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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I have new family commitments that are preventing me from spending all but a few stolen minutes updating this site - is there anyone out there who would want to take over? BUT I'm quite encouraged that may more people are visiting this site on a regular basis and I'll keep adding newspaper articles on an irregular basis.
This is how they do it - FUNDAMENTALS OF SMOKEFREE WORKPLACE LAWS - no mention of who actually funds them but this makes it perfectly clear - Opponents of Ohio Bans

- - "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues." - (Abraham Lincoln)
November begins with the nightmare actions of our thoughtless, hatefilled Government and anti-smoking fanatics who believe it is right to scare children into knowing that their parents will die.
How low will they go? If I went round scaring children I'd be arrested - Are they above the law?
Read on --Smoking TV Advert Targets Parents
November 30
Serious Questions Need Answering in Scotland
Doubts on bingo hall future
Planned curbs on smoking to be axed - graph included at What you didn't read this week and from F2C Serious Questions Need Answering in Scotland
Peter Mandelson 'blocking' smoking crackdown
'Licensing minister warns government over pub closures'
Last orders rings at town's pubs
Stop smoking drug concerns raised
I'm helping to run the village pub
Worker fired for smoking
York taxi drivers flout smoking ban
Cancer death rates show shocking links between health and wealth
Council-run pub near Bristol fails to pull in a profit
Freehold pub prices down 20%
Recession- Death of pubs will be death of UK
Longridge businesses feel the pinch of the credit crunch
The best bar gone
Pubs unfairly treated - claim
Punters Unimpressed With Darling
Chancellor guilty of 'gross cultural vandalism'
Worthing shops react to proposed tobacco display ban
Two city pubs up for grabs
MPs plan Pugin-style smoking shelter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smokers Keep Puffing In Downturn
BAT fears explosion in tobacco smugging
One in eight Cumbrian pubs could shut in credit crunch
Time called on unique cabaret club
‘Bloodbath of pub closures’ feared
Drink up gentlemen - time called on one-in-8 pubs
Has the smoking ban killed our local pubs-
Popular live venue could lose music licence
Pub campaigners bid to alter smoking ban
Emotional plea of former children's home resident
Minister calls for help to save British pubs
Drawn from memory - Art Spiegelman doesn't eat lunch. And Art Spiegelman doesn't go to restaurants. In fact, since the smoking ban came in he doesn't go out much at all.
RightBias Idiot Awards - Politically correct NHS bosses in Birmingham, England are battling to ban a smoking room for terminally ill patients - forcing them to be turfed out into the cold to enjoy their final cigarettes.
Closing Time?
7 deputies to be fined for breaking anti-smoking law in Parliament - Turkey
Dutch cafe owners rally against smoking ban
Councils will not police ban on cigarettes - Australia
First lady admits smoking in state vehicle - US, IA
Helen's Family Restaurant struggling to stay afloat - US, OH
Inside NYC's Smoking Speakeasies
November 20
Protect pubs campaign launched in Wigan
City snooker club closes up
Jon Gaunt fired from TalkSport
BNP list means another DJ is crossed off TalkSport rota - BBC political censorship
Leyland cab driver let off smoke ban fine
Taunton's landlords struggle
1700 pubs will have shut in 2008, says research group
'Pubs told to cut down noise as part of battle to beat binge drinking'
Another city pub's future in doubt - Norwich
SMOKERS FACE BAN ON OPEN SALE OF TOBACCO
MP backing bid to ban 'happy hour'
Early Election On The Cards-
Worry at plans to demolish Bramcote pub - Notingham
Profits slip at Enterprise Inns
Pub trading drops by 3% in 2008
Further evidence of pub woes
Pubs face sobering times
Keep tobacco out of sight of children, says CRUK - Censorship by hype
Enterprise calls time on pub acquisitions
Pub closures to accelerate
Solihull-based Enterprise Inns to sell-off 200 pubs
Against pub's plan - Harlow
Yesterday in parliament "Tobacco marketing -Brown was urged by Labour's David Taylor (Leicestershire NW), chairman of the parliamentary group on smoking and health, to back a crackdown on tobacco marketing. Taylor said Cancer Research UK was calling for a ban on the display of cigarettes in shops. The prime minister said a consultation on proposals to decrease the number of people smoking would result in a new tobacco control strategy next year."
Bosses call time on music venue - Scarborough
Landlords are feeling the pinch of the credit crunch
Compromise deal to water down smoking ban
Rotterdam flaunts prize district
Up in smoke- Bars ignore Dutch smoking ban
Smoking fines for 7 Den Bosch bars
Dutch cafés ignore smoking ban
Ban has all but killed the social smoker - India
Imperial Casino Hotel in Colorado files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
Smoking ban puts 300 pubs in tax bind - Australia
Ban the Ban - US, MD
Casino seeks bankruptcy protection - US, CO
Smoking ban lacks common sense - US, MN
Public health vs. individual rights
Owner- Smoke Ban Forced Me To Close My Bar - US, IA
Still Smokin US, IA
Groups drop bingo as losses mount - US, MO
After being kicked out of office for smoking, disabled professor ... US, WI
Smoking ban lifted at struggling casinos - US, Atlantic city
November 13
Cabbie wins smoking court case
Young smokers 'most influenced' by family members
MP: Ban cigarette vending machines immediately
ASH Assertions Up In Smoke
Pubs face £1bn drink sales shortfall
Fuming over smoking ban
REDBRIDGE- "Nazi" jibe over foster care smoking ban
Council goes ahead with carers' smoking ban
Paul Weller's smoking results in official warning - Crawley bans Weller-
Empty pubs put up for sale in Leek and Uttoxeter
MALDON- 'Trouble pub' in closure threat - Essex
Fears over land deal after Sarah Siddons closes - Warwick
Cyprus politicians snuff bid to expand smoking ban
Groups drop bingo as losses mount - US, MO
Is Smoking Ban Hurting Cig Sales- - US, IA
West Columbia drops smoking ban proposal - US
Club, Legion vie for pull-tab sales - US, MN
KC smoking ban challenged in court - US, MO
U.S. Won't Meet 2010 No-Smoking Goals - maybe they've used the wrong tactics?
