Northern Ireland falls to the tobacco taliban
Smokers' tuneful response to ban - Northern Ireland
Bars forced to take planning risks to build smokers' areas - Northern Ireland
I'm resigned to being an outsider - Northern Ireland
Rejoicing, resignation, and some resentment - Northern Ireland
'Smoking areas would be too noisy' - Brighton
“There Oughta Be A Law”: A conversation with someone who just doesn’t get it
Letter - Public needs voice on smoking ban
Anti-social behaviour hotspots targeted - Norfolk - “Next time though hopefully we'll be using new equipment to test whether smoking has occurred in a pub after the ban comes in.”
Smoking ban laws leave some grey areas - UK
Hearing today on smoke ban - Pittsburgh - Sadly = Judge- Allegheny Co. smoking ban takes effect at midnight
Smoking banned - good or bad? - Written by and photos by CARY STOLARCZYK
'Smoking areas would be too noisy'
Judge rules on smoking ban - Ohio
April 29
Hewitt defends NHS treatment bans - It used to be OUR NHS
English smoking ban to cause 3 pct fall in alcohol, tobacco spending
Plans for Xmas night pub openings
Letter - Acting healthier - Scotland, with comment
Ungrateful wretch: Why am I so hard on tobacco when tobacco's been so good to me? - North Carolina
Austria shies from total smoking ban in restaurants
Letter - Car-smoking ban goes too far
Letter - Air 'pollution' -A touch tounge-in-cheek!!!!!!!
Letter - Smoking still a right deserving protection
Opinion - Old Flames Die Hard - Nostalgia
April 28
Smoking ban to hit social clubs - Midlands
Are outside heaters too hot to handle- - Environmental damage
Pensioner in court over smoking in pub - Scotland
Banned from smoking - even in their cars - Chorley Protest
Raise a glass to liberty - "When anti-smoking zealots exaggerated wafer-thin evidence linking secondary smoke and cancer to promote the ban on smoking in public places they abused science in the service of authoritarianism."
Johnson: Smoke ban inspires 'who's on 1st' routine - Rocky Mountains
Capsule view of North Carolina tobacco facts
Citizens say butt out! - Minnesota
Letter: Political pawns
April 27
Bosses should ring 999 to enforce smoking ban - - !!!!!!!!
PENSIONER IN VOW TO IGNORE SMOKING BAN - Wales - residential home
Pubs under threat from smoke ban - claim - Suffolk
Stop smoking fraud claim probed - UK
Peru snubs pub, stubs out smoking ploy - Very Sad!
Angry smokers criticise fag break ban - Sussex
Warning over outdoor smoking areas
Vintners call for smoke-free leniency - Derry
Falklands- Penguin News weekly update - Faulklands ban
Smoking ban nixed - BESSEMER -- Gogebic County
Lawmakers debate smoking ban with one major exemption - US
Ottawa Hospital builds shelters to smoke in - "the problems were unexpected, the hospital said." !!
Here's smokin' at you - Denver
Smokers more likely to survive on a desert island and need to be ...
Austria shies from total smoking
April 26
Smoke and mirrors - That woman again with a well known headline
Bingo players forced to smoke outside - Exeter - Smoking Shelter refused
'TAKE US TO PERU' BEG SMOKERS IN BID TO BEAT BAN - Cornwall
Science of little known benefits of smoking - Lots of interesting links
Landmark Cheers bar falls silent - Montreal
Smoking debate flares between tenant, landlord - Montreal
N.J.'s smoking ban blamed
Leave my smoking breaks alone!
Today's Anti-Smoking Purge Is Borrowed From The Nazis
Windsor's downtown leaders battle to boost businesses - Detroit
Judge asked to throw out smoking ban - Ohio
April 25
No smoking on ships - UK
Give smokers paid time off work to quit - report
Bingo hall closure a blow for shops - Islington
Number's up for bingo hall smokers - Norwich
'High' pavement cafe fees agreed - Norfolk
Alcohol consumption down - Ireland
Pubs plan changes after smoking ban - Read the 3rd para from the end about the damage
Smoking Ban to Depress Casino Market, Global Betting & Gaming Consultants Study Reveals
Young smokers still making illicit buys - US, Madison
Rendell's 'Prescription for Pa.' blasted for overregulation US, Lancaster
Prisoners stage two-hour riot at Indiana detention center
Smoking ban leaves residents burning with questions - US, Mc Allen and Smoking Ban in McAllen
Peoria Smoking Ban Snuffed Out
The perfect apartment block knocked - Canada
The Dutch: Cigarettes no, drugs yes
April 23/4
Smoking ban to 'protect children' - Alderney
Countdown to lights out - with some figures - "We estimate that a complete smoking ban might reduce smoking rates by 1.7%, taking smoking from 24% now, down to 22%," says a Department of Health ...
