New Additions for April 2008

APRIL
A Little Light Entertainment -Billy Connelly with strong language - Thanks to Freedom2Choose and Forces International
ASH Under The Spotlight
Do Smokers Die Younger-
Christopher Snowden - Myths and Reality (revisited)
April 30
April 28
Letter - Don’t let cigs fascists get you down
Pub bans won’t work with these two top men!
DON'T LET PUBS FALL INTO DECAY
Fags Cash Is Slashed - Glasgow - No it's not - It's staying the same -- and the RIA never included this figure - Education & communication was claimed to be between £0 and £1 million. (They also omitted any environmental impact assessment which is supposed to be a part of all RIAs.)
Smoking ban prompts 800000 smokers to kick habit - !!!!prompted 800,000 smokers to try and kick the habit !!!!!!!!!!In total more than 40 per cent of smokers tried to quit last year.!!!!!with about ten million smokers in the UK !!!!!800,000 is 5% of 10million!!!!!and anyway the figure is nearer 15 million smokers!!!!!!!!!!
Another city pub closes its doors - Norwich
Tadcaster's John Smith's brewery falls into foreign hands with S&N ...
Smoking bans stoke global warming-
German smokers demonstrate against ban
Panel rejects targeted smoking ban in cars - US, LA
Letter - - I am responding to the smoking study recently released by former Michigan Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema
Smoking ban proving costly for Ohio counties - OH
ONE YEAR LATER- How have area businesses fared since the smoking ban- - US, OH
Outdoor diners want drinks included - US, MN - "It could help increase drink sales, which he said had fallen because of the smoking ban."
Seen & Noted- Pipe show finds a way for smokers to light up - US, IL
Tobacco is most popular contraband in prisons - US, WA
April 26
A London pub closes every two days
Pub sector continues to struggle
Smoke ban rebel Hamish Howitt applies to convert bars to flats
Punch Profit Declines 24% as Smoking Ban Hurts Sales (Update4)
Punch bans Chancellor from 8449 pubs
Councillor attacks Government smoking policy - Gloucestershire
Smoking sacking challenged
Room searches cause uproar
Alcohol duty rise could worsen binge drinking, says Punch boss
Why there's no ideal rural life for the publican -- Rather oddly the writer suggests that the need to spend money on smoking shelters was the fault of the smokers !!!
Bavaria's CSU May Lose 38-Year Absolute Majority, Poll Suggests
Hookah bars in Paris fight smoking ban
Casinos lament smoking ban - Owners say decreases in revenue tied to law - US, IL
Smoking Ban Pushing Pool Players Out Of KC - US, MO
Smoking ban equally unnecessary and opaque - US, MO
Where Did All the Bingo Players Go- - US - Washington used to be home to 100 bingo halls that raised money for charity. Now there are fewer than 20.
Letter - This smoker will stay home
LaBeouf smoking charges dismissed - US, CA
Smoking ban challenged - US, MN
Blumenthal to post office- Stop delivering cigarettes - US, DC
Government restraint - City Council shows proper perspective on smoking ban - US, Spartanburg
Smoke Signals- Cities should butt out of people's health choices - US, OH
Some locals don’t favor smoking ban, mixed on whether or not it will harm business - US, MI
Government- Butt out of smoking - US, MI
Trump- Casinos should sue over smoking ban - US, PA
April 23
'Smoking ban fuels domestic violence'
Hamish Champ- It's gloom. It's doom. It's despondency with a ...
PUB OWNER SAYS GUEST HOUSE BID COULD SAVE BUSINESS - Derby
NUMBER'S UP FOR [New] BINGO HALL - Gloucestershire
SMOKERS FUMING AT £50 TRAIN STATION FAG FINE - London Bridge Station
Landlady fined for breaching smoking ban - Lancaster
Britain's 'local' an endangered species from New Zealand
Blackburn cafe owner faces new smoking ban charge
Pub chain slaps ban on Darling - Rochdale
Huge support for smoke ban petition
'New drag' on way for smokers with curbs outside pub - Ireland
The Sun comes out for Boris Johnson
Six pubs give Long Itchington plenty to celebrate - Coventry - "In the last few months, at least 30 pubs and clubs in the region have called time because of cheap booze from supermarkets, the smoking ban, and high rents."
Phil Johnson: Licensees are not police
Pubs close in economic downturn
Landlord fined for flouting smoking ban - Oxford
Yesterday’s trading- Four pubs a day face last orders
Recalcitrant Bavarians fight pub smoking ban
Letter - An infringement on freedoms - US, IA
Report Examines How Social, Economic Factors Contribute To Health Disparities In Alameda County, Calif.
