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RE: Devon licensee fined for flouting smoke ban

Why On earth would other licencees complain about Joanne Kendall of North Devon allowing smoking in her pub? After all the surveys apparently say that the public don't want smoking in pubs. If this is the case why are all thier customers going to her pub?

The other licencees are actually saying that she should go broke the same as they are rather than show some courage and follow her lead. The Magistrates semm to agree with her going by the leniency of her fine. Good for you Joanne I hope you carry on. This fine is livable with and just maybe those cowardly landlords will join you rather than stabbing you in the back. H

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Devon licensee fined for flouting smoke ban

The pub is actually on my door step and was run by a delightful old chap, who for years ran it as a local smokers booser. He retired a young licensee took it over and failed miserably, this lady took it over, she had signs outside saying that it was a smokers pub, which the council made her take down. She was apparently serving behind the bar with a cigarette in her hand and a number of customers were smoking. The pub needless to say is now closed, joining many others, she was in fact providing a service, nobody was complaining customer or staff wise, so what was the problem apart from officialdom.

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Devon licensee fined for flouting smoke ban

The irony of it is, it is probably the worst pub in Barnstaple for everything that a licensee should not me, but it had it's customers and they were happy. I had to do an assessment on a pub in Bristol a couple of years ago in the rough end of the city. The place superficially looked tired and battered. At 11.15 in the morning the place was packed with layers of blue smoke and the roughest mob I have seen in a pub for a number of years, everything was nailed down, the bar was not particularly big and the inside was a complete arm pit. The landlord said it is what the locals want, no food, beer, games and smoking, the beer cellar was spotless, his barrelage was in excess of 500, that to my mind makes him a good operator, giving his customers what they want. All this legislation stops a lot of licensees doing that, more Government interference. I don't know whether anyone picked it up the German Pubs got some relief from the smoking ban on hardship???

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RE: Devon licensee fined for flouting smoke ban

Harry (and Joanne). You cannot pick and choose which law you think is worthy of obeying or not. The law on smoking in public buildings is quite clear - you can't do it!

I think I'll not obey speed limits today, or perhaps I'll beat my wife. I hope my 'cowardly' neighbours won't stab me in the back and report me.

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