New Additions March 2008

March
Video of the Month - A Non-smoker's View of the Ban
Two superb Articles - Pat Nurse - Life and times of a dedicated smoker & Peggy Noonan - THEM
March 31
It's lighting-up time again - Covent Garden
Licensed trade Labour backlash
Steeper falls in beer sales hit Tchenguiz pubs
Olympic Games- can Beijing stop 4m people smoking in public-
Globe Pub Co beer volumes down 8%
Researcher- Cell Phones 'More Dangerous Than Smoking'
KEITH RICHARDS SLAMS UK SMOKING BAN The Rolling Stones Rolling ...
Casino's £1.8m loss deals blow to Brown
Mark Hastings- A local difficulty as pubs are forced to weather ...
Cameron's U-turn on ciggie ban
The Prince of Wales stands his round in fight for village pub
Why old Ireland is going up in smoke
Pub smoking rooms against the law as of Sunday - Canada
Economist bolsters data on city’s ban - US, Columbia

March 29 - Sorry there's so many links today BUT it's not my fault the ban caused so many problems
Cameron- No "silver bullet" on binge-drinking - Nothing of value from Cameron
Myths and Reality (revisited) - Chris Snowdon - F2C
Bans R Us
Non-smoker jailed for attacking deaf smoker - CARDIFF
Is booze a danger to unborn babies? (can someone please decide)
Smoke and mirrors
Which Lie Are You Saying Is True Today?
The war on smoking
Do Smokers Die Younger-
Beer drinkers being hit hard - Oxford
Letter - Not fair to smokers! - Shropshire
Scottish smoke ban takes toll
Pubwatch's Bill Donne Time called on bars? - Reading -
IS IT A CASE OF OUT OF SIGHT...OUT OF MIND-
Campaign to bar Darling from pubs and You're barred, pub campaigners tell chancellor and 'Ban Alistair Darling from every British pub' - Flintshire pub bars Chancellor in Budget protest - Wrexham
March of the zealots - John Brignell
Shepherd Neame posts profits drop
Wrong smoke signal - Sue Carroll in The Mirror
Confessions of Miss Mischief - Marjane Satrapi
LAST ORDERS FOR DRINKING CULTURE-
‘Only UKIP can save pub trade’ - Swindon
Norfolk couple admit flouting smoke ban
Smoke ban rebel owner fined again - Hamish and Jail threat for smoke ban rebel
Pub Doorways Now Most Popular Places In Britain - SPOOF
Pub boss quits for place in the sun - Wednesfield
Farewell toast to landlady and pub - Gillingham
New blow for town’s pubs - Shropshire
ANOTHER MAJOR PUB CLOSES ITS DOORS - Paignton
Bars close as night-time economy suffers - Somerset
Moulton's fuming over ban - Manchester
Roy Beers - Scottish smoke ban takes toll
Will under-counter tobacco sales work- - Claims of ONS drop in smoking levels - Available in March 2008 but not in June 2006 when the ban was passed in Parliament!!!!!!
Letter - Much ado about smoking - EDDY D
'Another nail in the coffin' - Falkirk
Better jobs will stem bar closures - Carlisle
Leeds watering holes unaffected as pub business goes into administration - What about all the others?
Slug and Lettuce pubs group collapses after failure to find buyer
Laurel Pub group goes into administration
Body blow for M&B as Punch walks away
Enterprise Inns gloomy over consumer outlook
Ulster drivers face ban on smoking at the wheel - ULSTER
Smoking Bans in Germany Slowly Eroding
Court limits smoking curbs in eastern German state - Germany, Saxony
Brokenhead outraged - Canada
Joe Jackson, patron saint of smokers - Canada
Cities urged to ban patio smoking - Canada
Illegal smokes flooding in; Anti-tobacco groups call on governments to crack down on contraband - Canada
Smokers fume over possibility of casino smoking ban - US, NJ
7 private clubs fail smoke inspection - US, MA
Local Lodge Fumes Over Smoking Ban Enforcement - US, KY
Holladay bans puffing in parks - US, Holladay
Smokers' Rights group set to present petitions to legislators - US, Salem
Laura Nauser- bringing a business perspective - US, MO
Smoking ban amendment in the works - US, IN
This tobacco ban smells fishy -Letter - MAINE UNI
Stogie News- Defense of Property, Defiance of Smoking Bans - US, VA
Cigarette tax hurts the poor, but it's justified- US, FL
Lodge appeals smoking sanction - US, OH
Smoking ban hysteria has gone too far - US, IA
Post-Smoking Ban, City Gains 10 Million Lbs.(pounds) US, NY
Council- Puff Away - US,IO
Pubs with no smoke survive - Australia - Read this and erase the hype in the title!
