New Additions - July 2008

JULY - Refer to this link when you see claims of increased 'trade' for smoking cessation -( during the year 2005/06 602,820 people set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services)
July 31
Nobody died of passive smoking - EU latest official position
The Truth About Smoking- Lots of sense and then a comment from Amanda Sandford
Threat of last orders for Fylde pubs
What price tolerance in this neo-puritanical brave new world-
Warning pubs are facing a slow lingering death
Classic pub chokes on clean air - Manchester
Blow as two more pubs close - Shropshire
Council investigator catches pub landlady flouting smoking ban
Painter given £30 fine for smoking at work...in his own van
Smoke ban blamed for pub closure
P&O Stubs Out Smoking on Three Ships
Devon licensee fined for flouting smoke ban
Patients riot at Moors Murderer's hospital
Factors combine to hit pubs hard
A postcard from killjoy Britain ...
Police probe kneecap threat to smoke ban MSP
British pub in peril as beer sales fall to their lowest level ...
Bigger losses, funding worries hit Cains
Pubss under pressure
Pubs cry into beer no one is drinking
Last orders- The death of the pub-
Legion members face tough battle
Psychiatric patient set herself on fire outside hospital
MP calls for smoke ban exemptions
Pubs are the last place I'd want to drink in
Pubs feel pinch as beer sales plummet
O'Hagan- Pubs are irresponsible
Last orders call for our traditional pub
Roy Beers- Why pubs are becoming the licensed trade's Betamax
MP pops into Hest Bank Hotel
Tough Game For Rank Group
Councillor backs bid to stop street boozing - Garstang
More important than post offices
Pub Grumpy Hour set to win back punters
Smoking shelters to return to East Lancashire hospitals
Tighter regulations for Irish retailers
German smoke ban to be partially overturned, court rules
Smashing news for smokers Federal court overturns German smoking ban
Austria- Surprising Health Minister - She's got sense
Gaming raid closes a store, an era - US, IN
Ralston, Neb., moves to repeal smoking ban - US, NE
COBRA to go countywide - US, IA
Private property - US, KY
Foreclosure rates jump 100% over year ago - US
Out of the bars, into the streets - US, SC
County Won’t Hire Smokers Under New Policy; Insurance Changes Coming - US, FL
July 24
Smokers face street ban in Birmingham - PRAT of the first order and Pubs to oppose smoke ban on Birmingham's streets
Pub landlord waits on smoking appeal - Nick Hogan
Beloved pub for sale for just 1p - Sheffield
Poulton residents battle against proposal - problem caused by the smoking ban
Burnley pub up for sale
Cigarettes and celluloid- a dubious link
British pubs bear brunt of the credit crunch
Give pubs a chance - eire
Pubs report tough times following smoking ban - IoM
Enterprise Inns warns of pressure
Hamilton elected Equity president "I am also very concerned about the many closures of variety clubs because of the smoking ban.”
Post Office closures threaten the “only shop in the village” - Wales
Cabs face £200 smoking fine - Glasgow
Herald Inns enters pre-pack administration
Billionaires give 500 million dollars to anti-smoking campaign
Hammonds fear new regulation could cripple drinks industry
Number of non-smoking bars and restaurants drops - Spain
Fighting the smoking ban - US, OH
July 21
Minister who smoked in pub quits his job - Another numptie who hadn't a clue what he voted for???? and Smoking Minister is asked to leave pub - Will he resign as an MP?????