Jury Rules Against Business Owner In Smoking Ban - US, IL
Bar Restaurant Owners Fight Iowa Smoking Ban - US, IA
Cyclist's life saved thanks to helmet -- and smoking ban - US, IL
The pro-life fanatics who drive smoking bans - US, SC
Letter - Anti-smoking ban typical of nanny state - Canada
Strife ahead as inmates face total smoking ban - Canada
Game over for yacht club pokies - Australia
Fuming patrons douse Beijing's bid to prohibit smoking in restaurants
April 20
Hackers take puff out of anti-smoking ban sites
Gordon Brown Out By Christmas- - another plug for UKIP
We’re all fagged off with nanny
Byrne still fuming about 'censorship' of smoking ban in theatres
Don’t become a publican, potential tenants warned
Closing time for Britain's public houses
'Smoking ban putting clubs at risk' - Hartlepool - Meeting with Ian Wright who voted for the smoking ban
Smoke ban threat to social clubs
Snooker halls facing final frame decider as smoking ban kicks in - Camden
Luminar offloads 26 nightclubs
Well-known bar is latest pub to close - Preston
Legion club calls time at the bar
Last post for town's Legion - Redditch
Calling time on popular pubs - Burton
'Laws and big chains are killing our pubs' - Dewsbury
Last orders for shipping containers - Rugeley
Spectator on closing breweries
City publican- Glad I got out of pub trade
Uproar at smoking ban for Bowmere Hospital - Chester
Smoking ban is no trivial matter - Brilliant!!!!!
Solutions from Newey & Eyre help pubs left out in the cold after ...
Rhodri sings praises of the Welsh brew
Pubs complain German smoking ban hits trade - Germany
Tobacco lobby has infiltrated Hong Kong government, campaigner says - Hong Kong
An Iowa Town Doesn't Want Folks Smoking Outdoors
Bar owners prepare for legal fight over new smoking ban - US, IA
Expert looks at decline in gambling revenues- US, IA
While I oppose smoking, bill infringes on people's rights - US, IA
Letter - Like it or not, smoking is a citizen’s right
A loss of the right to choose - US, IA
Smoking ban does not light non-smoker's fire US, IA
Mountain casinos suffer revenue drop - US, Colorado + March casino revenues fall 15 percent
Ban would snuff out individual rights - US, WI
April 16
Traffic Exhaust Can Cause Asthma, Allergies And Impaired Respiratory Function In Children - Oh! - It's not all the fault of SHS!!!!
Exhaust Fumes 'Have Killed Thousands'
Opinion - ‘Sexed-up’ numbers should not always be accepted as science
EU have gone too far Harriet, love - Harman and chating up the barmaid
Sad News - UK smoking ban tour cancelled
Darling, you are barred! - Watford
CHANCELLOR 'HAS IT INN FOR PUBS' - Gloucestershire
Pete Robinson- Pub beer sales UP 8% since smoking ban! BUT Where and Why?
TIME AT THE BAR - COUNTY'S PUBS IN CRISIS - Gloucestershire and LAST ORDERS FOR OUR PUBS-
Sutton Bridge legion calls for more support
Village halls continue to vanish - Wales
Bowling casualty as pub closes - Halesowen - !!! The PUB is also a casualty !!!
Punch Taverns - Business report
Parliamentary voice for an embattled industry - John Grogan!!!! - he hammered his first nail by promoting the smoking ban
MP's bid to revive dying club culture ---- ??? BUT Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn voted for the ban and "As a member of a club myself, it is vital that there is a future for working men's clubs and I will be raising their concerns in Parliament." We can't wait for his explanations
Smoke ban landlord vows to quit - Oxfordshire + Oxfordshire host hit with smoking ban fine
Brown 6 to 1 Not To Lead Labour Into Election + a Plug for UKIP
Chris Maclean- A government we deserve
Rebel Howitt barred from DPS role
More real ale could save Coventry pubs - COULD, COULD
Hospital social club looks set to close - UK, Borders
Pub to become flats - Norwich
Gay nights to bring back boozers - Wigan
Woolies sales up 10.2% - Woolworths said its hotel business was hit by smoking bans in South Australia, NSW and Victoria which went into effect from July to October of last year.