Best of Zing! for Nov. 15, 2008 - US, IN
IPCPR to Dallas Council: Vote to Eliminate Smoking Ban
Casinos report drop in October revenues - US, NJ
Economy, smoking ban snuff casino profits - US, IL
Preemie births rise; trend defies efforts - US, San Diego
Herbst faces tough choice - US, NV
Smoking ban tied to a gain in lives - US, Boston + comments
Smoking ban has cleared the air, but businesses suffer - US, MN
Neighbors want quiet, business owner asked to keep the peace - US, MN
November 11
UK- 10 Champix users commit suicide
Jon Gaunt | Fags didn't stop my foster mum caring for me | The Sun ... - AND NOW - Jon Gaunt suspended over 'Nazi' comment
Pub trade suffering from smoking ban
Over 40s will be given a "risk rating" setting out their chance of a heart attack
Smoking ban may reduce pub rates by thousands - because the Government failed to correctly assess the impact of the smoking ban.
Pubs 'kept in dark' over tax savings
Pub to open when landlord found - Kent
Pub gloom spreading as rents hit profits -Cambridge
Landlady hits back in village pub row
Mystery surrounds pub closue - Sussex
Brewing entrepreneur cracks booze trade
MPs call for ban on pub happy hours and cheap supermarket booze
Region's landlords facing the crunch - Cambridge
Current Economic Situation Prompts Increased Smoking, Delay in ...
Joe Jackson
Beer and ban force club closure - Kennilworth
Family homes from converted pubs
Giles Thorley (Punch Taverns) determined to remain spirited
Shameless...But Not Smokeless - Manchester
Britain labelled the ‘cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamine capital of ...
Smokers on cloud nine as city streets stay litter-free
Empty pubs put up for sale in Leek and Uttoxeter
Staffordshire pubs put up for sale after Punch Taverns profits slump
French Say 'Au Revoir' to Dining Out
Bars and restaurants to be obliged to create non-smoking areas - Slovakia
Parliament passes 2010 ban on smoking in public places - Greece
Last orders - Australia
Senator receives death threats over anti smoking law - Colombia
Bet on it- Casinos feel the recession - US, MO
AC's Borgata Lays Off 400 Workers - US, MA
Atlantic City casino revenue falls nearly 10 percent in October - US, NJ
11- Economy forces Jack's in Skokie to close doors at night - US, IL
Current Economic Situation Prompts Increased Smoking, Delay in ...
Save his job - US, KS
Dallas smoking ban decision delayed until December - US, TX
The Heron's Nest- The baby in the trunk - US, PA
Eagles Club longs for glory days - US, WA
A smoker's lament - US, OR
Hawaii smokers light up as law goes unenforced
UN headquarters targeted in new anti-smoking drive
Nearly 2,000 Exemptions Granted To Statewide Smoking Ban - US, PA
Opponents say smoking ban would hurt business - US, IA
November 6
No smoke without fire as Sir Nick backs pubs - Macclesfield
Price of city pub slashed by almost half - Norwich
Pub gloom spreading as rents hit profits- Cambridge
Beer Club is a real waste - Godfrey Bloom, MEP
Calling time on the Nash - Thornaby
Ridiculous that Leeds can't sustain a brewery
Kids stub out but concerns remain - Swindon
Dutch party wants smoking ban exceptions
Ban criticized for hurting bar already smoke-free - US, Chicago
Smoking Ban Effects New Haven - All thanks to the Fort Wayne ban!!!!!
Kenosha voters reject smoking ban - US, WI
November 5
Scientists pinpoint genes which increase your risk of lung cancer
Smoking ban 'causing NHS problems'
Foster care smoke ban passed
'Punch tenants earn 70% above average wage' - !!!!!!!
Smoke ban closes popular pub - Carlisle
Carlsberg is to close the Joshua Tetley brewery in Leeds in 2011 with the loss of 170 jobs
Pernod Ricard not planning acquisitions-CEO
Health warnings on cigarette packs won’t work - Malaysia
Crisis drains British pubs
November 4
Mental illness, the law and rudeness
Smoking ban 'causing NHS problems'
4000 pubs to close in next 2 years
Pubs grapple with deepening economic gloom
Falling beer sales will see thousands of pubs close
Pub chain unveils £295m loss
Punch Taverns writes off 491 value-less pubs hit by the smoking ban
JD Wetherspoon Q1 Like-for-Like Sales Rise; Says Outlook Remains ...
Rent forces family to call last orders at pub - Cambridge
Give public the chance to veto policies, says AM - Wales
Profits plummet - Australia
Smoking ban up in smoke - India
Lodge alleges smoking ban filing failure - US
November 1
If you’re so opposed to smoking, ban the sale of cigarettes Sensible comment from an anti-smoking policician (From Cyprus)
New Website - http://www.smokingbannews.webs.com/
Mental illness, the law and rudeness
1984- Arrogant Tom Harris MP just doesn't get it! - How NuLab has shackled us
The Cost Of Anti Smoking - from F2C
Real parents aren’t perfect
OTT Control - Schools 'should keep pupils on premises at lunchtime to fight obesity'
Pub bosses say enough is enough
15 Scottish pubs close as chain goes into liquidation
4000 pubs could be lost in next two years
Rent forces family to call last orders at pub
Give public the chance to veto policies, says AM - Wales
Call for chewing gum ban in town centre
It's a bitter pint we swallow
Hotel owner appeals strip club refusal
Britons say no to another pint
Last orders
Fury over noise at deaf club - Blackpool
Smokers banned from fostering
Call for action over eyesore pub - Norwich
Cheltenham council to act on pollution in lower Bath Road
Swiss Court Overturns Smoking Ban
Pubs close as recession bites - Market Risen
Tobacconists could be stubbed out - Scotland
Ban’s going up in smoke- Well, almost - India
Gulf Coast casinos riding high while chips are down elsewhere - US, LA
Wild Horse Casino closes in Cripple Creek - US, CO
Prisons to outlaw smoking - US, OH
'First my tobacco, next my guns' - US, DC
Historic local restaurant 86'd - US, IL
O'Charley's Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter of 2008
Smokers can light up again in Atlantic City casinos - US, VA
Charleston Bar Defies Smoking Ban after Re-opening - US, WV
Palo Alto snuffs bid to expand smoking ban - US, CA
Chamber endorses smoke ban alternative - US, KS
Bottled up - US, MN
24 county bars get smoking OK - US, PA
The Game was non-smoking before the ban; now it's losing business - US, IA
Scientist Wonders- Did Her Couch Kill Her Cat- - US
Harrah's cuts jobs at 4 Atlantic City casinos - US, NY
October 29
Over one million smokers puff on 15 a day - Ireland - "There were 4,276 people tested in Ireland and 60pc of these were smokers."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*****************For an population of 4,109,086 (July 2007 est.) the 1 million smokers in the headline represent just under 25% of the WHOLE population - adults and children!!!!!! ************
AND, just for good measure, the declared overview of the Irish Office of Tobacco Control "A key function of the Office of Tobacco Control as outlined in the Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002 is to undertake, sponsor or commission, or provide financial or other assistance for research aimed at identifying measures that when adopted are likely to reduce the incidence of cigarette smoking or its effects." Can any of their 'observations be viewed as without bias?
