Video - Homage to the Smoking Ban Hero's
Rod Little - I am angrier with the government about the smoking ban than the Iraq war
Ronald Harwood - Whisper it: non-smokers die too! - Excellent essay
February 28
- (what a lot of news items for
just one day!!!!)The Ugly Face of the Anti-Smoker - from Liverpool and the pro-smoking doctor blog --------------------->>>>>>>>
Smoking ban has 'devastated licensed trade' - Lancashire
Pub launches campaign for smoking rooms - Wales
Raise a glass to the great London boozer
How are pubs really faring in the post-smoke-ban world? Win £1000 in cash
William Hill profits down 5.6%
Inbev: UK beer volumes down 10.3%
Mighty Pharmaceutical Giants Under Attack
Parts of pubs to convert into bookmakers - Scotland
Smoking ban hits snooker club hard - Norwich
Publicans’ union relaunches as Licensees Unite
Council backtracks on outside smoking ban - and - Council stubs out planned ban on smoking outside pubs- Barnsley
Light entertainment gigs threatened by drink price hike
UK Bingo Fans Asked To Help Create An Archive Of Lost Bingo Halls
Join The Mecca Bingo Campaign To Save Our Bingo
HOW JUST THREE SMOKING BREAKS A DAY STUB OUT ONE YEAR'S WORK - Rather Biased!
Movie Smoking More Common Than Real Life - More Glantz Crap
Jimmy Mac’s building is for sale - US, Buffalo
Missing Your Smoking Buddies at the Bar - US, SC
Smoking ban an economic issue - US - they forgot to mention that Big Pharma benefits!!
Customer's Choice - US, IL
Outside the arc- Business owners struggling with 10-foot arc rule - US, NE
A slippery slope - US, IA
Letter - Government control gone amok
Comment - Is it too late to regain freedoms- - US, AL
Credit crisis hits Atlantic City - US, MA
Harrah's posts loss after writeoff - US, NJ
Last Call owner faces eviction proceedings - US, KS
Ban smoking in homes - Canada
Here it comes – a further erosion of rights - Canada
February 27
Once a backbone
FLAGSHIP BAY PUBS TO SHUT - Torquay
Laurel Pub Company puts 94 sites on the market
Declining Market is a Bitter Blow for Brewers
More smokers despite tighter laws - New Zealand - Bans don't work!!!!!!!
Fake aims to kill the urge to puff - New Zealand - eCigarette
Smoking ban, economy blamed for decrease in gambling revenue - US, MN
February 26
'SMOKING BAN HAS HIT OUR BUSINESS' - Scunthorpe
Second club shuts after smoke ban - Blackpool
Gordon Brown barred from Elland pub over smoking ban - Halifax
Pollution fears are misplaced while toxins thrive indoors - Apparently ventilation works and home/environmental factors cause asthma
Smoke ban not closing pubs - Alan Johnson, Health Minister -
Cigarette sales drop 4% following smoking ban
Injured woman recovers in hospital - Did the smoking ban save a life????? - "Michael Talbot, .......... was outside the store having a cigarette when he heard a bang from across the road. He was the first on the scene and immediately called for an ambulance."
Nigerian state withdraws $23 bln tobacco lawsuit
Smoking tars Oscar nominees - Wow!!! - There's even smoking in real life! Is this health censorship of the arts?
