Vectis, I too would like all folk clubs to be smoke-free, but in the real world thats's not always practical. Incidently, the room where you hold your club may be non-smoking, but the bar where I had to queue to buy my beer was one of the smokiest places I've been in - so I still went home smelling like a bonfire.

I do a lot of my singing in pub bars, where although I'm often a frequent visitor, I'm not one of "the regulars" - I therefore have to put up with their preferences. How many pubs would Travelling Folk find to sing in, if they decided to institute a non-smoking policy ? - how many of their regulars (audience as well as performers) would still come ?   Even more important how many more of those pubs would go the way of The Star and The Kings Arms at Brasted, The Royal Oak at Shoreham, The Addlestone Tavern etc., if pubs were forced to become no-smoking ?