After 70 years, the Mere Club is to shut - Scarborough
Smoking ban could kill social club - Flimby
Finney pub facing high-rise dilemma - Lancashire
Another city bar closes - Lancashire
Pub closures- Another local closes - Huddersfield
Club reaches end of line after 101 years - Barrow
PLAN TO TURN SNOOKER CLUB INTO FLATS - Scunthorpe
IT ADDS UP TO BEING UNEQUAL - Grimsby
Jamies Bars operator to enter administration
Pub trade being hit by price hikes - Wetherby
KATE MOSS- I WON'T QUIT SMOKING - OK magazine
MEP calls for EU ban on cigarettes by 2025
Poulton residents battle against proposal - Blackpool
Historic Old Town bar hasn't called out last orders just yet - Scotland
The bad and good news - Crap from Dorset
An Irishman's Diary
Readers' voice- July 19, 2008
Gaming Revenues Continue to Decline for German States
Complex had right not to renew lease - US, IN
Hall County keno sales are down - US, NE
Aamir Khan Says (After Smoking) Ban Murders Too ! - Bollywood
Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Paducah Businessman Regarding Smoking Ban - US, KY
Judge strikes down city's bingo parlor smoking ban - US, TN
Bar owners fume over county smoking ban - US, Charleston
Bluenosers cash out of lotteries - Canada
Possible smoking ban on Vancouver beaches
Smoke ban linked to venue violence - Australia
July 17
Smoker who has 10 cigars a day celebrates his 100th birthday
Tories to blame for pub closures
MP IN APPEAL TO SAVE PUBS
New gay club opens at The Pride of Ramsgate
Pubs fined for flouting smoking ban - Sheffield
Domino leagues in danger of folding - West Midlands
Glasgow East- Candidate profiles - Hamish
STEPS are to be taken to curb nuisance outside a Seahouses pub. - Sunderland
Beer is the key to communities - study
Luminar slumps as clubbers stay away
Smoking ban leads to new religion - Holland
QANTAS flies into smoking storm
Rolling the dice in Moncton _ Canada
Casino revenue drops 12 percent in June - US, CO
Board- Can’t fund smoking ban cases - US, OH
Consider effects of smoking ban on neighbors - US, MD
Omaha's Smoking Ban Affecting City's Budget - US, NE
Bar allows smoke, claims ban loophole - US, ND
Clubs feel pinch of economic decline - Australia
Ban going up in smoke - Australia
July 15
MP's help save British pubs
We're still fuming over ban - Warrington
Dropped cigarette cost woman £155
Bid to halt decline of village pub
'Cigarettes Are Good For You' Shock Conclusion(Spoof) BUT -Smoking is 'good for your memory and concentration' - Could anti-smokers be trying to bring smokers DOWN to their inteligence AND A drop of nicotine may do you good, say scientists "and the health risks of smoking and toxic effects of using nicotine patches would outweigh the benefits in healthy people. "
Walkabout owners bring in accountants
An Irish tradition in decline
Gov't to take action on declining cafe and restaurant revenues - Turkey
Tavern League flexes muscle, overpowers other groups - US, WI
Letter - Smokers should have a place to go - US, IL
July 12
Being anti-smoking is fine, but the BMA's proposal to censor 'pro-smoking' films is ludicrous
Danger, this film has smoking scenes - with comment
Arnie- Don't stub out movie smokes
Pub couple 'flouted' smoking ban
Publicans pay out over smoke ban
Fines handed out to smokers on buses
Rebel smokers flout ban on Westage Run Wakefield + You Tube footage and more
Accrington worker fined for smoking in his van in Nelson
It had a leaking roof and a cold shower but Edwina Currie fell in ...
Caribbean Club could close - Lancashire
Members refurbish Rowing Social Club - Hastings
Pub closures- The spirit of change
Bingo halls seek slot machine boost
Pubs buck downturn - As reported in The Gazette last week, 14 Fylde pubs have closed since July 1 last year when the smoking ban came into force.