Township bans smoking outside - New Zealand
Barbarella to shut up shop - New Zealand
March 25 - A BIG catch-up
Psychiatric patients launch test case battle for right to smoke While detained
Cameron backs tobacco move - DON'T VOTE TORY BUT He wrote to FOREST asking for our votes!!!!
New Website for Licensees
Charles Clarke releases ‘doomsday list’ of Labour MPs at risk
Smoke rebel's wife faces prosecution
Clubs operator CanDu collapses
Publicans face tough times - Salisbury
Luninar scales back expansion plans
Birmingham bar Yates set to close
'What chance do the small pubs have-' - COMMENT ON THIS STORY
Clubs Cutback
LaBeouf 'not guilty' over smoking
Last orders at pub - Dorset
Closure a sign of the times party time for parrot collection - Kent
Buckingham Bingo deal brings industry troubles into focus - Online ...
Engineers Club waits for an offer on half of its premises - Barrow
Historic Burnley pub set to close
Last gasp of the lunatics has me fuming - Liverpool
Give pubs a break police are urged
Last orders for another bar in city
Pub trade ‘in death throes’
DARLING PUTS 25P ON PINT
Publican's anger over karaoke noise fine - Blackburn
Yates’s in Chester will close for good on Saturday
Article - No Bad Drugs
Cigarette display ban considered
Pubs protest against new smoking rules - Canada
Wider ban to choke us, bar owners contend - Canada
A room of their own - for smokers - Quebec
THEY JUST DON'T CARE and - MP JOINS MUSEUM BATTLE - Burton - Bass museum to close -- Why should any brewery want to spend a million a year when they're treated so badly?
Don’t ruin our social lives- Save bingo hall
Snub to cig display plan
Concern over beer tax rise
Admiral Taverns puts expansion on hold
Cancer fear as cigarette prices turn smokers to roll-ups
Beer Engine homes threat
Smoking ban has stubbed out value - Portsmouth
Fewer smokers trying to quit - Where? Could it be Scotland?
Impact of smoking ban- Casino Queen says it's been devastating - US
SMOKE-FREE OR FREE TO SMOKE- - US, IL
East St. Louis casino blames smoke ban for revenue decline - US, IN
Hookah lounges havens for culture as well as smoking - US, Chicago
Norfolk council expected to nullify smoking ban - US, VA
In service to the community - US, IL
Some Bar Owners Defying State Law;Allowing Patrons To Smoke Indoors - US, CO
Windsor bans smoking in parks - US, CA
Sports Bar Not A Fan Of Gulfport Smoking Ban - US, MS
Big drop for casino revenues US. CO
Biased Editorial - Smoke-free in Wisconsin? Nope. Legislature caves, ignores public wishes
Push to lift drink age to 21 - Australia
Councils gang up to ban beach smoking - Australia
March 20
Clubs operator CanDu collapses - and Raymond's Revue Bar !!
Pub couple call last orders - Cheshire
DRINKERS in Banbury will be left with fewer options after two pubs announce they are to close...
Worthing pub blames smoking ban for closure
Last orders for Wirral pubs-
Resort pubs not on closure list - Blackpool
Publicans face tough times - Salisbury
'Police failing to help pubs'
It's last orders for our pubs
Smokers face fostering ban
Scarborough wine bar to shut; 15 jobs go - COMMENT ON THIS STORY
Landlords await ‘perfect storm’ - Wales
Has Darling’s debut budget called time for Valley pubs- Wales
More pubs facing the axe
Peter Robinson - Budget blues
Inspectors call 'time' on cigarette butts around Brighton pubs
Big drop for casino revenues - US, CO
Alchemy Partners in bingo buy-out difficulty and Alchemy's bingo halls in trouble
New Tobacco Study Sparks Controversy - US, IA
Norfolk's plan to ban smoking may have blown up in its face - US, VA
Dublin bans smoking in care homes - USA, CA
Bartender's charges go up in smoke - US, IL
March 18
Laurel closes another 60 pubs and Laurel Pub Company to call in administrators - 9 months ago they had 95 pubs ---- They're down to 5 --- Bans don't hurt business!!!!!!!!
