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It's not only the smokers and non smokers who are involved in this subject.. think of the publicans who are trying there best to keep there ships afloat. How many 'local' pubs have we seen go under in the last ten years? i can name a few..Antly, woodnook, queens, Peel Park, kings until recently, same with the nags head, New brewery, white horse Huncoat, Royal oak and the globe on bb road.

The amount of tax they make on alcohol should have been ploughed back into decent extraction units, subsidised by the govt.

Do we all remember after black wednesday...17p on our cigs...5p on our pint, road tax, inheritance tax, capital gains, and the dreaded POLL TAX!

This govt is not far different from the 'rule with the iron fist' approach we had to struggle and live with in the dark days of the eighties!