NEW ADDITIONS
Many are posted on appropriate pages but I've added a page Bans do cause damage - UK -(updated 30 March 2007)
Each day as I Google the news I wonder if there will a comment about the adverse effects of smoking bans. Hardly a single day fails to show that bans hurt people.

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JULY
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History Shows Smoking Bans Likely to Be Repealed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
JUNE
Good Reads - Rob Lyons - Witch-hunting smokers out of polite society
Claire Fox - I have a basic human right to look at fag packets
F2C fact Sheets - Fact sheet 1, How to contact your MP - Fact Sheet 2 , The Hidden Agenda. - Fact sheet 3,Truth They Ignored
June 27
Freedom2Choose Calls For Urgent Smoking Ban Review
On liberty
Brown To Go Odds Slashed
Davis faces serious challenger
Fall in productivity since smoking ban introduced
Smokers refused access to free IVF in a third of health trusts
30 jobs go as Fusion club shuts
Moray ex-service club in rates plea - Scotland
Brewery Tap shut after landlord made bankrupt - Reading
Food sales haven't compensated for the smoking ban
Ban hits pub operators- half see profits dip 6%+
Smoking ban has hit trade – expert
Trade down at half of pubs in first year of smoking ban
Smoking ban is hitting trade at Skelmersdale pubs
Rates hope for smoke ban pubs - Chester
Councillors grant Moray ex-service club rates relief - Scotland
Smoking ban is killing off Britain's working men's clubs
Time called on workingmen's club - Sunderland
UK beer sales tumble to the lowest since 1975
Letter - Smoke-free fun-
Bacup pub smokers targeted by yobs
Pubs to demand lower rates due to smoking ban
Regent profits and suitors evaporate
Business big shot- John Leslie of Regents Inn
Pubs hurting as smoke ban bites
Scottish Smokers Offered £50 A Month To Stub Out
A saviour of Scottish souls – or Minister MacAskilljoy-
Shooting club Raca Bessa told to close - Birmingham
Bingo hits jackpot on slot machines - Her's one U-turn from an expensive Nulabour folly
Letter - Smoking ban blasted - Huddersfield
‘My unconditional love for the nicotine stick’ - Comment in York Uni paper
Powerful, smart, yet damned by the usual clichés - France
Let's look at the bright side - Brunei - Graphic from the Brunei Times (hope they don't mind but I think it and the article are both excellent and will get people thinking)- shame we don't get any of their plusses
UW researcher worried that youth survey finds smoking rates may have flatlined - Canada
Dell bans smoking on its property - US, TX
Only healthy candidates need apply - US, CA - Far-fetched but........
Pool hall files suit against Omaha's smoking ban - US, NE
Smoking ban chocking local Moose revenue - US, OH
County-owned digs go free of smoke - US, KS
June 21
Media Reports Decline of Up to 40% in Heart Attack Admissions in England Due to Smoking Ban; Three Anti-Smoking and Health Groups Support the Claim - from an anti-smoking proffessional
Big pharma is worse than you think- 2006 book review
Smoking-related behaviour and attitudes, 2007 - It's been taken over by anti-smokers!!!!
Why Fire Smokers - Banzhaf goes bananas
Another Gala Bingo Hall Bites the Dust
Landmark pub boarded up – then attacked - Brighouse
City nightspot might be forced to close - Birmingham
Bowled over pubs being forced out of communities
Pubs fall victim to global food crisis
Booze plans enough to drive you to drink
Banning alcohol will only help make it seem more attractive
Bingo halls chiefs gamble on ‘casino’
Scottish hospitals to ban sugary drinks - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barred from smoking in own home - Huddersfield
Smokers offered £50 a month to stub out - more Scottish insanity
Is it just a smoking ban-
Tough on smoking. And common sense - Irish commonsense
Smoking ban shuts down 40000 bars in France
France's Smoking Speakeasies
Want to light up in a German bar- Join the club
Buckeye Lake Truck Stop closing Sunday - US, OH
May revenue at Colo casinos drops 8.7% - US, Colorado
Proposal for more smoking rules opposed - US, CA
Debt-strapped Herbst Gaming shuts small Northern Nevada casino - US, NV
A beach too far- ban on smooking is a joke - Australia
June 17
A Detailed response to the Daily Mail 40% Heart Attack Drop Article
Smoking ban ruined my life, admits EastEnders' Dot Cotton
Is the smoking ban working-
Triple blow sees Gala call time on Birmingham bingo hall
'Smoking pavilion' plan by restaurant - Bradford
Under-21s may be banned from buying booze in new crackdown - Who's the Nanny?