Smokers to be banned from becoming foster parents
You're barred! MPs won't be let in Bob's pub - Bob F-M
Legion's £20000 loss from smoking ban - High Wycombe
Britain has toughest smoking controls in Europe, finds new report
Landlord sets his Hart on strippers
'Scottish pubs close at a rate of five a week'
Publicans are ready to throw their bosses out
Nightclub fails to win back licence
Mystery over city centre bar - Norwich
Local pubs are staring extinction in the face
Traders protest at 'eyesore' Stockwell Gate
Communities plea for an end to "studentification"
Taxi driver first to be fined for smoking - Doncaster
Jobs to go at pub gaming company
EU studying continent-wide smoking ban
Why I refuse to be stubbed out - Ireland
Fears over future of another city pub - Norwich
Chorley pub landlord hits out - Nick Hogan
Britons lose taste for pint
Collapsing sales heap agony on pubs
'Wet' area may help drinkers - Oxford
France’s Casino Bosses Rail At Online Injustice
Bavaria to elect new premier after party revolt
More renters may be asked to butt outCanada
City's luck runs out on casino revenue - US, IL
GOP candidates want fewer regulations - US, IA
30th Senate District candidates speak out on issues - US, WI
Council race gives a clear choice - US, KY
Opinion - What Does the Slogan a “Change You Can Believe In” Really Mean?
Stop Destroying our bingo - Independent Operator Plea - US, MO
Eagles Face Possible Closure - US, WV
Smoke Returning to Atlantic City
Couple Wins Case Against Smoking Neighbors - US, CA
Buck’s Grill and Bar closes doors after nearly 70 years in business - US, OH
Asking Smokers for Donations When Lighting Up - US, VA
Gaming venues attract smokers - Australia
October 26
Rebel landlord's battle goes to High Court with lots of comments
Calling time
another assault on the beleaguered drinker
Scotland’s pub closures tearing the heart out of communities
Last orders at landmark pub - Stockport
Peacehaven pub takes last orders
Pubs calling time
'Pull down pub shelter' anger - East Devon
Football club hit by credit crunch
Gay pub in noise row
Credit crunch brings club trip to a halt - Jarrow
Disco ban music to neighbours’ ears
Publican fined over smoking - Wolverhampton - and the pub is being converted into flats
Rural pubs handed 'vital' lifeline - A Dream based on truth
Publican appeals on smoking ban fine
East Riding villagers' pub plea
Smoking fine first for cabbie
Loos for one night only-
'Liquid cigarettes' to be launched
Pubs close as drinkers stay away - Poor ould fellas can't smoke but are still fuming - Eire
House painter awarded€7200 - Eire
New Entrants Confront France’s Status Quo - France
Tobacco sponsors may return to NSW races
People still steaming over smoking ban - US, IL
Poll- Are More NYC Bars Illegally Allowing Smoking- - US, NY
Revenues fall again at Cripple Creek casinos - US, CO
Smoking ban on campus misguided
Guest commentary- Smoking ban attacks a basic American freedom us, WI
Richmond council votes down smoking ban - US, IN
Arizona Cigar, Cocktail Lounge Wins Appeal
Moose officer addresses rumors about local lodge - US, OH
October 20
UK poorest 'living shorter lives' - The Atlas of Mortality seems to highlight more than just smoking & SHS
Statistics on smoking - 2008 --- published 16/10/2008 - NOTE that this report is based on PRE-BAN data so could be important to compare with POST-Ban data -Smoking prevalence was 22% in 2006 and suggests that a ban might have been overkill
NEWSFLASH- We Found An Honest Scientist - From F2C
Parties want to drop cigarette warnings -Denmark - Some realise that labelling brings more attention to tobacco
Health warnings encourage smoking, say the Danes:
Waves of smuggled Russian cigarettes flood Europe
Men jailed for betting shop death
The Smell Of Smoke Does Not Trigger Relapse In Quitters According To New Research
Proper use of public funds-
Smokers make a last stand on the high seas
So why are pubs not full of non-smokers?
Jongleurs owner slips into loss
Regent Inns profits go walkabout
Smoke ban student fined
Landlord Nick set to stand for Parliament
Blackpool pubs proud to be 'rough'
Community pub inquiry findings to be released next week
Rank sales down 8 percent
Club secretary fined over smoking
Pub's mystery closure - Wiltshire
MP calls for Government support of pub trade
Rural Scotland faces drink drought as crackdown forces up licence fees
Counting those who really have quit
CIGGIE WAR 'SHUTS PUB' Heroes defy ban - Bradford -Kathleen Hall, 55, felt it was disrespectful to ask the elderly heroes to stub out their cigs in her bar - and they ignored her when she did.
