I know I have read about Irish publicans creating no-smoking areas, or banning smoking, before. The result on each occaision was that people voted with their feet and took their custom elsewhere. A total ban? As a non-smoker it would be wonderful to be able to go out for the evening and not come home smelling like a stale ash-tray. The Smokers' problem, is that like Folkies, they are now a 'Political Minority' and therefore safe to thrash. How long before they start looking at the Convention of Human Rights?