Letter - Bars and Cigarettes, Together Again-
February 24
It's going to happen!!!! - Liverpool set to ban McDonald's Happy Meals in a bid to cut childhood obesity
City pub shuts its doors again - York
Live in the pub -
Working and social life made a misery - Bognor
Let each business decide on smoking - US, IL
Letter - Violating property rights
Bars, cafes aren't alone - US, TX
Letter - Thugs in Jackboots
Business Owner Snubs Nose at State Smoking Ban - US, IL
February 22
Interesting figures for UK cigarette consumption & non-duty paid - Duty paid -50% 1990-2006 imported 500% up
The Big Smoke-easy
10% profit drop for hosts since smoke ban
Laurel to ditch 40 ailing pubs
Smoking ban kills Lynn Hogshead
Shisha bar owners fined under smoke ban - Manchester
Bingo Caller asks the Government to Save our Bingo
Help your local pub – before time is called
Two more city bars close - Carlisle
MIXED OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE OF SITE - Grimsby
Smoking while driving could be banned - Guernsey
Council sparks fury as officials plan to ban smoking outside pubs - Barnsley
Street trader crackdown - Barnet
Smokers to be banned from lighting up in playgrounds - London
Firefighters banned from visiting smokers' homes to offer safety advice - London
The price of healthy returns - Big Pharma seems to be doing well
Broker snap- Goldman lowers Wetherspoon, Enterprise
As The Man Says - The Sound Barrier - Ulster
Chinese urged to report smokers
1998 Editorial - Why ban smoking- - Boston
Omaha pool hall loses fight against state smoking restrictions
Let owners of businesses make own decisions - US, IA
Encinitas bans smoking on beaches - US, CA
Theater night' evasion of smoking ban lights a spark - US, MN and Dozens of bars holding "theater nights" to circumvent smoking ban - US, ND
Do something - US, NJ
Smoking at beaches outlawed - US, San Diego
The hot air paradigm - India
February 21
Pub landlord fined £180 over smoking ban - Kent
Cheap soft drinks would help tackle booze culture
STUDENTS FEAR DRINKS AT CLUBS WERE SPIKED - Exeter
‘Pubs are being penalised by energy firms’
Could 2008 be a bad one for pubs- - Norwich
Council gets tough over pub marquee - Middlesex
Letter - Lighting up debate again
Police ask for Longridge pub licence review
Tough time for pubs - Melton
Young Tories spark Holyrood alert after smoking in toilets - Scotland
Protest 'laced with plumes of irony' - Canada
Report: New Generation of Tobacco Products Threatens Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives in New York - US HYPE
Smokeless Tobacco Is Safer - US, NY
Obesity blamed as stroke rate rises for middle-aged women - US - "No other traditional risk factors like smoking, heart disease or diabetes changed enough between the two surveys to account for the increase in strokes."
Smoking exemptions for veterans voted down - US, IL
Bar owners defy Ohio's smoking ban
Encinitas approves beach smoking ban - US, CA
Letter - Is there no compromise on smoking proposal- - US, TX
Casino revenue slips in January - US, CO
NY HEALTH COMMISSIONER APPEALS TO STUDIOS ON SMOKING - US, NY
February 20
Scottish & Newcastle's beer prices set to rocket
Brewers warn of substantial hike in price of a pint
Pub sites flood the market
Car Exhaust Causes Heart Disease
Booze ban is a scam - St Albans
Over 1.6 million smokers 'quit due to ban' - from a survey of 1022 people!!!!!!!!
Rise in number of smokers stubbing it out - Bolton - Read it and spot the lie
Thomas Sutcliffe- How about a permit to drink alcohol-
Peace in our time- Not while we're suffering from all this noise - Yorkshire
Sparks to fly in new Rovers Return smoking shelter
Beamish & Crawford suffer cider hangover - Eire - "The company said that the smoking ban, which was introduced in Britain last year, cut €10m off profits."
Smokeless tobacco products are addictive and hazardous to health, scientific committee concludes. - 'EU health & Social Protection Directorate' - more lords & masters?
Foes of smoking ban gather at rural Illinois bar to plan protest - US, St Louis
In-car smoking ban may have hit a dead end - US, UT
Casino revenue drops after smoking ban - US, CO
Soldiers are smoking mad over tobacco ban on IDF bases - Israel
February 19
The good news is that a Smoker's Permit will cost only £10. The bad news is how you apply for it
Woman attacked and raped near pub
New Safer Cigarette Could End Smoking Ban in the UK
Rules tightened to keep smokers off pavements - London
Will the smoking ban kill bingo?
Boozers under threat - Wigan
Smoking ban may force some pubs to call time-for good - Wales
Robert Tchenguiz calls time on part of empire as hangover from smoking ban endures - Laurel Pub Co.