New Report Predicts Downturn in Pub Sales for Next Two Years
Another pub closes its doors - Norwich
Football club hit by credit crunch - Littlehampton
I need to retire but I can't even give my pub away for free
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN- To the scaffold with the rubbish Sandwich ... - Always worth a read
Dutch cafes losing money over cigarette ban
Smoking still thrives in Balkans, but for how long-
Croatian Parliament Passes Smoking Ban
Ban on tenant smoking a hazy issue - Canada
Bingo expands
IPCPR Joins Challenge of Surgeon General's 2006 Report
Casino may not be built if smoking ban is imposed in Wyandotte County
Speedway chief- Smoking ban could nix Kan. casino - US, SC
The Suddenly-Enforceable 25-Foot Rule - Seattle
Nobody shouts 'bingo' anymore
Thousands of businesses ask for smoking ban exemptions - US, PA
A plea for the right to smoke that cigarette - Wisconsin - It is unfortunate that one presentation by the Oneida County Tobacco Free Coalition was all it took, and that the decision was made without consulting students, faculty, or staff, but I guess that is indicative of how far down the personal rights and responsibilities scale we have slid.
Foster parents told- No smoking
Richmond council votes down smoking ban - US, IN
Video lottery sales down in Kanawha - US, WV
State's smoking ban hits some snags in Lincoln, officials say - US, Lincoln
AUSA votes no on making DU smoke- free campus - US, CO
Health ministry ready to allow iconic figures smoke on-screen ... - India
Bistros go bust as Le Big Mac reigns - Australia
Clubs- 2am drinking ban a return to 'dark ages' - Australia
October 15
Health fears about the e-cigarette that is legal to smoke indoors - BUT - ASH - treading on Hot Coals!
Anti-smoking police aiming for award
KILLJOYS' BLITZ ON BOOZING
Pub closures leading to "unwanted" customers
'Roadworks made me bankrupt' - landlord
Trouble brewing as pint-size customers annoy pub drinkers
Roy Beers- Some drink rules just aren’t worth the hassle
Shotton's Carlton Club could be set to close
Cigarette-makers want ruling reversed - Canada
Hopkins Co. smoking ban on hold
Bar Faces Loss of Liquor License for Smoking Ban Violations US, IA
Pull tabs not paying off for Minnesota charities
October 12
Four Groups File Complaints Against Carmona's 2006 Report - and , from June 2006 Surgeon General's Communications Misrepresent Findings of Report; Tobacco Control Practitioners Appear Unable to Accurately Portray the Science AND from Hairy Chestnuts Anti Smoking League, 6: The sinking ship.AND 7: 2006 Surgeon General's Report
Smoking bus driver given £50 fine
Freedom Is Not The Issue - Comment from F2C about Beyond Smoking Kills
Smoking ban is a social disaster
Tony Blair and F1 - the truth
We need a fresh view on smoking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Drug dealer guilty of murdering ex-British boxing champion in ...
'Cigarette' could beat ban
Bell tolls for pub industry
RJ Reynolds Preps Dissolvable Tobacco
Old Orleans diner closes
Could the pub's days as a hub for the village be numbered-
High taxes are killing pubs
Pub crunch
The myths about passive smoking
Taxi driver on third fine for smoking
Pub regulars' bid to beat smoking ban
Nose-bite thug's escape
Dutch pub owners rebel against smoking law
Anyone for cafe culture- Canada
Retailers report dismal September sales - US, CO
Bar Owner Contests Smoking Ban Conviction - US, CO
Suit challenges constitutionality of smoking ban - US, KY
Casino smoking ban may last only a few puffs - US, PA
Proposed ban ignites cigar smoker protests - US, Boston
October 8
For once, freedom is not the issue with comment and F2C comment
From F2C -Maths Never Was Their Strong Point with reference to Paul Newman
and quite an annoyed view - Why talk of 'losing' cancer battle dishonours patients
Pub landlords preparing for worst this winter
Our disappearing pubs are the crown jewels
Shepherd Neame profits slide
Chorley smoke ban rebel to address UKIP meeting
Punch drunk pubs still not cheap enough
Motorists 'should face smoke ban' !!!!!!!!!!!!
Publicans claim squatters’ rights
Pub rebel punished for bravery
Tory prospects seek help for pubs
Historic pub goes on market
50 crimes a day being committed in prison
Smoking ban killing business, say pubs- COMMENT ON THIS STORY
More than just bar talk if the pub is to survive the squeeze
Britain 'Is Already In Recession'
They are calling time on five pubs every day as cheap booze in ...
We need to revisit our smoking ban
Pub Manifesto to halt closures
Electric cigarettes on the rise
Legion plans on hold for site visit
Marchers Oppose Kenosha Smoking Ban - US, WI
Casino stocks hit new lows - US, NJ
October 4
Harwich- 'Animal magic' pub couple devastated at having to close
Karaoke not OK with neighbours - Whitehaven
Tonbridge landlord in coffin hunger strike
UK- A "bloody" Christmas in UK - Constellation Europe CEO
Publicans fight for rural inns' future
Pubco vacancies on the increase
Blackpool cricket cash-flow crisis
Ban has stopped my social life
THAT'S VERY IRRITATING - FIONA IS BRITS' MOST HATED CELEB
Credit crunch is hurting nightclub - Devon
Cigarette at work costs boss £1200 - Wales
Vintners claim 1500 pubs have closed in seven years - Ireland
Geneva smoking ban overturned on procedural grounds
Time for smokers to be ostracised - India !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoking ban up in smoke on day 1 - India
It's not always about the economy - Canada
Convenience stores vanishing in puff of smoke - Canada
Smokers have rights, too - US, VA
Charitable gaming down - US, MN
Group offers to modify proposed Kan. smoking ban - US, NE
Smoking ban is bad idea, not needed - US, PA
Riverboat revenue dips by $121 million - US, IL
Commends VFW for smoking ban choice - US, PA
Controversy persists one year after smoking ban - US, MN
Both sides- Compromise, and allow business to cater to smokers - US, MN
September 30
Forces Int. Upset Anti Smoker Stanton Glantz - He don't like people who don't like his hatred of them!!!!!!!!!!!
