I wish they'd do this in England! As an asthmatic I haven't had a night out in a pub for years, it's just too unpleasant. I have friends who also don't go to pubs because of smoke problems. They will replace the missing smokers.Folk clubs I've been working in the last few years have found the audience benefits and increases in number where smoking has been stopped.Many people on my mailing list won't go to a pub folk club and will only come when I'm working arts centre, theatres or village halls. It seems one group will suffer from this ban and one group will benefit.