Health groups snub UK smoking permit plan
Ventilation key in revised smoking plan - US, KS
Restaurant Goes 21 and Older Only to Get Around Smoking Ban - US, KS
Letter - Check the Communist Manifesto - US, Tyler
Loma Linda voters may ban smoking on streets, sidewalks - US, CA
State budget will be a surprise - US, IL
Bars- Smoking ban hurts business - US, IL
February 17
Government Advisor: SHS Evidence "Insubstantial"
UK pubs for sale as empty pubs flood market
Licence to Inhale- England Mulls Tough New Anti-Smoking Measure from the US
£24m drug trial hope for over-60s with arthritis - Scotland and relies on the infamous 17%
Ventilation key in revised smoking ban - US, KS
Bars- Smoking ban hurts business - US, IL
NO SMOKES- Smokers shopping at Budwey’s supermarkets get snuffed out - US, NY
Bars near border seeing smoke - US, WI
Letters - If ordinance passes, I'll do business elsewhere - Smoking ban is a loss of rights issue - US, TX
Letter - It's about choice
February 16
Smoking ban pub rebel in appeal - Nick Hogan
Permission to smoke- That’ll be £10
Pubs count cost of smoking ban - Oxford - One of the few local papers that is willing to state the obvious!!!!!!!!!
Warning over drink spiking - Scarborough
John Mortimer- on fighting ill health - An 84 year old smoker
Bingo Players Devastated As Another Bingo Hall Closes - Scotland - The headline points out that it is the Players who suffer - ALL the players
Fine for failing to stub it out - Birmingham
Does Corrie encourage underage drinking-
Pensioner cleared over smoking in pub - Scotland
Salmond aims to kick junk food into touch for Commonwealth Games - Scotland - Control Freakery
1 in 3 prefer home to pub - Eire
Business glut forces Knoxville restaurant to go smoking only - US
Wichitans Boycott Smoking Establishments - US - Seems these non-smokers are moaning about a better situation than most smokers have got
Empress, Harrah's see decline in revenue - US, IL
Atlantic City casinos slump - US
Snuff out public health department advocacy - US, IA
February 15
£10 government permit plan to deter smokers - A licence to smoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoking While Pregnant
Joe Jackson Loves Smoking, Hates New York
Guinness gives Diageo reason for cheer
Should we put public welfare before freedom-
McGuinness slams alcohol in soaps - Ulster
New Study Concludes that Italian Smoking Ban Reduced Heart Attack Rates Within First Year - NOT TRUE
Sheraton to ban all smoking in hotels
Smokers' rights meeting planned - US
Where there’s no smoke, there’s less business - US, MO
Attorney General Fights Smoking Ban - US, OH
Smoking ban may be lifted - US
Last of this year's anti-smoking bills killed by legislators - US, VA
February 14
10% of community pubs lost last year
Smoking ban forces hookah cafe to close - Bolton
S&N to close largest UK brewery
Smoker fined for lighting up in hotel lounge - Sleaford
Grolsch- UK volume down 10%
Tip-offs turn in 'rogue smokers' - Wigan
Preston's pubs forced into closure
Warning on insolvencies despite fall
Chewing over sticky situation
The naughty nation
Smoke ban rebel appeals losing licence - Hamish
Smoke ban rebel's case adjourned again - Tony Blows
Dudley host fined for flouting ban - Josephine Garfield
Customers at a Lancashire pub have petitioned Parliament to let them smoke in their local. - Rossendale
Pub sector is punch drunk
Playground smoking ban - Wimbledon
Pubcos promise help amid trade gloom
Storm clouds over 'Bound for Boston' - Derry
Irish pubs to become internet cafes by day
Amy (Winehouse)flouts the smoking ban on night out with 'Good Blake'
It's game over as smoking ban kills off city bingo hall - Edinburgh and in response 'The way forward is to provide a better experience' - Cobblers
Smoking ban lifted in small German bars
Last Orders For Chicha Bars - France
HN- Restaurant smoking ban unlikely to pass - Prague
Smoking in some Ont. bars tough to stamp out despite stiff penalties - Canada - Ontario
Asthmatics- Don't blame others, take your condition seriously - US, MI
Phoenix Cigar Shop Sues Health Department - US, AZ
Restaurant, bar woes lead sales-tax slowdown - US, AZ
Car-smoke ban may face death in committee - US, UT
America's Out-of-Control Nanny State - US, PA
Restaurant owners speak out against Kansas smoking ban - US
Smokers are treated worse than criminals - US, OH
Council president, fire chief oppose smoking ban - US, PA
Senator expects exemptions to be added to smoking ban bill - US, KS
Letter- Smoking ban is getting out of hand in Amarillo
Restaurant owners speak out against Kansas smoking ban - US, MN
Letter - Stripping us of our rights - US, IL
Smoking ban may be to blame for Illinois casino revenue declines - US, IA
Golfers dodge smoking ban - US, UT
Norfolk council rethinks no-smoking ordinance - US, VA
Psychiatric facilities could go cold turkey - US, NJ
Restaurant liquor license clears House - US, SD
Smoking ban dies in House - US, SD
Anti-smoking money ill-spent - US, GA
Smokers face further restrictions - Australia
Bureaucrats ban peanut butter over deadly smell - Australia
February 12
FREEDOM2CHOOSE Smoking Ban Survey - Can you help?