Deepak Lal: Libertarian paternalism
Smoking shelter could be removed
Tenants call time on Punch pubs
Will Young- I'd love to reverse the smoking ban
Chorley landlord could move abroad after losing smoking ban appeal
Landlord fined over smoking
Never take your hands off the wheel
850 Enterprise tenants get help
Cannabis smoker fined for smoking tobacco - Holland
Merkel allies suffer losses in Bavaria vote
Free us from fanatics - India
When pubs are without smoke - India
Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of smoke-free rules - Thailand
LETTER - First they came for the smoker, who's next?
Local Bar Changes Its Smoking Policy After Business Decline - US, KS
Walgreen's Sues SF Over Cigarette Ban - US, CA
Smoking Ban Blamed for Drop in Casino Revenues - US, IL
Vote goes against smoking ban US
Bowling alleys feel impact of smoking ban - US, PA
Cardinal Fans Unhappy about Anti-Tobacco Ban - US, KY
State smoking ban has inmates climbing walls - US, PA
Labor unions object to SSHE's decision on smoking ban - US, PA
Fewer smokers die . . . at least from smoking - Canada

September 27
Hells Bells! It's The Death Knell For Pell
Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Causes Potentially Deadly Traffic Accidents
Stop-smoking programmes cost NHS £61m
More diagnosed with cancer and more surviving
Pub woos smokers back with E.cig
Bolton pub smoking ban rebel loses appeal
City comedy club and Oz theme bar put up for sale
One fifth of bars ignore smoking ban - Holland
Commercial freedom of expression and the war on fun
Too much government
CGAA Bingo struggles in new locale - US, MN
September 22
LETTER - Where’s the evidence?
Cigarette packet branding could be banned
Scunthorpe pub shuts as recession bites
MP pounding the street to tackle smokers - Give him HELL
MP pounding the street to tackle smokers - Cambridge - "This is disappointing but we appreciate that for many people a visit to the hospital can be a very stressful time, whether they are receiving treatment themselves or are distressed about a loved one. While the Trust wishes to ensure a smoke free policy, we also want to show compassion to people during times of stress."
'Smoking police' hit the streets to shock people into quitting - Forest spokesman Neil Rafferty said: 'It shows the authorities think they have a blank cheque to treat smokers how they want  -  to harass, humiliate and victimise them. 'This is an outrageous abuse of freedom and privacy. It is the health Nazi equivalent of chuggers.' - with (lots of) Comment
Ugandan killed for smoking in bar
24hr opening at York pub
SOUTHERNE CLUB FORCED TO CLOSE
Pub probed by anti-terror law - Chester
Couple save ‘Ozzy’s club’ - Birmingham
No cheers for pub plans - Linlithgow
Anger at club bid for longer hours - Devon
Last call for British pubs-
Working men's clubs are facing extinction
'Plain packets' law to strip cigarettes of their glamour - What crap!!!!
New website lists smokers' cafes across the Netherlands
Snoop Dogg Flouts The Smoking Ban In Holland
City is at the fag end of tolerance - India
Smoking Bans Just Another Attack on Casinos, Gambling, Freedoms - Canada
Conservatives then and now on tobacco- new prohibitions announced ... - Canada
Pubs and clubs fear smoking ruling - Australia
Millions up in smoke, gamblers butt out - Australia
Lynched for smoking in pub - South Africa
EDITORIAL- Smoking bans and casinos - US, NV
Taverns line up for smoking pass - US, PA
Hillsboro Faces Budget Shortfall - US IL
California's economics leave a big impression - US, CA "The author estimated that from 1990 to 2005 California restaurants and bars lost $34 billion in business because of the smoking ban movement."
Smoking bans forcing gamblers to walk away - US, Chicago
Eau Claire taverns to fight smoking ban - US, WI
Asshole of the Week - US, PA
The People Speak - US, Emporia
Faculty union at state universities opposes smoking ban - US, PA
Groups look for help as pull-tab sales slip - US, MN
Campus fumes over ban - US, PA
Gag order imposed - US, CO
Anger flares over smokeless bingo - US, PA
Council slashes smoking ban fines - US, SC
New ban goes up in smoke - US, PA
UPDATE- BAR OWNER FIGHTS SMOKING BAN - US, CO
Choose Freedom Iowa- Responds to reports of lawmakers looking for ... - US, IA
‘’T’ain’t nobody’s business’ - US- KS, Emporia with comment
September 17
Landlords calling time on pub closures - Birmingham
Carlisle pub Suede forced to close
How liberal is too liberal-
Changing pubs sector `must raise the bar - So it's 'sod the community pub'
We are being driven out of business, claim Carlisle taxi drivers
Is it last orders for North’s CIU clubs-
Hamish Champ- The London Effect
Regulars fight plans to turn 250-year-old pub into synagogue
Citizen Chris- Down pints, I'm going to the park
Allow smoking to save pubs - Wales
‘Extend my hours or lose a community pub’ - Wales
100 Scottish pub jobs lost
Debt axe falls on 10 pubs - Scotland
Treasury takes fizz out of the beer industry
Kim Larsen Continues Smoking Ban Protest - Denmark
Teachers reject smoking bans in school - Australia
Call for more pub police - Australia
Brookfield could ditch 4 am liquor licenses - US, IL
LetterThe squeaky wheel - US, KS and Smoking ban- What’s right-
Have smoking bans jumped the shark-
Letter - Sidewalks, air now full of smoke toxins
After 25 years, last call at Everett's Jimmy Z's - US, WA
September 14
MPs barred from Blackpool pubs
100 pub jobs lost as firm folds
Jobs go as time called on 15 pubs
Last orders- Is the pub facing extinction-
Soaring costs call last orders on bars
Bingo club closures hit Rank hard - Online Bingo News
Lucked out for Gala Coral and Gala Coral boss blasts Labour leisure policies
More pubs ‘in danger of closing’
Worthing 'ghost town' fears
Summer rain, pain and gain for East Lancashire firms
BRAINTREE- Bar battle goes up in smoke
Bingo Site Finds Smoking Loopholes
Smoke ban causes touble at hospital
Retiring bingo boss slams Government
Pokie spend drops - Australia
Grub Should Stay Grub
Smokin' and Drinkin'
When will drives to ban smoking end-
Smoking ban takes choice from adults
Not the duty of health officials to police our lives
Brass Tap owner closes tavern after 17-year run - US, PA
September 10
F2C response to Tobacco Control Consultation
Doctors demand all-out action from Brown to slash smoking death toll - Amaziong exaggerations AND again SMOKES FREE ZONE
Government urged to shelve tobacco plans
Imperial Tobacco chief rejects regulations
What more can pubcos do to help-
Credit crunch- One in six pubs to close by 2012
'Pubs close at rate of 36 a week'
Patients' anger at hospital smoking rules
We were forced out of jobs, Bristol casino staff claim - The casino has suffered since the smoking ban, the removal of Section 21 (large gaming) machines and the increased taxation placed on the industry.