LEGAL ROW OVER SMOKING SHELTER - Scunthorpe
Smoke ban rebel in bid for Parliament - Hamish
Smoking ban leaves pubs worse for wear
Chantix Concerns Ignored by FDA, Doctor Says
NS shopkeeper willing to fight tobacco laws up to top court - Canada
Bingo hall shuts down due to low attendance - Canada
Letter - Smoking bans hurt business
Labour's legacy is a puzzle of moral contradictions
Premium Bars sales down 5%
Clubs fight to survive - Australia
PETER MOORE- Just one more social leper - Australia
Schools may lose share of casino funds - US, IL
Boarding up Bandana's - US, MN
Smoking ban has its problems in W.Va. prisons - US, WV
South Bend restaurant wins in smoking fight - US, IN
June 14 - Good old Eire - they rejected the EU
TORY CLUB FUTURE IN BALANCE - Scunthorpe
PUB KILLED OFF BY THE SMOKING BAN - Hanley
Ban blamed for closure - Pocklington
Rebel Hamish to stand in teror debate by-election
Tobacco tax to be ringfenced for NHS - old article found by F2C - 1999 claimed 20,000 tobacco deaths NOT the 106,000 from the DoH website - F2C article - It's A Numbers Game....
Clubland turns on Labour
Armley- Star Inn undergoes refit
Pubs flouting cigarette ban - Wigan
Customers found smoking in pub lock-ins
Quality food 'can save East Lancashire's pubs'
Taxi driver tied up, held at knifepoint - Ipswich
Taxi drivers are feeling the pinch - York
The fag end of the smoking ban
Magician avoids smoke-free ban
Clarke- Beer will drop by 40%
Smoking ban cuts the number of heart attacks by more than 40 per cent at some hospitals - BUT read the detail - overall it's only 3% - PURE PROPAGANDA
Pfizer Research Chief’s Personal Take on Chantix
Doctor Warned Medical Community of Drug's Adverse Effects Last Year
Ireland- Smoking population up since ban
Smoking ban pulls down profits - Turkey
Minister urged to ban smoking in tents - Holland
Restos, Cafes Feel The Heat Of Smoking Ban - Brunei
Tax deferral will help but won’t save - Australia
Yamba golf club's profits sliced - Australia
'Let the market dictate smoking ban policy' - Micronesia
Smoking ban hurts bar owners - Canada
Bingo profits drop sharply - US, NY
Hookah bar apparently clears last hurdle - US, WA
Smoking Bans- Public Protection or Lemon Laws- - US, MD
Employer- We're discouraging tobacco users from applying - US, ID
Airport to add room to smoke - US, Biloxi
Bars say customers want to smoke inside - US, PA
Smoking ban slows bar business in Grand Island - US, NE
Eateries Hit By Tough Economy - US, TN
Lawmaker- Smoking ban rules overstep legislative intent - US, IA
Restaurants struggle with cost of patios - US, MN
Olympia bar owner loses court battle against smoking ban - US, Seattle
Cigarettes voluntarily being extinguished in Clarksville restaurants - US, IN
Letters- Smoking-ban nonsense - US, PA
Smoking Bans Are Major Contributor to Casino Revenue Losses - US, FL
June 9
Pubs count the cost of Euro 2008 failure
Rebels fight for right to choose
Sports club finance mystery - Worthing
Germany, UK Getting More
Smoking Ban Proves Costly for German Bars
Colorado casino revenue down 10.7 percent
Smoking ban especially bad for state economy - US, MI
June 6
Smoking ban blamed as cafe closes - Hartlepool
Landlords call time at two more pubs - Huddersfield
Sports club finance mystery - Bexhill
Liberal Club faces closure - Hucknall
Community clubs need help after smoking ban - Wigan
‘Deluded Government treating smokers like babies’ - York
Drinkers ignoring brand loyalty - Meanwhile the research also showed 19 per cent are visiting pubs less frequently as a result of the smoking ban.
Joan Bakewell - If I feel like having a cigarette, why shouldn't I-
Tod?s Bar publican toasts historic appointment - Ireland -The introduction of the smoking ban and mandatory breath testing has taken a huge toll on the industry in Cork. Almost 200 licensed premises have been forced out of business over the past two years in Cork alone.