Pub group considers selling stake - M&B
Inspired Gaming looks to exit pubs
Smoking ban rebels rapped - Reading
Smoking ban may hit Disney
Airport opens fumoir - Switzerland, Geneva
Keeping it real in the virtual ’hood - US, IA - Interesting comment about anti-smoker venom
More restaurants going smoke-free - US, Scranton - Proof that bans are NOT needed
'Theater night' bar cited for violating smoking ban - US, MN
Smoking ban’s effect on bars needs study - US, Hawii
Sick Kids Misused in Smoke Ads - US, NY
Opinion - Saying no to the nanny state - Canada
March 17
Truth is the first casualty of activism
Smoke, lies and the nanny state - Joe Jackson
Pub plan is 'serious case of nuisance' - Norwich
Is it last orders for our locals-
Inspired calls time on pub fruit machines and Shire is seen as easy for Pfizer to swallow
Eco-taxes are plain robbery
Smoking ban lightened at dancing venues - Portugal
Pubs to be hit hard by increase on pints
SING along now- “Oh my Darlin’, oh my Darlin’, oh my Darlin ... - Liverpool
Concerns over future of town bars - Shropshire
Landlords slam Budget hikes - Filey
Pub group considers selling stake
Bullying the Mentally Ill
Task Force Aims to Relieve Bar Owners - US, IN
Overall, smoking ban hurts gambling - US, ND
Casinos feel pinch from smoking ban, economy - US, IL
Banning outdoor smoking is ludicrous - US, IL
Letter - Don't take away freedom to smoke
March 14
Duty hike has drinks industry reeling
Britons Hit by New 'Sin Taxes' from America
Difficult times for our pub landlords - Norfolk
Community pubs 'at risk' due to tax rises - Lancashire
Will the 'boozers are losers' Budget finally kill a great British Institution - AND this is from THE MIRROR!
Men's club shows sign of the times - NO ---- They show the signs of NIL RESPECT for the People of Britain.
CLUB SHUTS OVER £7000 ELECTRIC BILL - Workington
New safety blitz on town pubs - Dorset
Carers-could-face-smoking-ban.
Time to quit- - Cobblers with comment
None of Your Business! - Excellent article - "According to this study thin and healthy people have lifetime health care costs that are nearly 30% higher than smokers, and about 12% higher than fat people. All those costs associated with being unhealthy are outweighed by the fact that people who die younger are cheaper to care for. And that doesn’t include pension costs. "
The great libertarian Rumpoles expertly on -John Mortimer - Liberty continues to drive him. He took up smoking last year as a gesture of defiance against the ban.
Bar Owners Unite Against Smoking Ordinance - US, TX
Assembly says light ‘em up; kills smoking ban - US, WI
Lithuania's prime minister agrees to pay fine for lighting pipe in bar
March 13
Darling hammers the pub
Darling 'fuelling binge drinking'
Beer tax will not stop binge drinking
BII- "Worst Budget in living memory"
UK BUDGET Bingo industry expresses 'disbelief' over increased tax burden.
Clubland hit by hike in alcohol tax
Budget 2008- Wine tax now highest in Europe
Council care home ban for smoker - NASTY B*ST*RDS
Smoke ban landlord to appeal against sentence - Tony Blows
Pete Robinson- A double whammy for Tony Blows
CIGARETTE ASH LITTERING CASE STUBBED OUT BY COURT - Derbyshire
Licensees speak out on threats to the ‘local’ - York
Nobody Inn- Brit pubs doomed
Pub chain in big sell-off - Laurel Pub Company
Another Lynn nightspot closes - Lynn
Licensees urged to save their pubs
Is the party over for town's nightlife-
Pub closes and makes way for pizza - Midhgurst
Rampton patients fight for their right to smoke
Landmarc loss to club scene- - Dorset
Fury as drink prices rocket - Dorset
Smoking ban leads to drop in beer sales - Barrow
Hull music pub saved by Winking Beaver
Scotch On The Rocks - Scotland - "Three hundred and fifty Scottish pubs have shut since the smoking ban and this will make things even worse. More and more people are drinking at home to save money, which is totally counter-productive to public health."