Saving Bacon's bacon
The end of the road for the British pub-
A PINT- THAT'LL BE £7.50
Pub trade fallen to 1930s' levels
Tough times as pubs feel the pinch
Support your local clubs and pubs
John Walsh- Tales of the City
Smoking ban has been bad for business, say pubs one year on
Pub landlords fight for survival
Amid social unease about Britain's harmful relationship with ...
Closure ... is it last orders for your pub-
Johnson Service Group taken to the cleaners
The smoking ban- Government at its worst - US, PA
Arena's cigarette ban is criticized - Canada
Smoking Bans Crippling Casinos In Certain States - US, FL
Smoking Bans Are the Real Crime - US, SC
LETTER- Smoking ban would negate basic rights
West Virginia bars tie smoke-nannies in knots
'Freedom Fighters' join to fight smoking ban - US, IL
Supreme Court strikes down town's smoking penalty - US, SC
Totalitarian crackdown on smokers - US, Boston
Police raid on Southeast Baltimore tavern is second in two days in ... - US, Baltimore
September 6
Patients win smoking ban appeal - Rampton
Ashby club launches battle to beat closure - Scunthorpe
Time being called on Suffolk's pubs
Stewards pay £375000 for city Liberal Club on verge of closure - Carlisle
Fortunes of pubs group highlight sector problems
Profit tumbles at JD Wetherspoon
John Walsh- Last orders for the pub-
Leading article- Closing time
Grant used for smoking area
Pubs Face 'Winter Of Discontent'
Litterbugs get fines under new crackdown
Falling Unlike Domino's- Restaurants Feel the Credit Crunch
British American Tobacco Rejects Proposed UK Regulation
Brewer slams government's 'stealth taxes'
Walker's World- Britain's recession
When dogs are like cigarettes - US, CA
Republicans Find a Way to Smoke at Convention
Bar owner may lose license in fight against smoking ban - US, IL
LETTER- Smoking ban would negate basic rights - US, WI - Defended logic with comment
Let bars serve drinks without food - US, VA
September 3
Just because- - Rubbishing the "The story: The smoking ban in Wales "caused" a 13% fall in heart attacks from October to December 2007, compared with the same period in 2006." with links to other isnteresting statistical stuff
The death of the British pub
Four deny killing boxer in row over smoking ban
Plea for pub smoking rooms
Pubs in crisis
Tom Aikens' restaurant closure reinforces problems with local ...
Beer prices set to rise again by 3p
Punch Taverns Annual Sales Decline as Britons Curb Pub Visits
Anger at ‘unhappy’ stigma - Wales
Scottish legislation plans in full
Plenty to fume about - Canada - A clear indication that draconian measures FAIL
The Downtowner owner fears smoke-free ordinance - US, IN
Gaming down- Sure. Drinking- Not so fast - US, NV
September 1
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR PUBS
Crisis time for British pubs - For more hospitality stories, see ...
NI introduces prohibition on cigarette sale
Berlin gradually bans patio heaters
Mount Dora may try to put out city workers' cigarettes - US, FL
Fundraiser failed to save Lombard restaurant - US, IL
August - A site for this month http://www.reason.com
August 31
Future of village venue in question - Hampshire - with comment
Briefing- Civilian Policing - Times comment - More than 1,400 civilians now have the right to take your name and address and issue on-the-spot fines for minor offences.
Ex-bingo hall reopens as a church
Happiness map is just a joke to us - Wales - “The sad thing is the demise of the workingmen’s clubs and the smoking ban has kept a lot of people away. People drink more at home,”
Smoking bans and clozapine levels - Subscription - The smoking ban implemented in the UK this July (Campion et al, 2008) will greatly affect psychiatric in-patients, of whom as many as 74% are smokers ...
The countryside is a bewildering desert - Once, one could usually rely on finding, beneath the sign PH, a pub to quench the walker's thirst. Often they have now been turned into private dwellings.
Kept awake by pub noise
Pub landlord hits out at local council over smoking
Landlord fears measures may close pub - Diss
Supermarkets spell last orders for the pub - More than two dozen pubs are said to be closing every week and industry analysts predict that that rate could almost double within a year. Since 2000, more than 3,600 pubs have closed in Britain, with many landlords blaming the smoking ban, which came into effect in July 2007, for the reduction in business. Last year, almost seven times as many pubs closed compared with the previous year.
Ten Million Pound Rise In Money Spent On NHS Stop Smoking Services, UK - Yet more cash for the Anti-smoking Empire Expenditure on NHS Stop Smoking Services was almost £61 Million in 2007/08 - nearly £10 million more than in 2006/07 (I bet that wasn't in the Regulatory Impact Assessment) - Full report at http://www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/sss0708
Pub wants a smoking shelter - Peterborough
All eyes are on consumer spending pattern - Ireland
Smoke ban in your home- - US
Anti-smoking advocates- Teen smoking could jump - US, SC - anti-smoking crap - It's they who have highlighted smoking as a rebelion activity
OSU should stop acting like a parent - US, OK
August 29
Care home plan for vandalised Burnley pub
RAOB Club set to appeal fine - Middlesborough
Pull of working men's clubs is waning
Pregnant Corrie star told to smoke !!!!!!!!!!