German Smoking Worries - Germany
Beach Smoking Snuffed Out - US, FL
Local veterans say high court goofed on smoking ban ban at private clubs - US, OH
PA Not Getting A Smoking Ban... - US, MD
Pfizer's Full-Court Press to Save Chantix - US, NJ
Breaking News- Smoking Ban on Hold! - US, MO
June 4
ENGLAND FOOTBALL FAILURE LATEST BLOW TO PUB TRADE
Calls for ban on 'polluting' patio heaters
Cold sitting outside- Wear a jumper and switch the patio heater off, Minister says
Venue closes because of smoking ban - Brighton
Village communities in for a challenging time - Stonebridge
Fag-ends
Brown accused of diverting rural money to 'bribe urban voters in Labour Heartlands - "And not for long can country folk drown their sorrows in the village pub. Last year, more than 1,400 closed under the impact of higher taxes and the smoking ban.
Would law be practicable?
Forest- Proposals may not be effective
Ban on drinking and smoking just unhealthy - Australia
Red Apple owner 'not going to stop' smokers despite citations - US, WI
Western Bowl On Its Last Frame- - US, OH
BINGO!: Southern AIDS Commission debates whether City Council had the right to pass smoking ban and exempt casinos - US, WA
Smoking ban sparks 2 prison lockdowns - Canada
Intrusion is getting out of control - Canada
Smoking ban is nanny state gone wild - Canada
June 1
PUBS TO FIGHT SMOKING BAN
Licensees call time on local - York
CHEAP BOOZE PUTS PUBS OUT OF BUSINESS - Gloucester
Stanley Casinos reveals huge profits slump
Mass sell-up of Cumbrian pubs
TIME CALLED AS PUBS ARE FORCED TO CLOSE
Inspired gets out of pubs
UK Grumpy Club is now recruiting
Cowell on fixing broken Britain - You’ve got restaurant owners terrified now because of the smoking ban, you light up and you’re pounced on – it’s ridiculous.
Cigarettes could soon be sold in plain white packets
WHO wants full ban on tobacco ads and sponsorship - Who are WHO? =An unelected group demanding that society changes to suit them.
Council smokers face litter fines
Pub smoking ban rebel Smith now opens the Puff-Inn in Calderdale and Pub smoking ban - Calderdale pub reopens and blatantly defies law
New-look pub serving ‘sex’
I'm smokin' - Cath Elliott on anti-smoking legislation
Junta de Andalucía wants to ban smoking in all small bars - Spain
50000 Irish use anti-smoking drug linked to suicides in US
Drivers could be banned from smoking
Harney to ban cigarette machines - A report published by the Department of Health last year found that smoking rates had actually increased since the introduction of the smoking ban in 2004. According to the Slán survey, 30 per cent of the population said they smoked.
Number of smokers 'unacceptably high' - Furthermore, a recent study from the Department of Health found that the number of smokers in Ireland had increased from 27% in 2002 to 29% in 2007.
MP Damian Drum wants car smoking ban and confiscation - Australia
Struggling clubs able to defer pokies tax - Australia
Should workplace smoking rooms ever rise from the ashes- - Canada - with all that 'tornado force' winds stuff
We don’t want your ‘protection’ - US, ND
California Looks To Ban Smoking In Apartments
Asthma is getting a lot worse in city, survey says - US, CA
US union files unfair labor complaint over smoking ban at Caterpillar - US, IL
Casino owners folding on mass marketing - US, IL
Judge Rules "Theater Night" at Babbitt Bar was Against the Law - US, MN
Trump Will Sell Casino for $316M
Mama Mary's to close Saturday - US- IL
Baltimore Officials Seek Ban on Individual Cigar Sales
MAY
******* Government response from a Petition for designated smoking rooms opinion from Hans Christian Brown the fairytale PM or is it our highly paid 'Smokefree Britain' leeches**** also the actual Regulation Impact Assessment the ban was based on **************** both make me wonder what world these people live in.
*** Brilliant **** Smoking: no taxation without representation *****
May's Special Read :-
Twisted liberty - Christopher Snowden
How many people does smoking actually kill- H J Eysenck - Long but authoratative
JUST A THOUGHT - people work hard and sell petrol - they make a profit, Petrol companies work hard to produce the goods and make profit BUT Government sits on its arse and rakes in a MASSIVE 70+p on each litre. Where does all this cash go? Answers on a postcard..