Poll finds support for smoking ban, but also for businesses making the decision - NC -An honest poll?
Letter - BAN IS TOO CONTROLLING - Wales
Hospitality businesses more likely to fail - UK
Warning over outdoor smoking areas
The Renewable Energy Centre Backs Opposition to Patio Heaters
Get those smokers out of the courtroom - Maryland
Bar Owner Wants Jury Trial In Smoking Case - Kansas
Community Conversations- Let businesses set own rules on smoking - Shebaygan
Illinois forces do battle over smoking ban - Illinois
Plan to ban smoking in restaurants likely dead - Columbia
Chick’s Diner defies city smoking ban - US
April 22
A smoking gun! - UK
Assembly slammed over ban literature - Wales
OUT! Champ's two bans in one day - Glasgow
Protesters march against cigs ban - Alderney
Gazebos for smokers must come down - UK - Whitley Bay
Northampton OKs smoking in clubs - US Northampton
Smoking ban measure has opponents fuming - Wisconsin
Letter - Smoking ban unneeded
'Nanny laws' chip away at freedom - Los Angeles
April 21
Government spending on Health Advertising
Wanderers' 'shop a fan' request - Lancashire
Letter - AT HOME SMOKE BAN - Wales
SUBWAY SMOKERS TOLD TO STUB IT OUT - Wales
Focus: Kill or cure? - There is no such thing as unbiased advice in health,” he said. “People are either promoting an industry, or their own careers, which may depend on promoting a particular theory, or more directly on funding from vested interests.”
Ban will go up in smoke in Portage - Ohio
Comment - Non-smoker intolerance - Canada
Letter - Focus on smoking unwise choice - Montgomery
Fort Wayne City Council District 2 - Fort Wayne
April 20
Americans fed up with drug industry influence, FDA corruption, reveals remarkable Consumer Reports survey - Read and Learn!!!!!!
NI pubs not ready for ban - Northern Ireland
How Avo made a name before Big Brother started watching
State may snuff Aspen's Cigar Bar - Aspen
Smoking Ban in Ohio County Defeated more detail - Furniture Not Part Of Smoking Ban
Smoking ban temporarily stunted bar revenues - US - Montgomery County - Not quite what the headline states
Reignighting Talks about a Reversal - Champaign
Are smoking bans constitutional- - Kansas
April 19
Fight on for Blackpool Council seats - Come on Hamish
Smoking councillor will be joining his customers on the footpath - Northern Ireland
BUTT OUT CALL TO SMOKERS - Wales, Neath Hospital
BINGO CLUB'S PETITION FOR FUTURE OF HALL - Wales
1.1 million smokers quit on No Smoking Day - Where do they dig this crap up from - it's only been a month and they claim this success!!!
Retail sales are buoyant but no sign of SSIA splurge - Ireland - "It appears that the smoking ban, as well as more recent efforts to curb drink driving, are halting any recovery in bar sales,"
Danes protest against smoking ban - Denmark
Bill to ban smoking on school grounds fails in Senate committee - Nashville
'Health' vs. liberty: Choose wisely, NH - US
Local option seen on smoking ban proposal - North Carolina
Noise spy on smokers - Australia
April 18
Highly disgraceful propaganda - Silent killer on the loose from the NHS or was it an April Fool?