Fears for cider industry's future
Blackburn brewer announces £2.8m profit fall
Could debts deal the final blow to Punch-
Is the Local Music Scene Dead
The George shuts its doors - Eastbourne
One year on...'legal' Shisha cafe opens
Braintree bar flouts smoking law
Host selling pubco lease for just 1p
Pubs suffer a year on from smoking ban
British pubs must be saved
Club's rooftop drinking row
Con Club sells up as loss hits - Hastings
BAR LATEST TO PUT UP ITS SHUTTERS - Lincolnshire
Smokers flouting Ninewells garden ban - Scotland
German bars flouting smoking ban by converting to private clubs
Smokers should have a place to go US, IL
Family trying to save 29-year-old business - US, IL
Complex may ban people from smoking in their homes US, CO
Smokers protest state restrictions - US, HI
Shore gaming revenues slip 11% in June - US, NJ
Report has hookah bar owners steaming - Canada
Smoked out- deals in clubland - Australia
July 6
Heart attacks are on increase in city
The fag end of advocacy research
Coronation Street Bev has £218k debt
Alarm at growing pub closures list
And so now the world is their Woodbine
Pete Robinson- Unhappy birthday for the smoking ban
Citizen Chris- A year of misery
Landlords battle to pull in punters
Landlords' smoking ban woes
Noise complaints up since smoke ban
Town loses another pub
Top Gear duo slammed by BBC Trust
Noisy smokers could put landlord in court
'Pubs can't keep up' - landlord
Sly smokers spark more pub inspections
Public smoking ban hits pubs' beer sales
Appeal over smoking shelter
Your Say- Smoking ban one year on - Has it worked- - Some typically vile comments
Point Bingo Club in Crisis
Ranchland Bingo shuts doors for good - Canada
July 3
Freedom2Choose Calls For Urgent Smoking Ban Review
History Shows Smoking Bans Likely to Be Repealed
British Pubs Closing At Fastest Rate Ever
Hamish Champ- Is this a pub or a creche-
Leave us smokers alone, trim your expenses and fix the holes in the road
So how has the smoking ban been for you-
Stephen Pound- I threw away my cigarettes the day after voting for ...- Now I'm perfect!!!!!!!
30 jobs go as Fusion club shuts
City to keep its pavement cafe curfew - Edinburgh
Number’s up for bingo- Bracknell
'No immediate plans' to reopen pub - Worthing
20000 PUBS IN DANGER'
SMOKING BAN PUTS SQUEEZE ON PUBS
Smoking ban hits pub takings
Last orders at Blackpool pubs
Price hikes 'killing working men's clubs'
Worker fined £50 for smoking in van
Are we calling time on our pubs-
The smoking ban- One year on
'Smoking ban is killing traditional pubs'
Pubs remain unhappy with smoking ban
Historic Eastfield pub faces demolition
CASUALTY OF THE CLIMATE- Pub landlady quits well known Fenland ...
Traditional British pubs are facing tough times, with 1400 closing ...
Law is final nail in the coffin of old-style pub
Pub trade decline is worse than expected after the smoking ban
Pubs in crisis one year after the smoking ban
Are we losing the traditional boozer
'It's our human right to smoke'
Alarm at growing pub closures list
Workingmen’s clubs face last orders
IVF equality up in smoke
This party's such a drag
Landlords ignoring smoking ban
Behind-the-Scenes at Glastonbury
HAVE YOUR SAY- Smoking ban - one year on
Mental hospitals going smoke-free
Over 400 West Midland venues flout smoking ban
Thousands of pubs expected to close due to smoking ban
END OF AN ERA AS POPULAR GRIMSBY BINGO HALL SET TO CLOSE and a Letter - 'SMOKING BAN IS TO BLAME'
Smoke ban attack host furious at assault trial delays - "We enforce legislation on their behalf, yet receive no help when things go wrong"
LibDems should reject the nanny state - - Ha Ha Ha - They were the one party that proposed a smoking ban in their manifesto
Noisy smokers could put landlord in court
Smoking Ban not Enforced in Parts of Germany
Berlin will barely enforce smoking ban
Shouldn't smokers have some rights- - New Zealand
Berry club cuts hours - Australia
Rib Eye loses license, closes - US, WA
Bingo a smoke-free casualty - US, IA
Eulogy For The Pub - US, BY
Smoking exemption offered by bill - US, OH
Customer loss causes closure of Dayton's Red Hawk casino - US, NV