New Additions for August '07

August 31 Catch-up
How the smoking ban could be contributing to skin cancer
Smoking ban hurt trade - Barrow
District adheres to smoking ban - Hexham
North tops smoking ban table - North-East
Odour on the dance floor - Sunderland
Beery heaven hits back at slump from smoking ban - Hebden Bridge
'I was sacked for cig break' - Huddersfield
Marston's tenants divided over smoking ban
Letter - Let landlords choose rules on smoking - Bolton
Eau de Lambert and Butler sprayed in pub
Prince plans meeting over future of pubs - Wales
Rockers give cigarette industry a real boost
CARLISLE SMOKER BANNED FROM GROUND - Carlisle
Friction.TV promises to spark the debate
Fears over increase in street boozing - Coventry
Smoking ban hits bingo firm
NHS SMOKING BLITZ - Wales
Third smoke ban rebel facing court - Tony Blows
Forest- Smokers being ‘victimized’
Pete Robinson- State controlled pub grub - it's started already - Liverpool
Street drinking threat from smoking ban - East Anglia
» Saw Doctors have the barroom blues «
FAMILY LOOKING TO QUIT PUB JUST MONTHS ON - Bath
» I'm going parking mad - Greenock
Call for borough-wide ban on street drinking - Bolton
Would these gory pictures make you stub it out-
Smoking is a God-given right - Opinion - Oklahoma
Hookah bar owners vow to fight smoking ban - US, Bellingham, WA
Take a breather on smoking bans - US, Hattisburg
Editorial - Outrage misdirected at smoking ban, weeds enforcement
August 25
Licence warning leads to sale of pub - Suffolk
Careful smokers - York
Smokers openly defy hospital smoking ban - Cambridge
Letter - Quit taking private rights away from us
Bylaw blamed- Owners close business in advance of Sept. 1 smoking ban - Canada
BINGO players want to smoke & Smoking ban ruling overturned on appeal - Kentucky
August 24
PIG AND FIDDLE INSTALLS TELEVISION IN BEER GARDEN - Bath
Complaint leads to review for landlord - Dearham, Norfolk
No smoking signs go up at churches - Sussex
Ann fumes over dog ends - Oxford
Woman banned from smoking in her garden - Sweden
Bingo halls want town's support- Niagara, Fort Erie
Casino revenue down; Trump blames partial smoking ban; reade
August 23
Pete Robinson- Zero tolerance on smokers
Disastrous pub summer prompts licensees to quit
Noise of modern life blamed for thousands of heart deaths
SMOKING BAN PUSHES UP CLEANING COSTS
After the smoking ban - the bars that emptied
Teenager accused of smoking ban breach - Blackpool
White Lion beer garden smoking curfew(Lifted) - Clitheroe
Smoking Ban Reversed - US, Putnam County
Smokers seek more freedom in Avon - US, Vail
More companies shut out workers who smoke - US
August 22
Smoke rebel's court date - Nick Hogan
Smoking Stones leave O2 fuming
Popular pub warned too many patrons - Suffolk
Even the begonias are puritans now
Last orders for the traditional boozer-
BRITAIN'S ONCE MOST-WANTED MAN AND NOTORIOUS DRUG SMUGGLER TO GIVE TALK IN CITY - Lincolnshire - "His current bugbear is the ban on smoking "
Final curtain at the New Rink - Driffield
Second licensee hit with summons over smoking ban - Nick Hogan
Noisy smokers get the blame for rise in bad neighbour rows - Scotland
SMOKE BAN PUTS PUBS IN FIRING LINE - Wales
‘Increasing taxes on drink would just about close every Welsh pub’
Letter - Anti-smoking crowd is making it a crime
Smokers light up, say they face no consequences - Calgary
August 21
CONCERN AT SMOKING BAN AFFECT DOOR STAFF - Exeter
Smoking ban causes 'havoc' on the street - Portsmouth
Letter - Killing off the pubs
Fined for smoking in a pub - Chris in Cheddar
Summertime and business is awful
Cigarette sales drop 7% in a month
Demonization and deflection just won't cut it anymore - Montreal - This is what we have to look forward to!!!!

August 20 - Catch-up
Councils lead a culture change on smoking - They are not paid to do this
Conflict of Interest: Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005) - from Breast Cancer Action
BREATHING EASY OVER SMOKING BAN RESULTS - The usual crap = less smoke when there is less smoke!!
New law goes up in smoke - Photo of policeman smoking in his police car
The big pub trade washout - with comment
Landlord quits over smoking ban - Bury
Fuming over smoking ban repercussions - Dorking
Defiant smoker flouts pub ban - Rossendale
No smoking – no problem - no pubs!