Budget 'will kill off pubs' - Scarborough
'Yes, we're open!' - Pocklington
Soft drinks hit by bad weather
Majority Against More Smoking Restrictions - Finland
Montague mayor wants outdoor smoking ban - Canada
Letter - Don't force smoking ban on taverns - US, WI
Letter - Smoking in bars- let the free market decide
Letter - Smoking ban- Where do we draw the line-
Encinitas adopts beach smoking ban - US, CA
Bars, restaurants dropped from smoking ban - US, IA
Letter - Theater nights were attempt to please all - US, MN
Virginia Smoke Ban Rejected Again
Smokers, businesses face higher taxes in Kentucky
Nonprofit hurt by smoking ban - US, OH
Casino revenues make long jump in short month - US, MO - "Some of the rest came from smokers fleeing Illinois casinos since a statewide smoking ban there took effect Jan. 1. Last month Illinois casino revenues fell 12.9 percent."
A month after smoking ban, many staying home - US, MD
Letter - We need a ban on government's regulating freedoms - US, MO
March 9 - 5 daycatch-up
Record numbers of pubs closing - Wales
Publish And Be Damned - The real story behind drops in hospital admissions
Finger on the Pulse - A realistic read - psychiatric hospitals
Rural pubs 'face threat of closure'
Letter - Trade being slaughtered - Pontefract
Smoking ban hits JD Wetherspoon
Pete Robinson- Binge Budgeting
Magistrates threatened with court over cigarette ends - Brighton
Smoking ban blamed for March 22 shutdown - Luton
The Big Question- Why are so many pubs shutting down, and is their decline bad for society? - The smoking ban and Yes it is.
MP wants for new pubco probe
Hospital smoking ban 'being flouted' - Scarborough
Licensees speak out on threats to the ‘local’ - York
Pub told to pull down "bandstand" smoking shelter - Blackburn
Jane Dowle- Let's have less hysteria on alcohol and more home truths - Barnsley
Scent allergy limits lives
Smokers Ban Non-smokers From Smoking Room In The Big Smoke - SPOOF
Smoking landlord guilty - Tony Blows
Letter - Where should smokers go-
Keith Richards dubs smoking ban a ‘political bulls--t’
Camra- 57 pubs close each month
Thousands of children treated in hospital because their parents smoke - Typical exageration - It's aspecialist hospital and 80% are not there 'because they're not exposed to SHS'
Council slams lack of support claims of smoking ban petition - Wales
Record numbers of pubs closing - Wales
Smoking ban hits pub games league - Halifax
The end of the local- - York
New smoke campaign in Luton - "Can't smoke - Won't vote"
New chairman vows to revive club fortunes - Scarborough
A cafe culture shock - Cumbria - Licence to print council money
Publicans To Convert Parts Of Pubs Into Betting Shops
Gala Coral loses half its value as it talks to lending banks
Pollution fears are misplaced while toxins thrive indoors
Bitter end for landlord's pub dream - Norwich
DoH hunts agency for £2m brief
Pub crisis- 27 close each week
I’ll defy smoking ban, says lounge owner - Bradford - Shisha
Shisha cafe accused of breaching smoking laws
COMMENT- What’s to happen to our pubs- - Worcester
Get your cocaine from Superdrug
Finnish alcohol consumption heads upwards again - Finland - "One reason put forward for the falling sales in bars and restaurants has been the introduction in June 2007 of a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants."
Lighting up Could Mean Getting Fired - Finland
Puritanical killjoys want to make drinkers feel guilty! - Ireland
Bavarian Politicans Want to Relax Smoking Ban - Germany
Smoking Ban Will Not Effect This Year's Oktoberfest
German resistance to smoking bans proves tough
Regional clubs face tough time - Australia
Gaming profits go up in smoke - Australia
Maybe next step is outright ban on cigarettes - Canada
Smokers' group reacts to Orazietti's ban - Canada - Mychoice.ca
John Oakley- Big Brother in the back seat- Ontario's ban on ... - Canada
Casino workers vote to strike - Canada
Gas Prices Break All-Time State Record - US, NV - "Many gas stations and mini-marts make their money from gaming inside their stores, but the smoking ban and the overall economy has brought those numbers down as well".