Local Legion branch looks to council for help - Canada
Beijing scraps smoking ban in bars - China
Smoking ban dropped - US, WI, Reedsburg
Ban would snuff out individual rights - US, WI
I'm not a smoker but my cigarette is - US, IA
Letter - Who will they go after next- - US, IA
No Smoking, Even Outdoors - US, OH
Let the free market ban smoking - US, SD
Letter - Ban would snuff out liberty - USA, WI from a non-smoker who doesn't like smoke
Nederland council snuffs smoking ban - US, TX
Study says smoking bans don't hurt bars and restaurants - US, MI - BUT who wrote & published this cr*p
Opinion - Column- We ban hookahs, but call it diversity- - US, PA
Outdoor in for smokers - Australia
Smoking bans hurt country venues - Australia
Shura stubs out anti-smoking law - Bahrain
April 14
Last orders for pub - Hartlepool
Smoking pub in 'last chance saloon' - Preston
FINANCIAL ALE-MENTS FOR THE PUB INDUSTRY
The ‘working man’ has been made redundant - Wales
The Verdict on Smoke Free Bingo Halls in Wales
Don't get mad...get even- Dom Joly gets his own back
Letter - Survey debunks danger of second-hand smoke - US, TX
Don't ban smoking - US, Spartanburg
Trump Entertainment stock price hits all-time low - US
Smoking ban nears for hospital patients - Canada
Restaurants exempt from smoking ban - China
April 12
Tobacco Companies Win Upset of Damages Award - ??? another person who contracted Cancer AFTER giving up a lifetime habit???
Cains makes loss of £2.8m over 14 months
£9m move to help revitalise 'golden mile' - Dewsbury - "businesses on Bradford Road were struggling because of Government initiatives including all-day drinking and the smoking ban."
Former pub could be turned into flats - Cumberland
Backstreet pubs face last orders - Kent
Tough times for pubs as Yates's bar is closed - Kent - and this isn't a 'backstreet pub'
COUNTRY PUBS UNDER THREAT - Cornwall
Closure likely as pub becomes 'unviable' - Bournemouth
Journeys| Oxford, England A Pub Crawl Through the Centuries - NY times - A cellebration of British Pubs - "But alas, the nooks were clearly made for smoking, and feel denuded now that a smoking ban began last summer. These oak rooms without smoke? Any writer of the 19th or 20th century — Tolkien, Lewis or whoever — without pipe, cigar or cigarette? Unthinkable. Unwritable."
Friendly barmaids, cosy fires, but hardly a drop to drink
Letter - Why ban smoking when gov't promotes other vices- Canada
AC gambling 'win' down - again - US, Atlantic City - that's after a partial ban and a full one's coming!
Letter - Half smoking ban is enough - US, MS
Love Fuming Over Cigarette Flight Incident - US
Why stop at a smoking ban- - US, OH
Letter - Anti-smoking proposal is overkill - US, LA
Celebrity to ban smoking in cabins and on balconies - US
Opinion - The Left Conservative- Thoughts on the Immorality of Smoking Bans - US, SC - with comment
Smoking ban continues to hamper Illinois casinos - US, MA
Clubs hit by new laws, fall in income - Australia
Anti-smoking lobby group calls for tobacco licensing - New Zealand
April 11
Rebel Howitt wins fight to keep pub open and Smoke ban rebel wins pub licence battle
Sky-high prices, flat beer and no fags- how the pub bubble burst
Pub bars MP Geraldine - Morecambe
Smoking bans and taxes, do they work-
SMOKING BAN FORCES ANOTHER PUB TO CLOSE - Lincoln
Low sales force four village pubs to close a day
Smokers to battle for a club shelter - Wales
Landlord hits road - Merthyr Tydfil
Another pub bites the dust - Leigh, Howe Bridge
Crazy smoke ban is hitting my business - Coventry
Pubs in crisis - Middleton
Town suffers third pub closure - Margate
Time called on pubs - Great Yarmouth - 4 Pubs gone
'New laws and big chains are destroying pubs' - Batley
Let's have a pub subsidy. In fact, we could even call it a pubsidy
The death of the village pub
Acquisition hits Cains Beer
Would you miss your local pub? + Lots of comments
Vote Labour? EU must be joking.
Consumer Confidence Slides, Drink Sales Sink - M&B
Austria wary of banning smoking
Estero fire district bans smoking in fire stations - US, FL - "all employees were required to have either quit smoking or were to have enrolled in a smoking cessation class," - They can risk real death & danger but can't have a cigarette!!!