Fag ban 'will hurt workers' from The Sun
Right Said Fred star runs for London mayor - "And I would do everything in my power to work a way round the smoking ban. I think it is an absolute scandal"
Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections - Scotland
Smoke ban 'will up fire risk'
There’s more to being great than balance sheets - commentary including "what makes communities cohere is the slog of building communal goals and pride; bottom-up renaissance, not top-down tablets of stone"
Council passes motion to outlaw smoking on patios - Canada
"Smoking parent should not be penalised" - Belgium
Passive smoking causing tooth loss - and the study http://www.joponline.org/doi/abs/10.1902/jop.2007.060323 on RATS!
Charities skeptical about new formula for bingo revenues - Somewhere in North America?
Statewide Smoking Ban Faces a Fight - Wisconsin
April 17
Yorkshire licensee's 'double decker' approach to smoking ban
Church no smoking signs 'overkill'
Foul language could keep drinkers in pub this summer
£24m for smoking ban 'bad for health' or £910k only for smoking ban - Northern Ireland
Parents, watch out for your children - another mention of big brother
Five thousand pubs to shut by 2011, report predicts
Clubs fuming over smoke ban - Dewsbury
Showdown looms over smoking ban - Minneapolis
Comment - Smoker's Rights: Don't ban my freedom
New smoking, wage laws close Alliance bowling alley - Ohio
Reasonable exception - Ohio
Sorry, you'll have to smoke in the street - Arizona
Tobacco shop owners work to oppose restaurant smoking ban - New Hampshire
New Report Says More Cigarettes Sold in the Baystate Last Year - Massachusets
Ban may prohibit smoking inside farm buildings Minneapolis
April 16
Eating out growth rate slows
Ban threat to Shisha cafes
Problems Facing the Hospitality Trade After the Smoking Ban - Advert for patio heaters or Global Warming?
Smoking Ban Dramatically Reduces Air Pollution in Irish Pubs - WOW - at what cost to people, community and business and did they look at the health of the staff who smoke?
OFFICIAL CORRECTION Rank Group outlook revised to negative - S&P
Support for smoking ban - NOTE WELL - 'A' smoking ban not a total ban
More smokers planning to kick the habit - + some other interesting items that may be worth saving
April 15
Urban-rural divide in pub trade grows - Ireland
2 court actions filed to bar ban on smoking from taking effect - Columbus
Student fights smoking ban proposal with petition
The Abraham Cherrix cancer story the media won't print: Harry Hoxsey's cancer cures and the US government campaign to destroy them - Foode for thought
We don't need smoking in public buildings - But buildings' owners should be the ones to make that decision
Give up bad habits? Most Americans give up trying - Largely crap
'War declaration on smoking' - Be true to 'Live Free or Die'; vote no on butt ban
Bar, restaurant owners split on year-old smoking ban - North Jersey
April 13/14
Phony Science and Public Policy
MP wants to see full houses at bingo halls
IRONS AGAINST BRIT BAN ON SMOKING
Clubs fuming over smoke ban
Social Opportunities and the Health Divide
5000 pubs under threat, warns report
Nightspots braced for smoking ban - Romford
Will hookahs be illegal?
PUBLICAN PARTY RISES FROM ASHES TO BACK SMOKEROOMS
Calling time on smoking
Seaside council tackles smoking ban, tenant reimbursement - US, Seaside
Smoking-ban bill snuffed out - Des Moines
Letter - Smoking ban tramples citizens, business owners rights - New Hampshire
Letter- 'Smoking ban in park typical political over-kill'
Mistrial declared in Wharry case - unintended consequence!
New smoking rules threaten Legion - Canada
2 court actions filed to bar ban on smoking from taking effect - Columbus
The return of Marlboro - Formula 1
Dave Wiganowsky- Mayor must realize most taverns are suffering ... - Madison
April 12
'Bloody-minded' MEP beats Euro smoking ban
Smoking ban adverts to be investigated
£24m for smoking ban 'bad for health' - Northern Ireland
Rates shake-up hits Welsh pubs - A sure way to kill off Community
PUB GOES INSIDE OUT TO CUE UP SPECIAL TREATS FOR SMOKERS - Wales
Smoking Ban to Depress Casino Market, Global Betting & Gaming Consultants Study Reveals
Honda wants to stop smokers from driving away - Ohio
Slavery remark sparks county board furor in northern Minnesota
Smoking Ban Shot Down At Uni Senate - US
Smoke it out amongst yourselves - Denver
Judge's smoking ban snub - Rocky Mountain
Letter - Businesses should have right to set smoking policy - Bowling Green
April 10/11
BEER FLAT AFTER PUB CIGS BAN - Scotland
Tackling that sweaty nightclub pong - scented air conditioning - should be a wow for asthma sufferers!