Asset of the year - Forces Scientific Portal
Passivrauchen - New Video
May 29
Ministers driven to U-turn on road tax - Dr Brian Iddon MP and others are seeing the light
Mary Dejevsky- Time to lighten up, even if not to light up
Teen army campaigns against young Bolton smokers - Bolton - Did a German political group use similar tactics around 70 years ago?
Roy Beers - Legislation looms for Scotland the Blitzed
Historic Flintshire village pub under threat
Retailers refute governments out of sight policy
Smoking ban is final nail in coffin
What's the future for working men's clubs- - including a really stupid comment from 'amlorusso'
Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Infants May Increase Later Risk for serious infections - Limitations of this study include SHS exposure based on parental reports rather than cotinine measurements, missing data from private hospital admissions, possible residual confounding by other unmeasured or unmeasurable aspects of socioeconomic status, and analysis confined to serious morbidity requiring hospitalization.
Public smoking ban makes rebels of Germans
Smoking ban sparks prisoner strike - Canada
How about a ban on legislating morality-
Orange Beach may lift smoking ban for bars - US, AL
War on smokers is like a horror movie - US, OH
Outdoor smoking ban- - US, CA
County To Study Hiring Only Nonsmokers - US, FL
May 27
Chantix Side-Effects May Halt Rare Pfizer Success Story
Health Secretary Alan Johnson plans to remove tobacco from store shelves
Vending machines ban to cut smoking
More anti-smoking measures planned
DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS - Carlsle Cabbies
Regulator clamps down on slot machine loophole
Protest meeting over proposals for former pub - Bournemouth
Rallying call as historic pub faces closure - Minerva Hotel, Hull
Inspired to exit pub sector
Shock ending for Mansion nightclub - Scarborough
Last orders for 60 East Lancashire pubs as trade plunges into crisis
Ministers hint at car tax climbdown - As well as the VED reform, Dr Iddon cited the ban on smoking in public places and rising alcohol and food prices as particular causes of anger
Local Clubs Struggle with State Smoking - US, OH
Doctor offers safer obesity surgery - Obesity appears to have a stronger association than smoking or problem drinking with chronic medical conditions, reduced health-related quality of life and increased health care and medication spending
IN OUR VIEW- Smoking ban- Don't bother - US, UT
May 25
Heroin addict jailed for stabbing landlord at bar

'CIG BAN STUBS OUT PUB TRADE' - Scunthorpe
Fears over Welsh pub closures
Speculation pub could be demolished for housing - Fleetwood
Odds Slashed On Gordon Brown To Be Out This Year
Marston's Profit Falls 13% on Pub Smoking Ban, Costs (Update2)
Rank wins victory on a £36 million bingo tax
Fifty is less than lucky number for casino
Gaming firm bets on a sale
Dani Garavelli- Smoke and mirrors - Scotland
The real stars of Cannes
Smokers under siege - Canada
No deal yet on smoking ban in Mich. bars, restaurants - US, MI
New Smoking Ban Blamed For Bowling Alley's Demise - US, MS
Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well
Where there's smoke there's ire- German drinkers say 'Nein' to buting out
You can go to parks, just don’t smoke - US, Bowling Green
Summer season begins at Chicago beaches - US, Chicago
Electronic cigarette
Long haul ahead for Ironman - Australia
May 22
Beware scientists who insist they always know best - Not about ETS but..................................
Smoking Cessation Drug Banned for Aviation Staff - India & Quit smoking pill ban blow for Pfizer US - CHAMPIX
Before the bell- BCE, STP, BKS, GPS, AAPL, CRM, PFE, MRK - A Mention of Champix + side effects
Roy Bailey (Writing On The Wall), Philharmonic Hall - Tony lit his pipe - a dispensation for performers on stage??? I thought it was only if it was essential to the performance! Obviously not if you're a politician.
300 sign pub petition for street cafe licence - Ulverston
Move to ban display of cigarettes
Increase In Drunk Driving Fatalities Followed Ban On Smoking In Bars
tobacco ban 'makes no sense - Scotland - Public health minister Shona Robison said the displays undermined efforts to "denormalise smoking". - Who the h*ll gave them the right to "denormalise" it and us???
