One person's right to choose is always liable to mean the denial of choice to some other person, and this is no exception. The right to choose of the landloard isn't what concerns me. My right to choose does concern me. And my choice is to have the pubs I like to drink in free from tobacco smoke.

I agree that I'd prefer there to have been some loopholes to allow for places that were primarily smoking venues, such as Shisha bars. But in a society where a large majority of people do not smoke and prefer non-smoking environments public houses, which should be accessible to everyone, are rightly smoke free