[Gayle]

I'm a non-smoker so I suppose I should be grateful that they've banned smoking in pubs but I'm not really. I think it's a slightly over the top solution to the problem - yes, pubs should have non-smoking sections but to ban it altogether is unecessary and unmanageable.

I don't go to many pubs these days but I certainly never object when people light up - I can always go and sit somewhere else. Definitely over the top and could be damaging to the pub trade.