Almost all psychiatric patients oppose smoking ban
Pub-cast is a UK first
It’s opening time once more at historic pub - Huddersfield
Pub's smoking shelter must go - Diss
Lights out - threat to bingo club - Biggleswade
Fears for local pub's future - Norfolk
PUB SHUTS AS TWO MORE ARE TO BE TURNED INTO FLATS - Forest Pubs
Here is my list of the victims...
Police interferes with smoking - Turkey
Up to 24000 deaths a year in California are linked to air pollution - US, CA
University faces fascist policies - US, CA
County- Smokers need not apply - US, FL
Board of Health Takes First Steps to Ban Smoking in Parks - US, UT
Smoking ban to include bars passes - US, SC
May 21
Freedom2Choose Smoking Ban Survey by YorView predicts Labour Meltdown
Smoking to rise despite ban, says Imperial
SIXTH LINCOLN PUB CLOSES IN THREE MONTHS
New laws could be last call for bingo
Takeover talks continue at Regent Inns
Extra curricular
£75 ciggie butt fine - Hartlepool
Smoking ban challenge is ‘unrealistic’, says Equity - Performers have warned that the legislation, which came into force last June, is causing pubs and clubs - one of light entertainment’s biggest employers - to close at an alarming rate. This has had a knock-on effect for artists, and they claim that work opportunities have fallen by as much as 50%.
Judge issues warning to Halifax pub smoking campaigner
Of course we know how many units we’re drinking – it’s been rammed ...
Patients lose smoking ban appeal - Rampton - Smoking 'not feasible' at Rampton
Locals clash with shoppers over Harrods alfresco move
Mitchells & Butlers Reports Loss, Aims to Become REIT (Update1)
Recover and Start Living the Good Life
France to ban happy hours in bid to stem 'le binge drinking'
Turkey bans smoking in public, with mixed results
Smoking ban leaves Turks luke warm
Victorian Village bar challenges smoking ban enforcement- US, OH
Iowa Bars Plan To Fight Ban - US, IOWA
Smoking ban bill dies without being voted on - US, AL
Casino earnings sink nearly 18 percent in first quarter - US, NJ
Ban on smoking poised to fail - US, AL
Study backs smoking ban as deterrent - US - not according to stats from other countries where there's a 'rebellion effect
Funding by tobacco companies examined - US Stanford
Smoking ban would violate freedom of choice - US, Michigan
Okotoks may ban smoking in cars - Canada
May 18
Goodbye country pubs, hello dull Norwegian clean living - Ireland
Calling time - "The smoking ban was a huge problem, is a huge problem," complains James Arkell sitting at the bar of the George.
Sales slump at Regent Inns
Your Local - The Bell Inn, in Finedon, has lost nearly 50 per cent of its custom in the past year as a direct result of the smoking ban.
Finger-wagging do-gooders just get the deaf ear - Ireland
'Alcohol, smoking lobbies out to get me' - India
Smoking debate ignores property owners' rights - uS, OH
Ban the Ban Wisconsin launches Operation Mollycoddle
Bowling alley owners in Harrisburg strike against smoking - US, PA
Casino revenues drop for 4th month since smoking ban - US, CO
Smoking at sport faces ban - Australia
May 17
Patient died after secret cigarette
Halifax man pays £2500 for flouting pub smoking ban
Why Cumbrian pubs are dying
250 years of history set to disappear - West Brom
'SHAME TO LOSE SUCH A LOVELY CLEETHORPES PUB'
Last orders for Red Lion Barking
‘We’ve lost it all. This has bankrupted us’ - Huddersfield
LAST ROLL OF THE DICE FOR CASINO - Bristol
Variety artists call on Equity to lobby parliament over smoking ban
Inspectors catch pubs enjoying smoke-ins - Oldham
SMOKERS TARGETED IN CAMPAIGN - Devon
PATIENTS AND STAFF IGNORE SMOKING BAN - Wales
FEE HIKE PUTS CAFE CULTURE AT RISK - Hackney
Regent Inns report a decline in sales
My new campaign- to save our village pub
Council says smoking shelter is not ship-shape
Club owner fined for smoking breach - Dave West
14-05-2008- Genting International profit dips 91%
Survey calls for free entry to leisure centres
IF CUTTY SHIP CAN BE SAVED, SO CAN THE PUB - Dunbartonshire
Display ban could cost stores £252m
London's `Little Cairo' Loses as Shisha Smokers Go Underground
The Martin Anderson Column - The price of revisionism
Less smoke on the water - P&O
Sean Penn defies Cannes smoking ban
Smoke ban PM lights up on plane - Portugal
Prison preps for total smoking ban; Officials at Joyceville ... - Canada
Don't smoke, but here's a clean needle - Canada
Stores have until end of month to hide cigarettes - Canada
New cigarette rules will hurt small stores - Canada
Letter - Freedom of choice-
Bar owner opens 'private club' to evade smoking ban - US, WA
Council votes to snuff sale of novelty lighters - US, CA
Smoking ban unfair, insulting - US, Detroit
No public smoking ban for North Charleston - US, NC
Glasgow Smoking Ban Put on Hold - US, KY
Editorial- Smokers should have rights in confines of own vehicle - US, AL
Rothmans Inc. Announces Financial Results for Fiscal 2008
Smoking ban affects local hotel profits - Australia
May 13
A stout defence
'SMOKING BAN' FORCES CLEETHORPES PUB TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
Last orders for British pubs - For the working man or woman seeking an adult, quiet drink at the end of the day, writing on the wall has been read, digested and understood. Their day has all but gone.