TOWN CLUBS CRISIS - Scunthorpe - "....follows the closure of three of the town's clubs - Kinsley Labour, St Philip's and the Independent Liberal - in the past six months."
More pubs seek financial help
Richer but less happy, we are now a pill-popping people - "........ David Hockney............... argued that when you remove one oral fix with the smoking ban, you just encourage people to move on to the next - in this case, pills. Perhaps we all need our favourite poison, booze or drugs or fags, and it is both arrogant and foolish of government to try to close down the consolations one by one"
Shisha cafe aims to beat ban
Pubs could be forced to clean streets
Music ban at club until it is soundproofed - Eastbourne
Pubwatch bans for smoking in bars
SEE PICS Pete Doherty thrown out of nightclub for smoking
Letter -Stubbing out business - Scotland
Beer cheaper than water drives surge in supermarket drink sales
Off-licences treble in seven years due to deregulation - Ireland and Drink crisis now off the premises
Something Smells Rotten In The State Of France
Why No Big Money TV Bingo- - Celetti - Canada - "The city smoking ban is cited as being a major factor for the demise of bingo in Sault Ste. Marie "
Smoking ban has hurt - US, IL
Bellevue Extinguishes Smoking Ban - US, NE
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts going smokeless
Seniors more likely to deny smoking when asked
Smokers give bar's 'production' rave reviews - US, MN
Adults can make choices on when to smoke - US, SC
Anti-smoking rules move into apartments - US, Chicago
Atlantic City's losing money - US, NJ
Review sought on smoking ban - Hong Kong - "A swank Central bar-eatery that caters to the financial community is seeking the first judicial review to challenge no-smoking rules."
February 10
Smoke ban forces Gala to close bingo halls
Parliament - Early Day Motion - CONDUCT OF BREWERIES AND PUB CHAINS
More pubs say end smoke ban - Oxford
Be a local's hero - Oxford
Anti-smoking drug is linked to 37 suicides
Last orders please, landlord - Well worth reading
Bingo Halls Under Threat in Dundee
Tell-tale trailer - (3rd short article)
Licensee fined for flouting smoking ban
Pubwatch bans for smoking in bars
Bring back smoke pubs - Halifax - Some oddball comments
Brewery jobs are 'at risk' - Green King
‘Would-be’ yobs face centre ban - Reading
Nicotine death --- WHO's latest campaign - "Aided by $125 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the foundation of New York City's Republican mayor, WHO is launching a worldwide crusade with six goals: (1) monitor tobacco use in every nation, (2) ban indoor smoking to protect people from secondhand fumes, (3) issue public warnings about death and sickness dangers, (4) offer inducements to help smokers quit, (5) ban cigarette ads and promotions, and (6) raise taxes to make cigarettes so expensive that young people may avoid becoming addicted."
IRELAND ----- Revealed- the shocking drink and drugs truth - Ireland - various stuff but - "Nearly one in three of us are still regular smokers, the poll found"
AND We say one thing but we do as we've always done - "More than a fifth of us have given up smoking, though 40 per cent of us are still regular or occasional smokers."