Fag-break cost taxi-driver £315 - Lancaster
Rusholme shisha cafe fined £7000
Kettering Hospital does U-turn on smoking
Pubs in financial crisis - St Albans
On-trade misery as diners drink at home
A real drag if cigs have to go under the counter
Music and mayhem - Reading
Noisy smokers put club licence in danger - Norfolk
Group targets a pub on Tees
Changes to our way of life are for the worse
Pubs cry foul as credit crunch hits
Council turns the screw on landlord's smoking shelter
Tories announce plans to cut health spending in Britain's most ... - Mr Lansley backed Labour's smoking ban, despite Tory leader David Cameron's objections. Cameron said in 2005: "I don't support a ban, I don't really like ...
£3.7 MILLION UP IN SMOKE - With comment
Deal on cards to save struggling pub chain
Last orders for man who turned crime haven into top pub
Smokers hit by 'seven screws' ban
Danish Rockstar Uses Nazi Slogan to Protest Smoking Ban
Albertans should pay up to light up- Anti-tobacco groups and Report indicates declining smoking rates on PEI
Peter Shawn Taylor- The irresistible attraction of bans - Canada - Excellent with comment
City saloon owner ready for smoking fight in court - US
Ban hurts business, not smokers - US, MO
Smoking Bans - US, NY
WHO Calls for Banning All Tobacco Advertising, Promotion - US, TX
Hitler's Butt Ban - US, CA
Casino Staff Fury at Pay Rise Deferral - US, TX
Personal freedom group fights potential smoking ban - US, MO
Govt 'caving into pressure' over tobacco laws - Australia
Beach puff ban closer - Australia
August 25
Freedom To Choose Welcomes New Research On Lung Cancer - Australia
Closing time for Chorley's pubs
Pubs hit as drinkers stay home
Pricey Wine Resists Slowing UK on Home Drinking, Nielsen Says
Pub bars no-cigs MP
One in 5 pubs in trouble
Shopkeepers fuming over cigarette plan
X Factor nights in with Cheryl
Pete Doherty breaks the law at Leeds Festival
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette! - Worth a read
Up to the feds - Canada
Future of Moss Glen Legion is on the line - Canada
Free versus smoke-free - US, MO - Personal freedom group fights potential smoking ban - The rational response
Kansan Editorial- Smoking bans are the new Prohibition - US, KS
Smokers put on a happy face - US, MO
Washington fences in beer garden regulations - US, IL
Your mail- Second-hand smoke or not - US, LA
What Iowa parties believe- It just might surprise you - US, IA - SMOKING BAN - Republicans: "We believe that all individuals and business owners have the freedom to choose the quality of air in their home and establishments." Democrats: "We support statewide public smoking ban ... "
Country pubs are closing - New Zealand
Sky City creams the highrollers; shame about the cinemas - New Zealand
August 22
Pete Robinson- Scottish pubs thriving since smoking ban - claims ASH - Read this and weep
'No smoking adviser' jailed for pocketing £90000 in NHS cash - Judge John Hillen said the scheme to convince addicts to kick the habit relied on members of the public with little training and was distinctly "amateurish" and "cavalier". - So how can we believe any claimed 'quit numbers'?
Convicting the Innocent - Part 2
Broadmoor roof demo at cigs ban
Last orders
Trade plummets at one in five pubs
Crackdown call on pub cig machines
Stop smoking pill 'quit success' - They're still pushing Champix despite the side-effects
Shisha cafe fined £5000 - Manchester
Frieze falls foul of the smoking ban as it lights up for the art world
Workplaces flout smoking ban - Ireland
Letter - Courtesy or compulsion-
Bar owners have a point - US, WV
Ralston Lifts Smoking Ban - US, NE
August 20
City music venue closes down - Norwich
BATHWICK PUB SHUTS
Drop in tourists hits pubs
Local ale enjoying renaissance as supermarket sales boom
Losses mount at struggling clubs
TIME CALLED ON 26 LOCAL PUBS - Wirral
Canton’s Victoria Club to close
Scottish pub numbers set to tumble
Royal visit highlight of Coventry Working Mens Club history - Coventry
Anti-Tobacco Hysteria Kills Free Choice
Luck is running out for Piccadilly's Gala casino
LETTER- Smoking bans a sign of a lazy politician
Going by the board - Australia
Chantilly Lace put up for sale - US, IL
Smoking ban an abuse of power, bar owners group says - US - WV
study says smoking ban doesn't hurt bingo - US, KY - That's not quite true - look at the UK
Keno revenue wafts southward
Casino revenue plummets 14 percent in July - US, CO
Quarterly loss widens for Herbst Gaming - US, MA
Bar Owner Holds Smokers Night, Despite Smoking Ban - US, WV
August 18
Burning desire - a different medical 'take' suggesting short term benefits (not death!!)
LETTER- Smoking bans a sign of a lazy politician
RAOB Club first to be fined for breaching smoking ban
Who's rocking at the V festival- - A smoking ban in the JJB Arena meant Estelle was only playing to a half full tent.............
All-weather fruit machines for smokers in bid to boost pub takings
Chance to have your say on anti-smoking proposals - Assumptions
New cigarette laws ‘disaster for shops’
Tourism trade hit by credit crunch - Fleetwood
Forget the rumours – we are still open - Petersfield
Another New Deal project set to shut - Deal
Landlord blames closure on UK’s biggest pub firm - Worcester
Music blow as Queen Charlotte shuts - Norwich
Campaign to re-open Leabrooks club - Ripley
Alcohol-free hotel bar owner seeks to reverse smoking ban - Ireland
Alfresco dining served up as late licences are granted - Scotland
Governments crying over lost tobacco taxes - Canada - ?????????
Smoker rights in the equation - US, CA
Losses widen at Herbst Gaming in 2Q - US, MA

A smoker's paradox in patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF - !!!!!!!!!

