Shut down these outdated pubs .if these landlords refuse to come inline with the law then take their licence off them .its simple comply to the licencing laws or you loose your licence.The law is there to protect the public "This is the law mate" and if you refuse you should get a hefty fine £20,000 and made to pay it ...

ace "This is the law mate". Aren't you the one who advocates buying counterfeit goods?

This guy needs educating on what the word "pub" means. Pub being short for PUBLIC HOUSE, meaning a public place - including the behind the bar area, which is part of the licensed premises. If he wants to smoke in the private living quarters that's his business but not in the public areas or behind the bar.

These "rebels" need their licenses suspended until they agree to abide by the law and then further breaches resulting in them losing their licence altogether.

And he wonders why his profits went down by £300? Now the public don't have to breathe in disgusting smoke, they will simply go to a law abiding pub and enjoy the smoke free environment.

He only has himself to blame.

The Catcher, In the Rye
Some laws are made to be broken others to protect the innocent,or so it should be. protecting the ""MILL OWNERS!""is one to be broken im afraid. heheeh

The Catcher, In the Rye
Ive never said buy counterfeit goods but ive said britain is to expensive????

This seatbelt thing though, eh? I hate it, forcing you to wear a seatbelt.

Hang on, that was 20+ years ago, and now I won't get in a car without it. Same will happen to smoking.

As an angry smoker who is trying (and failing) to come to terms with the latest example of our "1984" society I have just suffered the ultimate humiliation. I was asked to put out my cigarette at a GOLF DRIVING RANGE in Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme. This range consists of about 40 bays with a tin roof but otherwise totally exposed to the elements, a bit like being on a golf course, I suppose. There were 3 other people on the range at the time and the nearest person to me turned out to be a smoker.
So where do we go from here ? How can it be legal to buy cigarettes but illegal to smoke them. When will the "thought police" be knocking on my door to arrest me for thinking about having a fag ?

Ace have you got nothing to do? you bore.

Im dissabled because of smoking.
You seem to get upset with people having a view on this stupid pledge.These people who defy smoking bans need banning from holding a drinks licence.

COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
This is a desease that not a lot of smokers know about "Me included"Until a few years ago.Since a found out the hard way,i now know the real dangers of smoking and passive smoking."For those who say passive smoking has not been proved to cause damage" As usual youve all got it wrong smoking has been proved beyond all reasonable doubt causes lung deseases.So those landlords who allow people to smoke should remember that technically you can now be sued "in law" for causing damage to a person by allowing smoking on a licenced premises?.Knowing that its illegal and against the safety at work laws now....Keep smoking at your own risk but dont impose it on others....

Smoking kills people and selfish people who smoke in public places should be arrested.
If you have any evidence of places of work,pubs,restaurants and most of all people abusing the ban,please send all stories and photographs to the smoking snitch site: www.smokinggrass.net

ace you are like all the other followers in the country,bleeting all the time no self opinion.IF YOU DONT WANT TO GO IN A SMOKING PUB DONT ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE,YOUR NOT BEING FORCED.Its caleed freedom or rights we are supposed to be a democracy,but once again the pubs and landlords get in them get penalised again.People like you are the ones who took the great out of britain.WE ARE A DEMOCRACY NOT A DICTATORSHIP THATS WHY YOU HAVE A CHOICE.IF THEY SMOKE IN ONE PUB GO IN THE NEXT THAT DOESNT EASY.

philipwheeldon
I belong to a radio club ?but ive not been able to attend the meetings because of the smoke? now that smoking is ban in all public places it now frees me to attend .its not just pubs its all places that the public attends. so if this includes pubs "they should come into line" People like you are so self centred .Think of other people who dont want to breath this toxic smoke (that has been proved to cause all sorts of health related problems)passive and smoking alike . THERE IS NO ARGUMENT YOU WILL HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES (TOUGH LUCK IF YOU DONT LIKE IT).

philipwheeldon.
No doubt you would like to see smoking and non smoking shops? cabs,buses,clubs,You cannot start making single use services for everybody.it makes sence to ban smoking in all public places including pubs ect. because smoking is becomming unacceptable to modern thinking people. if you want to smoke nobody is stopping you but do it safely in your own space. dont include others in your filthy habit.PLEASE...

ace philip wheeldon here unfortunately once again you have got it wrong .I HAVE NEVER SMOKED IN MY LIFE AND NEVER WILL.I just think people like you who bleet on all day want to be appreciative of all the people who fought for this country to be a free country with freedom of speech and choice.ONCE AGAIN ILL SAY IT IF YOU DONT WANT TO GO IN A SMOKY PLACE DONT ITS YOUR CHOICE WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE.

Smoker's Revenge!!
Experts are putting pressure on the Government to introduce a "fat tax" on unhealthy foods, saying it could save thousands of lives a year.

I hope all you obese non-smokers are looking forward to your punishment. It's about time that the cost of peoples greediness to the NHS was recognised.

Well this ban has fired up a few tempers has it not; it�s like a tobacco tennis reading this lot. The smokers are fighting for their right to engage in a legal pastime, the anti�s are fighting for their clean air, and yet only the smokers are for finding a reasonable compromise i.e. places to smoke without indignity. The non smokers on the other hand, who have been traditionally downtrodden by the smokers can now smell blood and are moving in for the kill. It�s a shame though because I have always believed that the English would stand shoulder to shoulder to fight a common enemy that tried to infiltrate and divide our country. I always thought we would stick together when the bullies came along to change and ruin our culture only to replace it with something that has been built on selective statistics and half facts. That enemy is this half witted Government Dictatorship that treats its Electorate like little children, but I never thought I would see the day when those who had been bullied would be allowed to or even want to become such vehement, nasty, and downright poisonous bullies themselves. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
My suggestion to you all is to wake up and see what is really going on here, because it won�t stop at a smoking ban. If elected governments are given cart'e blanche to do what they weren�t elected to do, they will do anything they damn well like, (remember Thatcher and her poll tax/community charge). And finally let�s face it if we all have to feel so safe in life that we forget to live, it is no life at all.

ace you are a very special person. I believe that you are an old fart that is never visited by anyone in your family, because you like to stick your nose where it doesnt belong. Stay your no-life having, obese, nosy, and lowly self at home then.