")
I’ll be sure to remember, in order to avoid your cencure 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/45 "2008-02-18T17:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] I’ll be sure to remember, in order to avoid your cencure 😉 [/QUOTE] …and where is Nat Lofthouse when ya need 'im 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/46 "2008-02-19T07:57:45Z")
[QUOTE=Canadjun] Accompanied by suitable enforcement it might (e.g. hire some kids to attempt to buy smokes and nail the shopkeepers that sell to them); it’s been done around here (not with a separate license, just with checking ID of people that look underage) and it’s my understanding it is somewhat effective. [/QUOTE] Not sure about Alberta , but in Ontario its become a moot point. The Toronto Sun did a couple page storys about reservation cigs and one of the stats that they pointed out was that when they collected cig butts outside of schools(its legal for kids to smoke , but ilegal to buy) the majority of them turned out to be from reservations. So the market has reacted and the normal logistical chain has been bypassed. Dante can breathe easier knowing Randal wont be selling smokes to minors. Declan ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870/47 "2008-02-19T19:28:02Z")
[QUOTE=Tootingkhamen] And railway platforms which are 100% outside in any case. [/QUOTE] Because it was going to be a huge a largely pointless exercise going around classifying every platform shelter as indoors or outdoors depending on the number of walls, they took advantage of the legislation to quietly and separately make it illegal to smoke on any railway property, hence the signs on unquestionably-outdoor sections. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-licence-fee-to-smoke/437870.md?page=2)