The invisible damage done by Charleston's smoking ban - US, SC
Tuck-in for a treat and name your own price
“SMOKING BANS KILL”
Modified smoke ban still unacceptable to biz organizations - US, CA
Local Clubs Struggle with State Smoking Ban US, OH
Legislature could have looked at alternatives to smoking ban - US, IA
AC gambling revenue down, again - US, PA
Job cuts, shorter hours at Casino - Canada and Nova Scotia casinos cutting up to 120 jobs
Smokes ban hurting country venues - Australia
April 8
Everything in moderation. - F2C article leading to A little bit of what you fancy and Why man COULD live for ever, by Desmond Morris
Causation and Selection in the Relationship of Job Loss to Health in the United States: Working Paper - So ASH, by claiming there would be no adverse economic effects, are blind to the damage their ban is having on the health of those who lose their jobs
Darling is no longer welcome in The Hart - Eastbourne
Pub closes as owner goes bust - Chorley
Pub chain is bought back - Dodgy?
PUB LANDLORD IS SUED OVER SMOKING BAN - Exeter and - 'Smoking ban means we can't sell our house', say couple who are ...
Roll up for the newest travel trend: smoking tourism
Church takes over old bingo hall as its numbers come up - Edinburgh
Taxi drivers in Ryedale protest over licence fee rise - York
A call to arms on pubs’ plight - York
Opinion - Why Smoking Bans Blow - US
Homeowner's Smoking Banner Stolen - US, MO
TAX REVENUES- State budget woes to continue - USA, NV - "said the tax increases and the smoking ban caused some people to cut back on purchases and not eat out as much"
Smoking bans: Public protection or lemon laws? - US, Maryland Uni
Letter - Unintended consequence of smoking ban - USA
Bingo's number is up - US, MIN
Why smoking ban leaves sport gasping - Australia
April 6
What makes Scotland so sick - He also questioned whether recent initiatives such as the smoking ban would have a major impact on health when numerous others have failed. --- "Putting money into health doesn't seem to be making an awful lot of difference to life expectancy. It is whether more should be done with regards to the social factor, such as housing, education and changing people's attitudes to work and what they do,"
Dirt cheap alcohol lures shoppers to spend
Neame: 8,000 pubs at risk after Budget
Survey reveals one in 10 landlords not making a profit
Smoking ban leads to surge in number of quitters - Pure advertising
Olney smokers speak out against Illinois law - US, IN
Bingo's number is up - US, MN
Clean air edict's effect on restaurants varies
Big Island mayor won't OK smoking ban at county parks - US, HI
War Veterans Want To Use Their Special Rooms - US, NY
Landmark tobacco vendor fears ruin because of new law - Canada
April 5 - catching up with the news after experiencing pleasure inof the Cathedral Cafe Bar in Santander : people + chatter + smoking = pleasure. Their joy and camaraderie has not been removed
Howitt and wife plead not guilty
Rafferty - Who'll be next once smokers are made social outcasts?
Uproar as minister defies Chancellor to back pubs over drink tax
Problems for Pitstone based firm
Another city pub set to close - Norwich
Warning- not smoking can seriously damage your local pubs' trade - Wales
Carlton sells bingo halls - Online Bingo News
Ban The Man Who's Killing Off Our Pubs!
Are inns on the way out-
Popular city pub bars 'troublemaker' Darling
Letter - BAN HAS LEFT ME FUMING
Marston's to transfer nearly 50 managed pubs
My sons owe their lives to the fine old tradition of chatting up barmaids. Don't ban it, Harriet, luv
Mecca splits with Gill
Barracuda smoke shelter in dispute
Marston's feeling the pressure
Concern over licensing changes - Berwickshire
Bill banning smoking outside hospitals fails - US, TN
Minn. House says yes to smoking shacks during budget debate - US, MN
Smoking Bans Linked To Increased Drunk Driving Crashes - US, MA
Owner of Terrible's Casino faces bankruptcy - US, IA
Ohio anti-tobacco group to keep funds from governor, lawmakers - US, OH - Strickland had planned to take $230 million from the foundation to fund the jobs package, leaving $40 million for anti-tobacco programs. - How much funding do these groups have??????? AND - Tobacco fund ready to fight
Smoking ban - Interesting Opinion
Prison a powderkeg - Canada
Casino layoffs rumoured - Canada
Tobacco law smokes pubs - Canada
THE CORRIDOR - Turkey
April 2
OWNERS OF CITY PUB 'GO UNDER'
Summit Clubs goes into administration
Steeper falls in beer sales hit Tchenguiz pubs
Smoking ban cuts receipts from pull-tabs, bingo - US, MN
Your Home is Your Non-Smoking Castle - US, NJ
Smoking Bans- Smoke and a Smokescreen- - US, AZ
Colo. court- State smoking ban applies — even on stage - US, TN