Profits down at Elgin's riverboat casino - US, IL
Council won't pursue smoking ban - US, PA
Doctors aim to ban tobacco in the Vatican
The next pollution frontier- your fireplace - US, CA
Opinion - Questioning the harm of second hand smoke
Goldman Sachs hiring starts rumors of sale - US, NV
Smoker exploitation- Coming soon to a state near you
Bar owners- Police targeting smokers for loitering charges - Baltimore
Proposed Bill Could Ban Smoking in Rental Apartments - CA
Smoke-ban spending rises - US, WI - Interesting figures --- Where did the cash originate???
Smoking ban takes control from private businesses - US, WI
Lance wasn't there - US, WI
Elgin casino sees revenue drop nearly 20% for second month - Us, IL
Letter - Blame the Anti-smoking Lobby - US, TX
Letter - It's a matter of choice - US, IA
Up in smoke US, NY
GOP may block appointment over smoking ban - US, IA
‘Cigarette butts pose threat to environment’ - Phillipines
Smoking teachers liable to fine, suspension - Pakistan

Restaurant diners stick their necks out for cigarette - Russia
Tokyo taxi drivers say smoking ban hurts business - Japan
March 4
The Malign Magic of Misdirection - With the exception of smoking???? !!!!!
Reader Comment On Orazietti's Anti-Smoking Bill - Thomas Laprade
Beach smoking ban moves forward in Naples - US, FL
Saturday’s ‘Smoke-in’ at Wounded Rig draws large crowd - US, IL
VITALE BILL TO ALLOW STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO BAN SMOKING ... - US, NJ
Chicago hotel pays its housekeepers for ratting on smokers
Republicans may block health director over smoking ads - US, IA
March 3
Smokers hit the pension jackpot, with one snag: it is only because they die earlier - missed this one earlier
NHS smoking ban 'flouted daily'
Half 'are smoking less' since ban + the 'devil's in the detail' ----- " A third of 1,000 smokers polled by Ciao Surveys said they now smoked less when out in bars and clubs and more than one in 10 said they smoked less altogether."
'Striking' landlord gives in - Tamworth
Final curtain for smoke ban club - Blackpool
Landlord will continue smoking ban fight - Rossendale
Villagers don’t like smokers huddled outside pubs - Saddleworth -"AN Uppermill pub has seen its takings drop by 25 per cent since the smoking ban came into force"
White working class 'have been betrayed'
Regent puts seven Walkabouts up for sale
‘Smoking ban to hit Wetherspoon’s figures’
Smokers will be fined - Northumberland
Smoke break is ending for inmates in Michigan's prisons - US
Letter - Keep the right to smoke - US, TX
Protesters gather to oppose state smoking ban - US, IL
Herbst Gaming's corporate credit rating cut to 'CCC'; on developing watch - S&P - US, Nevada
Brean Murray Downgrades Isle of Capri Casinos (ISLE) to Hold - US, MI
Bay Area air group tries to restrict use of home fireplaces - US, CA
Clubs add $1b to NSW economy- report - Australia
P.E.I. to expand smoking restrictions - Canada
March 2
White and working class ... the one ethnic group the BBC has ignored - "The voice of the white working-class is barely allowed to intrude into British politics or culture"
For women, rolling your own is cool
Watch your drink
Rank revenues plunge as smoking ban bites and Rank Group blames Government restrictions for decline
Philip Morris Shuts Down Grant Program for University Research
Chris Maclean- In praise of a proper pub
A SMOKESCREEN- WHY ARE PUBS REALLY EMPTYING-
Club fined for holding smoking lock-ins - Burnley
Friday's letter - " I HAVE received a response from my MP Phil Hope regarding my requests for a comment on the reported exemption from the smoking ban in Parliamentary bars."
Inbev- UK beer volumes down 10.3%
Monkeys set off stink-bombs at NME Awards
Park turned into 'giant ashtray'
Smokers are out of puff - cynical sod!!
Puff-happy Berlin flouts smoking ban - Germany
Letter - Thoreau had it right about less government - US, TX
Prisoners' advocate says smoking ban could spark firestorm in BC jails - Canada
Terrible's owner evaluates future of company - US, IA
NH blues- Our 'do as we say' state - US, NH
Protesters gather to oppose state smoking ban - IL
Bar owners violating law’s intent - US, TN
Smoking Ban Both Welcomed, Shunned - US, TN
Tavern owner's motion OK'd - New judge granted in smoking ban case - US, WA
Bar fighting smoke ban faces $2500 fine - US, OH