AND - Smoking rate has risen since ban on the 10-pack - From tobacco company sales data - "We were aware from our own research that a certain percentage of adults choose to buy 10s to manage their consumption -- if they bought ten a day, they only smoked ten a day."
Mark W. Benjamin: Bars could stage a challenge to statewide smoking ban - US, MA
Smoky bar triggered deadly asthma attack- study - US - She suffered from asthma an died of an asthma attack - Don't swim if yopu can't breathe under water!!
Metropolis officials blame smoking ban for gambling drop - US, Chicago
A chilling forecast for Illinois state finances - US, IL
Gamblers’ smoke breaks may be driving down casino revenue - US, IL
Limited government - US, TN - Well argued
A sign of discontent: Business owner displays his disdain of smoking ban - US, IL
Letter - Smoking is concern, but restaurants are private
Prisoners can smoke after riot over ban - Canada
Smoking ban fails US, AL
Prison Workers Allegedly Forced to Inhale Secondhand Smoke - Hawaii
Smoking Ban Bill Rejected - US, VA
Police ready to arrest breakers of smoking ban - Thailand
February 8
Two million adults are going out less
New police chief bangs the drums - Lancashire - ".....particularly things like how the smoking ban has affected the pattern of violent crime."
Smokers keep pipe festival going despite ban - Northamptonshire
Heater ban will hit Bootle pubs claim - Lancs
Flood of empty pubs hit market
Bar owner faces court over shisha - Bradford
Minister of Health against Smoking Room for MPs - Iceland
Most Austrians want humane ban on smoking - Austria
Report finds governments fail in anti-smoking message (Roundup) - Who paid WHO for the report?
Case links woman’s death to environmental tobacco smoke, MSU prof says - US, MI - "The project was funded by grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
House panel kills anti-smoking proposals - US, VA
Man Files Federal Lawsuit Against Illinois Smoking Ban - US
Harrah's laying off 30 Metropolis casino employees - US, IL - "because of a 20 percent drop in business due to the smoking ban "
February 7
My local smoke-easy
Licensee wins court battle with Enterprise - Cornwall - "......the 32 per cent decrease in trade since the introduction of the smoking ban ........"
The Smoking Ban- Six Months On - same old 17% put forward as government fact
Smoke rebel Howitt to appeal licence revocation
Limerick publicians against heater ban
Pubwatch bans for smoking in bars - Co Durham
Taxman clobbers the bingo hall - Blackpool
Labour Club closure triggers backlash - Dorset
Smoke-ban breakers face grilling - Cambridge - !!!!!!! Tell them where to go!
Roof terrace wine bar plan for Swan - Hogan
Facing Extinction, UK Amusement Industry Begs For Regulatory Reprieve
Bingo halls “under threat” - Scotland
Heated terraces could vanish - Switzerland
Reykjavík Bars Ignore Smoking Ban - Iceland
Smoking ban hits pub group forecast - Australia
Anti-smoking lobbyists want cigarettes hidden under shop counter - New Zealand
Those Seriously Mental Ill Die 25 Years Early, and Smoking Is a Major Factor -- There's a New Movement to Ban Smoking In Facilities and Help Patients Quit - More heavy-handed ASH crap - get your face out of OUR lives
WEIRD WEDNESDAY- Smoke Free Restaurant Chain May Go Out Of Business in China
Public's wishes should be honored - with comment
Business down in local, Ohio bars - US, OH
Letter - Some people seem to hate smokers - US, IL
Letters - Let's Ban Sports Next - City of Tyler Is A Joke - Protect Us From Ourselves US, TX Tyler
Closing up shop: Study shows smoking bans cause drop in business, affect economy - US, KS
Another silly government intervention
Letter - Liberal cities take path we need not follow
As smoke clears out, so do some customers - US, IL
Virginia Tobacconists Tell Liberals, Conservatives to Unite against Smoking Ban - US
Blue Water Rest Home property now smoke free - Canada
February 5
Parliament - Early Day Motion against the patio heater ban
Revealed: Why healthy patients cost more to treat than smokers and the obese
Regent Inns Profit Falls 71% After Ban on Pub Smoking (Update3)
New website from FOREST
Investigations reveal publicans bailing out of hard-hit drink trade - Scotland
Closures Continue leading to Smoking ban stubs out The Falcon's trade
Smoke ban landlady speaks out - Stourbridge
Landmark shows growth with top suppliers - and even tobacco grew by just over 1%, holding remarkably steady despite the impact of the smoking ban.