Red Bull drink lifts stroke risk- Australian study - Australia
August 15
More smokers since ban in pubs, clubs - Australia, NSW - BUT it's because the ban's not nasty enough - Idiots!!
Paul Flynn Get His Knickers In A Twist and The Retroactively Self-Edited World of Paul Flynn - Labour MP for Newport West
Two men arrested after female commuter pushed on to rail track in ...
Last orders at village pub - St Albans
Landlords are urged to adapt to survive
Blackpool's sad catalogue of pub closures
Outside smoking banned at pub - Ross on Wye
UK Poker Clubs Favored As Demand Test Fades
Planners call time on beer gardens - Tameside
No ifs and butts, you’re barred - Tameside
Smoke vote MP barred - Manchester with comment
Club boss fined for flouting smoking ban - "A MIDDLESBROUGH club president has hit out at the government for "bullying" the working class.........."
Shocking teenage smoking figures revealed - Wales
Decline in visitors fells top leek show
Convictions for flouting smoking ban on the rise - Ireland
French Flo restaurants say consumption collapsed
Casino says layoffs helped bolster profits - Canada
No-smoking housing catches on - US, TX
LETTER- Smoking bans a sign of a lazy politician - US, WI
Casino Queen Struggling To Deal With Economy, Smoking Ban - US, MO
The Majestic Star Casino, LLC Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
Smokers take last drag before alfresco ban - Australia
Club on brink of closure after bank rejects deal - Australia
August 11
Gerry Anderson- It’s all going up in smoke
Our overcautiousness is costing us - Canada
Smoking ban in British waters - SHIPS travelling in British waters face a complete smoking ban next year.
Credit crunch hits Leeds families
WE'LL DRINK TO THAT! - Private bars in Cleethorpes AND here come the local 'crats -OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE GARDEN BAR
First pub fined for smoking - Milton Keynes
Credit crunch sinks Ship pub - Cockermouth
'Save your local' - Flintshire pubs under threat - Flintshire
Death of the working men's club
Owners of seafront nightclub go into administration - Brighton
Simon Evans- The glass is definitely half-empty as drinks groups go to the wall
Funding drought hits sale of pubs - Ireland
Unleashing the power of personal freedom
Getting out of your car and onto mass transit can save beaucoup ...
Century Casinos reports results
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript - US
A public nuisance . . . or an individual right-
Cut smokers some slack - US, LA
August 8
Mortality Rate Rises following Scotland's Smoking Ban
City nightclub falls victim to credit crunch - Milton Keynes
Smoking case adjourned
Season finishes on a low
Ale over for first working men's club
Jamies Bars operator collapses into administration
A great time to buy your own pub
Cains in administration
Hotel owner prosecuted for smoking on her own premises - Blackpool
Don't get me started
Simon Gray, self-deprecating writer and smoker, dies at the age of 71
Smoking is a right
Cafes violate the smoking ban voluntarily - Turkey
Delphi Fined for Violating the Smoking Ban
Retailers say law forcing them to keep smokes from view spurring sales - Canada
Old-fashioned paternalism is back Steve Chapman
Ban could be bad for business - US, TX
Smoking ban results in 11.7pc downturn for local clubs - Australia
August 6
Welsh heart attack rate rises after smoking ban - This won't be the newspaper headline!
Smoking Ban Increases Heart Attacks
Fears grow for city pubs and clubs as two more close their doors - Plymouth
Downturn closes historic city pub - Liverpool
Spirit of doom down the local
Coventry Working Men's Club closure shock
It’s last orders for yet another pub - Tottenham
Closing time for struggling pubs - Ipswich
Pub closes amid rumours of financial crisis (From Falmouth Packet) - Helston - " A spokesperson for Punch Taverns said: “Our priority is to get the Red Lion open for trade again as soon as possible. We are actively recruiting a new licensee to run this great pub and look forward to working with them to help them build a successful, sustainable business that serves the local community well.” " - It was run well but Punch pushed the rent up by £500 a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of the tobacco road for city shop- - Carlisle
Titanic effort to reopen Exchange
Thousands of small pubs ‘to close’
RE- 'Darling, you are killing pubs'
Highland publican calls time for good as costs soar and takings ...
Youths throw 'pregnant' woman on railway - She only asked them to stop smoking - A stupid law in stupid places causes stupid behaviour
And now we know ...
Mersey curse
Plans for £75 fine for dropping cigarette ash
Drinkers call time on trips to the pub
Court partially overturns anti-smoking law
Where There's Smoke, There's Government Intrusion - Barack Obama promises a national ban on smoking in public places.
Bar Owners Expected to Protest Smoking Ban - US, WV
Smoking ban- 'Stupid legislation' - UA, IA
Judge declines to put smoking ban on hold - US, IA
Ameristar laying off 3 percent of casino workers
Molson Coors 2Q profit falls 56 percent
When no tolerance policies go to far
The air clears but clubs are gasping - Australia
August 3
DOCTORS have welcomed new evidence showing the smoking ban has ... - With comments
Smokers will have to stub it out at GWH - Swindon - with comments
Threat of last orders for Fylde pubs
Constitutional Club will close by Christmas - Bexhill
TIME CALLED ON RIVERHEAD BAR - Grimsby
Bingo proving to be drain on Rank
Worst beer sales in 75 years, says pub boss
£1 million bingo-hall revamp axed
Town fan in smoking row - Ipswitch
Cains on the brink as rescue deal is rejected
The last gasp for a British tradition
Pete Robinson- Smoking ban victory for German publicans
Bar smoking ban in Germany quashed
Bar owners partially reverse smoking ban
Lottery Corp. predicted bingo decline due to smoking ban - Canada
PG Hotel, First Litre hit hard by smoking ban - Canada
Court reviews smoking ban, upsetting businesses - US, IA
Less Gambling Means Less $ For City Coffers - US, IL
Arizona smoking ban hits jobs - US
Smoking Ban Hits Close To Home For Senator - US, IA
Clubs tie the knot - Australia
NSW clubs record worst financial result ever - Australia
Struggling clubs offered smoking ban lifeline - Australia
Silent nights – entertainment in crisis - Australia