Oh for heavens sake, give it up skipy.

Even the article itself says that pub closures are NOT due to the smoking ban. In case you missed it the first quote given is

"Britain's pubs are grappling with spiralling costs, sinking sales, fragile consumer confidence and the impact of the smoking ban," said BBPA chief executive Rob Hayward.

If the chief executive of the British beer and pub association is blaming spiraling costs, sinking sales and fragile consumer confidence as well as the smoking ban, then why can you not just accept that these pubs would have closed anyway?

Go and live somewhere else if smoking in pubs is that important to you but stop pestering the majority of people who agree with the ban.

BTW - I was going to wait until the anniversary of the ban to mention this but remember that long list of pubs near me that I gave in your other thread? Guess how many have closed. None. Not a single one.

There was one or two pubs in particular that you mentioned near you. Have they closed?

Cheers

Dave