HEATER DEBATE SPLITS THE PUBS - Plymouth
DEVON'S SMOKERS STRUGGLE TO KICK THE HABIT
Reduced harm tobacco - is it just smoke and mirrors-
Consumer slowdown hits brewing industry
British Chains Blame Smoking Ban for Poor Results - Dry Cleaners
Pub chain to replace bingo with £2m bar - Scotland Wetherspoons open bar in Bingo Hall "forced to shut down due to dwindling numbers caused by the smoking ban."
Smoking ban enforcement 'at risk' - Scotland
Anti-happiness is thriving - Ireland
Hamburg Politician Exploits Smoking Ban Loophole
Hot In Herre - France
Hamburg Minister Exploits Smoking Ban Loophole
Broomstick tourney draws customers to Lomax - US, Iowa - "Business has went down 70 percent since the ban,"
Deval dilemma- Casinos’ rivals cut into their take - US, Boston
VFW ordered to quit allowing people to smoke - US, Boston
Letter - Smoking ban at race tracks!!
Letters- Don't let government take away our freedoms - US, WI
shoot, no poolroom - US, KY
Too much power - US, MI
'I stand to lose my roti, kapda aur makaan...' - India
February 3
Who is the lier? - DoH claim 13,000 die from SHS - EU tv advert claims 19,000 in Europe. Is that only 6,000 throughout the rest of the EU? Ad may be on www.help-eu.com
'Smoking ban fuels street violence' - Lancashire
A quick fix for outdoor smokers
Smoking ban raid on shisha pipes
Number's up for Rank's bingo hall
So it appears that Arctic ice isn't vanishing after all
'I do this because I love it' - Jack Nicholson
Zealots abuse science and law - US
Letter - Don't let government take away our freedoms - US, WI
"Whatever happened to common sense-" - US, Seattle
Underground smokehouses open amid crackdown on smoking, strip clubs - US, OH
MedSafe knew of anti-smoking drug's perils - New Zealand - Are smokers simply guinea-pigs?
February 2
Clearing the Haze? New Evidence on the Economic Impact of Smoking Bans
Smoking campaign group to launch UK tour - NEW LINK to http://www.smokingbanstinks.co.uk/index.htm
PUBS ANGRY AT HEATER BAN VOTE
Troublesome smokers are causing problems for managers, new ...
Smoking ban stubs out The Falcon's trade - Norfolk
Traditional pubs 'worst hit by ban'
Fuller's- Smoke ban and input prices biting
'Challenging' times for pub companies
Yesterday in parliament - Last paragraph about pub petition
End of Empire for island cinema - final curtain falling on the last remaining cinema on Anglesey.
Two million adults going to pubs less after smoking ban
Smoking Ban Hits Bar Takings - France
Scene Report- Paris Restaurants
Inmates Forced To Kick The Habit - US, KY
Adding Keno To Ohio Lottery Draws Mixed Reviews - US, KY "....the real problem is falling revenues of bar owners since the smoking ban went into effect."
Smoke Screen - India and Ban rape scenes first
February 1
Locals petition Parliament for smoke ban exemption - Lancashire
Smoking ban slashes pub trade - Norfolk
Brewers warn of consumer slowdown
Labour Accuse Johnson Over LEZ (Boris)
Does big business unduly influence government-
Doctors braced for huge upsurge in cancer cases - a result of 'Lifestyles' - what about chemicals & pollution
97 smoking complaints recorded - Bradford - Shisha
Smoking Ban: Is Bingo's Number Up? - Mintel research and Drinking men's pubs at risk from smoke ban
Nightlife in crisis- - Dorset
'It's hard to tell members they can't smoke' - US, OH
One month later, smoking ban bad for business- - US, IL
Wal-Mart Mexico eateries get smoking ban reprieve - Mexico