Pub landlord defends smoking shelter - Worcestershire
Landlord's fine threat fury - Westhoughton, Bolton
'Our peace has gone up in smoke' - Mirfield
STONES WARNED OVER CIGS - London
Traces of polonuim210 found at Hey Jo Club -
Clubbers face 'fag break charge - Manchester
Opinion - Pete Robinson- Who's law is it anyway-
'Half quit smoking' following ban - fantasy headline based on a poll of 1,000
Dancing to a new aroma - Hemelhempstead
Letter - Smoking ban
BREATHING EASY OVER SMOKING BAN RESULTS - Typical crap
Quitters inc - unlike the NHS Alan Carr's method actually works
Bingo! MP pledges to support the cause
Letter - Smoking ban is socialism
Smoke ban and new competitors put 18 percent pinch on Atlantic City casino profits
Neighbors not happy with bar patrons smoking outdoors - Ohio
Letters - Smoking ban is a pure example of oppression - Smoking ban causes city to lose money - US, Bowling Greem
August 16
landlord's fury as canopies must go - Chichester
'Pull down that smoke shelter' - Halifax
Can working men's clubs survive the smoking ban-
A developing threat to your local
'Noisy smokers causing sleepless nights' claim - Bournmouth - "It is unfortunate that laws imposed by the government in regards the smoking ban are inextricably linked to the dramatic increase in noise levels outside all major night-time venues in Bournemouth and across the UK.
Illegal cig trade threatens shops
Howitt smoking case gets second adjournment
Public drinks call ban dismissed
Manager whose timid rule saved the nation then lost its people - Scotland
Prisoners' rights group fumes over smoke-free jails plan - Canada
Smoking ban hits bottom line - Canada
Ricky Blue — The Let's-Ban-Everything Party - Canada
Special-interest groups spent $17 million lobbying in six months - Milwaukee
Blue Chalk Club will close by September - Wisconsin
Trump calls for repeal of casino smoking ban - US, NJ
Bucket Shop to close - US, Ohio - Highland Square bar has been landmark in Akron since 1934
Right to smoke faces real limits - US, NY
August 15
Mystery as top music bar closes doors again – Glasgow, The Halt Bar in the West End
Smokers forcing couple indoors – Kettering – “I would suggest residents complain to Gordon Brown or Tony Blair – they are the ones who implemented the smoking ban”
The George late night pub garden smoking bid rejected – Hemelhempstead
Maureen quits the cigs – but the ban is wrong - Richmond and Twickenham
Church leaders fuming over smoking ban – Wilmington
Hospitality operators must protect staff enforcing smoking ban
Pubs crack down on smoking in letting rooms – 25% of potential customers can vote with their wallets
Recovery centers ban addicts' cigarettes, too – US, NY
Council Seeks New Ban on Smokin by Parents in Cars – US, NY
Private club businesses stinging from smoking ban – US, Chillicothe - They just didn't realize how much the impact would be felt.
City ordinance results remain cloudy, at best – US, Wyoming – A much smaller ‘day crowd’
Fewer gamblers play after smoke clears – Las Vegas
August 14
Smokers targeted by drug dealers says landlord - Taunton
Smoker fined for breaking pub ban - a very curtailed report from Glastonbury?
'In ten years there won’t be as many (working men's) clubs. - "They have taken away their social life," she said, adding that it is devastating to see clubs close and the history that goes with them lost.
Pete Robinson- Smoking can be really cute
Flawed research equates placebo to cold turkey - Interesting article about NRT
Cig rage at prison - Dartmoor Officer injured
Pubs in trouble over smokers drinking in street - Cornwall
Bingo Halls Go Up in Smoke with the Implementation of Smoking Bans
16-year-olds to be support officers - Thames Valley - will they go after smokers?
View from the Chamber - Smoke-free pubs - Manchester - non-commital?
NHS Lothian steps up scheme to help smokers quit - Scotland, Lothians - "The move is part of a move designed to increase the disappointing uptake in smoking cessation sessions in the region..........after three months, the percentage of successful quitters had dropped to eight per cent. "
Smoker wins smoking penalty appeal - Scotland
‘Vertical drinking’ days are numbered - Scotland, Perth and Kinross Licensing Lunacy
Danish grumblings over new smoking
Being Unhealthy Could Cost You—Money - US, Clarion Health
Revenues on decline since ban - US, Wyoming -
August 13
SUZANNE MOORE: I'm sick of being told it's all our fault
Failure of NC restaurant smoking ban masks other victories – North Carolina
Landlady's protest over 'nanny state' - the Crown Pub, in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall
Bar Owners Battle Smoking Ban – US, Dunbar
Smokers To Stub Out When Abroad - Amanda Sandford wants us to holiday in Britain!!!!
Couple in smoking row over computer - Curry's engineer refuses to repair smoker's computer!!
