[shillelagh]

Seems to me that you will have non smokers on one side and smokers on t'other side .. both sides never going to agree .. so why not agree to disagree?

Non smokers didnt like going to pubs because of the fag smoke ... anyway banned smoking in the pubs, restaurants, bars, clubs etc .. so now smoke free. Smokers if they want a ciggie now stand outside either at the front of the pub or out the back if there is a smoking area ... Non smokers have to walk through the smokers standing outside to enter the pub where it is smoke free .. some dont like that and now are complaining because they have to walk through them to get into a non smoking area .. so wont enter the pub and spend the money that the pubs need to keep going.... Some pubs dont have room to put a proper smoking shelter up so smokers do have to stand out on the street ..

plus on top of this supermarkets selling booze at a cheap price .. people are stopping at home and drinking cheap booze .. and then complaining that pubs are closing ..

All in all its a vicious circle ..