KIDS FACE FINES FOR SMOKING IN SCHOOL
Garden centre chain phasing out patio heaters
Shisha cafes threat - Lancashire
Permanent Link- Cigarette drop man faces court - West Brom
New Haven smoke ban to let bars, eateries opt out - Fort Wayne - a sensible approach
Health board votes against smoking ban in Dunn County - Wisconsin
Bingo revenue changes worry local charities - Canada
Families complain Ont. seniors in long-term care forced to smoke ... - Canada
Smokers cough up amendment - Maui
Smoking ban turns 1 year old - New Jersey with comment
Bar owners complain about smoking ban - Colombia
Smokers fire up at being caged - Australia
Families complain Ont. seniors in long-term care forced to smoke ... - Canada
Smokers cough up amendment - Hawii
• COMMUNITY COMMENTARY- City shouldn't control smoking - Burbank
Joe Jackson coming to Belfast
Smoking while pregnant raises the likelihood of having a girl
Gambling & the English Smoking Ban
Smoking On Television In Harmful To The Health Of The Nation's ...
STUB OUT THE FAGS DEIRDRE, SAY DOCS Corrie's bad role model - Coronation Street and Welsh doctors turn on Corrie's Deidre for chain-smoking through TV ...
Sign on the Dotted line - Eastenders
Dan Gainor- Politicians out of control
Review : A Critical Commentary on Views Expressed by IARC in Relation to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer
LETTER: Incentives, not law, can force change
April 8/9
NEW LINK - Smoking Welcome -Quality travel and hotel listings of smoking friendly hotels, book reservations direct in hotels with smoking rooms available
Islanders object to smoking ban - Alderney, Channel Islands
PUB LANDLORD TOLD OUTDOOR SMOKE SITE NOT OPEN ENOUGH - Wales
Cashing in on the smoke ban - Now read the article --- It's not all Roses
'Ban will ruin my café business' - Wales
SMOKING BAN 'WILL HIT CAFES' - Leicester
Slim chance of Scotland voting for a healthy eating and exercise ... about diet but interesting quote "Even so, researchers have found that only one in 10 people living in Glasgow's poorest neighbourhoods has any intention of giving up smoking in the next six months."
Smoke ban cuts pokies trade - Australia
NJ's smoking ban blamed - Philadelphia and Saving lives, but killing alleys
Smoking ban- Is it the will of the people- Illinois
Goshen bars may be exempt from proposed smoking ban - Indiana
Businesses complain about smoking ban - Jersey
Pub’s bid for smoking shelter is stubbed out - Bolton
Don't legislate our smokes and vices
April 7
ASA damns government over smoking ads and Reprimand for Government over ads that upset children
Ninewells “smoke police” anger - Scotland
Last orders at The Citadel - Inverness
Hangover for pub landlords as smoking ban hits home - Scotland
Last orders at The Citadel - Scotland, Inverness
Caroline Flint on the UK Smoking Ban and more propaganda
'Bloody-minded' MEP beats Euro smoking ban - Nigel Farage
SMOKING BAN 'WILL HIT CAFES' - Leicester - "He said a shisha session lasting 60 minutes was the equivalent to smoking 100 to 200 cigarettes".
Nevada Tavern Owners File Smoking Ban Appeal
Letter - Let's ban fireplaces, sneezing and coughing
Lampert Smith- Why did taverns' charity dry up- - Wisconsin
The Fight against Disease Mongering: Generating Knowledge for Action
April 4 to 6 - Lots to add due to my ciggie-run to Spain
Friction TV comment from FREEDOM2CHOOSE
Whatever happened to freedom-
Dismal picture as beer trade declines -
EastEnders against smoking ban - TV should show real life
Smoking Ban At Work 'Will Harm Productivity' - concern about increasing stress levels - Sue your employer if they cause stress by removing your outside space??
Nicotine patches for prisoners to quell trouble after smoking ban ...
