Ahh that took me along time to read. Soo. I being a smoker myself have being discussiing this with family and freinds. Some of which smoke, some of which don't. I for one feel that this the lamest thing the goverment has ever decided on. It taking away people's freedom to do something. Smoking has been in pubs for donkeys years. If people want to cry and kick up a fuss about it, f**k off to another pub and live with it. I would say in my opinion, there are more smokers in Britain than none smokers. In all fairness, the goverment etc are going to loose money in the long run. You think about it. People will buy more drinks in a pub if they don't have to go outside for a fag. It's all shit. Why on earth couldn't they just keep it how it is in most pubs. 1 area smoking the other none smoking. I can not see what people's problems with that was. Even so. Instead of causing all this havoc. Invest in better extraction facilities. By which i mean. When people are smoking, there are say 12-15 extractor fans in the room so as soon as the fag smoke has being blown out it is atomatically extracted from the room. It is not hard to come up with a solition as simple as that. With technology of this day in age they could of come up with something better than just taking away people's right to smoke. People are complaining about smoking around children etc. On a pack of fags it clearly states "adult use only". Fair does i agree with that. It should only be adults that step foot in a pub, be it day time or night time. A pub is a pub, its full of men and women who drink till there hearts content. Wether there are smoking or not smoking. It is not a safe envioroment for a child to be in. Fighting happens in pubs we know that, how hard is it for a glass to come flying across the room and hit a young child in the head ? I know it could happen to anyone of us. The dangers are still there. It becomes even more of an issue when most people are drunk. Slower reaction etc. So whats there next plan ? To stop drinking in pubs because it cause's to much violence and deaths through fighting and drink driving. I think not ?. Then why should smoking be considered band when just as many die form drinking alcohol as smoking fags. Peace out. Danny x