August 12
We were better off with a fug in the snug - Dr James Le Fanu
Follow the hearse for some killing jokes - Liam Mullone - H&S Comedian
NEW WEBSITE - Listen with an Open Mind. Simbolin's pictures from Glastonbury
Move to license sale of cigarettes - Scotland
August 11 - GLASTONBURY MARCH against the Ban - starting from the SILVER STREET CAR PARK, GLASTONBURY at 12 noon
Pub fights 11pm beer garden curfew for smokers - Clitheroe
Pub agents surprised by smoke ban negativity - 59% view it negatively
Cafe boss breaks smoking ban but council lets her off - Bolton
Massive response to smoke outburst
Street drink ban warning for smokers - Rochdale
'No smoking' - Michegan
Smoke and mirrors - Michegan
VALO SLAMS FINNISH SMOKING BAN
Warning Letters Being Sent Despite An Invalid Smoking Ban Vote - West Virginia

August 10
Smoke ban rebel Hamish faces Pubwatch boot
Smoking ban - pubs feel the effects a month on - Kent
‘Smoke ban ruins pubs and clubs’ - Dorset
Pete Robinson: Opinion polls? Just a matter of opinion
Welsh bingo halls going through hard times
Nicotinell sponsors Football League
Ban blamed for pub noise - Yarmouth
Billie Piper's night out goes up in smoke
Open air plan could be out in the cold - Scotland
Smokers need more puffing places - Scotland
The Weekly DiScussion- has the smoking ban effected your gig-going-
Business owners should have choice on smoking - Michegan
August 8/9
SMOKE BAN COULD FORCE BAR TO CLOSE - Nancy's in Falmouth - "It's not all about drinking alcohol," said Ms Thomas. "The biggest percentage drop is in the mornings when older people come in for a cup of tea or coffee. "I used to do 90 on average each morning and now get about five.
BLANKET SMOKING BAN 'NO' - NHS STAFF - Scotland
Medical charities 'should avoid conflict of interest
SMOKING BAN IS KILLING PUBS
10p on a pint of beer
PUB FEARS CASH SPENT ON SHELTER MAY GO UP IN SMOKE - Derbyshire
Karaoke pair fuming over smoking ban - Glastonbury March
August 7
LUCY ORGILL Again - Tiger Inn, Turnditch, Derbyshire and 'Jobsworth'
Pete Robinson: Discarded fag ends? What a load of rubbish!
SMOKING BAN IS KILLING PUBS - Bristol
Rebel landlord given one last chance to explain smoking ban defiance - Bolton, - Nick Hogan
Pubs claim smoking ban costing business - Midhurst
Scottish & Newcastle Profit Falls on Wet Weather
Cafe breaks smoking ban - Cheetham Hill
Letter - Off-licence curbs not the answer - Ireland
Smoking bans affect clubs - Australia
Independence Bar Owners Push For Revised Smoking Ban - Kansas
August 6
Letter - 'Be careful what you ban
Smoking fine for pipe cafe – Manchester – Shisha
RIVER-PLUNGE CLUBBER DIES DESPITE RESCUE BID – Derby – “since the smoking ban had been introduced, clubbers had started to congregate in the car park and on the path at the back of the club when they needed to light up.”
HOSPITAL LITTER PROBLEM 'OUT OF HAND' – Scunthorpe
HOLY SMOKE! A PINT-SIZED PUB – Derby
Trader objects to smokers lighting up in shop porch – Weston-S-Mare
Welsh bingo halls struggling
Office printers 'are health risk' – solution = ventilation!!!!
Support for smoking protest cafe – Lancashire – Non-smokers INSIDE
Federal lawsuit challenges Houston's smoking ban
Should we have designated 'smoking clubs'? – Reading – Simple question
Letter - Debate lost in a cloud of smoke
Opinion - Next, look for the ‘nanny state’ to go after your obese neighbors
Independence City Council will hear pub measure that would allow Smoking - Kansas City - “There was one night we had only five people in here, and we had a live band,”
August 5
Pubs losing a packet since fags ban - Wales
Now smoke ban rebel will face court - Bolton
Make mine a pint of Chanel, landlord
Mabel's given up the fags – at 107
Richard and Judy smoking ban discussion - Video
New smoking ban in place but already not working - Germany - rift between anti-tobacco & Government - "it was not intended discriminate against smokers or to ostracise them. “It’s a question of protecting people against the dangers of passive smoking,” --- That means that ours was intended to discriminate!!!!!!
August 4
2 new BLOGS -http://www.smokingbanisshit.co.uk and http://www.smokingbanstinks.co.uk
ISSAC J. BAILEY A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE -Smoking ban benefits yet to be seen
Opinion - Why my smoking habit proves you can't believe a word the b******s tell you - Tom Utley
Bored of the flies... - Preston - lots of flies since the ban came in!!