Planning for the summer - with no shade for visitors- - Weston-Super-Mare
It's the end of a Halifax pipe dream - Halifax, Yorkshire
How has the new smoking ban in Wales affected you? - with poll
Our streets are turning into ashtrays! - What do you expect!
Smoking ban brings mixed fortunes for Buchan pubs - Scotland
'Ugly' hotel smoking shed keeps us all awake, says former judge -Scotland
New smoke ban - Scotland with comment
The heat is on for smokers -Manchester
We’re the worst area for pubs... bar none - Manchester
Lung cancer cases in town rise by 40pc - Bolton - but smoking is decreasing???
'People will be able to carry on smoking without feeling like ... - Roof Garden in York
Cabbies fear more violence over ban - Warwickshire
General Assembly kills Kaine's restaurant smoking ban - Virginia
Senate OKs statewide smoking curbs - Chicago
Smoker hauled to jail for defying ban - Texas
Column: Smoking ban outrageous
No need for a Nanny State
Letter - Smoking should stop by choice, not local mandate
Various comments - Should Carbondale BUTT OUT of smoker's business-
April 3
Prat of The Week - Hewitt's braincell gets it wrong
Smoking ban splits village - Wales
Excel develops waterproof pool table - another award for ban creativity
'I will just have to smoke outside' - Wales
Shisha tradition falls victim to the smoking ban - Wales
TRADE HIT AS SMOKE CLEARS - Wales
Salary help - North-East England concerned about future of clubs
Smoking ban forces couple out - with comment
Smoking ban: The debate
Tories pledge £1bn blitz on crime and taxes - Scotland - UKIP "and publicans would decide on whether to enforce a smoking ban in their premises. "
Shopkeeper fined for breaking ban - Scotland - Alloa
Smoking ban hits BB house - Big Brother House is a workplace
Health warning: doctors kill - Old but amusing, tongue in cheek article
Letters- Smoking or non-smoking, it's all a matter of choice - US Sheboygan
April 2
"Gwna
mo ad 'r bastardiaid chrensia 'ch i lawr"
- not good Welsh but
there's a message for you allBingo fears over smoking ban - Wales
Creativity is not dead - Welsh pub raises roof to beat ban - Wales - Well Done that Landlord
Another Hero - Smoker builds 'pub' to avoid ban
Call this non-smoking Wales? - Quote showing the viciousness of anti-smoking ASH "I think it could be counter-productive to spend huge amounts of money on providing smoking shelters because certainly, in the long run, there's probably going to be little need for it as people get used to not being able to smoke. If these shelters cover a large area and have TV screens in a way it is going to undermine the law because the whole point is that we protect people and stop people breathing in second- hand smoke. It does seem to be excessive." - Bastardiaids!
Smoke ban to hit truckers - Wales
Are you drinking too much- - Scotland - Royal College of Physicians "some Scottish smokers prefer to drink at home because of the smoking ban."
Smoking flyers can still puff at Edmonton airport - ASH comment "The evidence tells us that non-smoking rooms do not protect non-smokers." Tee Hee!!
Lackluster Legislature Heads for Adjournment - Hawii - "The Hawaii Smokers Alliance and the Hawaii Bar Association (not the lawyers) launched a major attack on Hawaii’s 2006 smoking ban and managed to get 1/3 of the legislators to commit to reverse the ban, but nothing substantive is likely this session."
Letter & Comment - Restaurant owners should decide policy
Group forms to fight proposed smoking ban in NC - US, Greensboro
Health Chief Vows 'Common Sense' Smoking Ban - Believe it when you see it.
April 1
Pub puffers set for return in Scots smoking booth plan - This is an April 1st must buy but close to a real cheaper solution - TowerDataSheet.pdf
Carrot substitutes for Wales smokers - Another one for April 1st
VIEWS REMAIN MIXED ON PUBLIC SMOKING BAN - Fife
Last gasp for smokers - Wales
Bull Pen Says Farewell - US - Columbia
Business Going Strong At Smokers Cafe In Jonesboro - Arkansas
A cloud still hangs over smoking ban - Albany
Citywide smoking ban may cloud jazz lovers' loyalty - Chicago
Where there’s smoke… - Ohio