New taxes kill UK's passion for bingo night
80 pubs on the market in Cumbria
Enterprise Inns profits hit by smoking ban and credit crunch
Prison hunger strike ends - IoM
Publicans' €1m plan to tempt punters back - Ireland
More than two-thirds of people believe psychiatric hospitals should not be included in the workplace smoking ban, - Ireland
Company honor system for health discounts backfires - US, OH
Indoor smoking ban proposal blows over - US, NM
Olympia tavern challenges state smoking ban - US, Seattle
St. Croix County puts out the smoking light in foster homes - US, WI
Club cries poor in bid for PCYC - Australia - The smoking law bans and recent increases to pokie taxes have really hit us and a lot of other clubs in the area hard,
May 11
Call time on boozy ads - Is there no end to the new Puritism?
No tips barred at pubs forum - York
Smoking ban continues to hit Rank
Scottish lease-holders warned of business risks
Government to Help Falling Bingo Industry
Last pints are pulled at Sudbury's pubs of past
Pete Robinson- Pub killers get a bloody nose - Boris
Downturn in pub trade not caused by smoking ban
Brolly theft a choker for smokers - Hartlepool
Minerva pub to pull its last pint - Hull
UK pub sales- emprty pubs are the new buy to let investment
Lifeline for bingo bosses - "A total of 53 have closed in the last 15 months, taking the number of clubs in the UK to 550, as the industry suffers from the impact of the smoking ban..............."
New taxes kill UK's passion for bingo night
Bitter truth about the rising price of your pint - Wales
Festival Inns records loss for second year running
Inmates defy smoking ban with contraband tobacco - claim - IoM
Greece to ban smoking in public places- ministry
Laws imposed on people - Canada
Liberties lost one bit at a time - Canada
Prison smoking ban postponed a few weeks - Canada
Bring back smoking rooms - Canada
Tobacco, Tolerance and Truth - US
Bar owner skirts law with smoking club - US, WA
OPINION LINE - KS - Without smoking, they will die. I praise my Wichita City Council member, Paul Gray, for standing up for Americans and voting "no" on the smoking ban. ...
Bingo machines crackdown worries charities - US
May 11- Modify Smoking Ban - US, TX
Casinos feeling an economic pinch, too - US, KS
Opinion - OPINION LINE EXTRA - US, KS
Trump's losses mount in first quarter - US, NJ
Smoking ban unfairly hurts small businesses - US, OH
'Nanny state' mentality hurts all Pennsylvanians - US, PA
Carlsbad plans to ban smoking at beaches and parks - US
Businesses choose- Smoke- or family-free - US, IN
People have right to ignore unjust smoking ban - US, OH

May 6 - Belated congratulations to Boris who has his own view on smoking bans see here
Government calls house on bingo VAT - Nothing's the fault of the government!!!
It's a man's world- Richard Hawley
Pubs lose 50million pints a month
Town's oldest pub may shut - Warwick
Support club or lose it, residents warned - Spalding
Care home- Give us our local pub! - Bournemouth
Re-opening time for pubs- - Bolton
Landlady angry about pub threat - Ipswich - The Brewery want to shut it (oh! and turn it into retirement flats)
It's an insult to my doggy dignity - Worth a laugh
Wrexham nightclub to close
Comedian Sean Lock brings his unique s