Job hunt set man off on life of crime - Wales - "robbing someone of a mobile phone while the victim was observing the smoking ban and having a cigarette in a car park"
ARABIAN-STYLE CAFES BATTLE BACK - Leicester - "Many of Leicester's shisha cafes have folded since the ban came in"
Smokers hit back in war over lighting up - Darwen, Lancashire - "NON-SMOKERS have been banned from sitting outside a town centre cafe"
Pete Robinson: Grotty backstreet boozers - Demise of the land-locked local
'New law won't stop us smoking' vow teens - Peterborough
This is no yolk - Swindon
Smoker Fined - Guernsey
BAN WILL DRIVE US OUT OF THE PUB TRADE - Barley Mow, Bedminster, Bristol
PEACE GOES UP IN SMOKE - Bournemouth planning
Quiet, please! - anti-smoking laws driving nightclubbers outdoors - Sidmouth
Fingerprints keep tabs on smokers - London
Fogging the issue - West Yorkshire
Secret FGH smoker may be hit with fine - Set fire to his hospital bed
Smoking enforcers out of puff - Australia, Victoria
Richard Hammond - Cloud with a silver lining
Marylee Shrider: Don’t snuff out our personal freedoms
Phil Reimer's Ports and Bows cruise news - Royal Caribbean will ban smoking in the cabins starting in the New Year
August 3
Rebel landlord refuses council meeting - Nick Hogan, Bolton
Defiant bar owner finds 'loophole' to flout smoking ban - Dave West, HeyJo
West takes out newspaper ad to promote smoking club
MOSQUITOES are feasting on smokers forced outside by the ban. - Manchester
Landlord to shut early for the benefit of neighbours - Blandford Forum
Magician tests smoking ban -Edinburgh
Ban has positive effect on trading -Dunmow
Jack Nicholson shifting to Monaco?
COTTLE FUMING OVER SHOW SMOKE THREAT
Anger amongst retirement home residents following smoking ban – Coventry
PUBS IN LITTER PENALTY WARNING – Llanelli
Theatre bans comic smoking scene – Edinburgh
Plain clothes police to patrol the streets – Devon – “anti-social behaviour has been on the up since the smoking ban came into effect at the beginning of July”
English pub boss gives banned smokers something to chew on - Bridgewater
Move hampers business downtown - US, Collin County "Our bar crowd has really dropped off because of the smoking ban,”
NEW BAN ON SMOKES - South Wales, Swansea - Sainsbury's "telling shoppers not to smoke while sitting outside on the store's benches."
Quiet, please! - anti-smoking laws driving nightclubbers outdoors - Devon
Proprietors should be able to make their own decisions on smoking - US, Lansing

August 2
Rebel landlord refuses council meeting
Win a grand - fill in our smoking ban questionaire - Rotherham United - about smokefree football
Bar owner to fight smoking ban charges - The Scotsman - wait for the comments - (usual crap from D from NM & others)
Pub landlord defies smoking ban - Norfolk - Dog and Partridge at East Wretham, near Thetford,
Remaking The Haunt US, NY - "Business was good up to the point when the smoking ban went into effect the same month the BAC limit was lowered to .08.
COMIC SPARKS FESTIVAL RAMMY - Scotland
One business in three is ignoring ban on smoking - Portsmouth
August 1
Smoke ban rebel makes legal history - Hamish
Smoking clash leaves pub man with broken leg - Bolton Landlord - "The incident happened just days after a drinker punched landlady Michelle Parkinson in the face, knocking her unconcious"
Smoking ban 'puts staff at risk' - Tony Blows - For evidence see above!!!!!!!!!
Plumber's fury at 'snooping' smoke ban officers - Scotland
Heavy fines threat to smokers - Crewe - headline sums it up really
Use your local or lose it, warning - CAMRA warning of pub closures
Cigs ban bingo hall doomed - Wellingborough - 19 lost jobs
Letter - SMOKING BAN PUTS NURSES AT RISK
'Death risk' from air pollution - but aren't we told its smoking?
Smoking ban success in Stockton - Propaganda
BURNS FLOUTS SMOKING BAN - Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns
It's all clear for smoking ban at the pubs - Bradford - Read into the article
Backlash over smoking ban - Fleet owners - and - Call for rethink of smoke-free vehicle regulations
Have shisha cafes gone to ashes-
Smokers in shelter hosed down by man unhappy about noise - Lancashire
Office printers emit dust particles which are 'as bad for you as smoking
Letter - Smokers have as many rights as asthmatics
Out of sight, out of mind? - Canada - Tobacco retailers taking isssue with anti-smoking legislation
Store owners to fight tobacco power-wall ban - Canada, Nova Scotia
More Smokers Feeling Harassed by Smoking Bans - US, Princeton NJ - Gallup Polls
Shattered glass and the carnival of horror - Iceland