18-Apr-2017 By Georgina Townshend
Claims that London councillors are considering a ban on smoking in beer gardens to “extend alfresco dining areas” have been denied by the council at the centre of the controversy.
Smoking Ban
13-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross
The smoking ban should apply to pub gardens and other public spaces, a report by the Royal Society of Public Health has suggested.
25-Oct-2013 By Poppleston Allen
The smoking ban had a dramatic effect on the pub trade as operators up and down the country were tasked with ensuring that customers could still enjoy a cigarette as well as a pint. Many premises provide designated smoking areas or smoking shelters but...
03-Jul-2012 By Mike Berry
Five years after the introduction of the smoking ban in England, almost seven out of 10 licensees want the legislation amended to allow for separate smoking rooms in pubs.
13-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
An MP's bid to change the law to let pubs offer separate smoking areas has failed at the first stage. MPs today voted against the Ten Minute Rule...
MPs reject Tory's bid to amend smoking ban
13-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
MPs have today rejected a bid by a backbench Tory to amend the smoking ban. David Nuttall, MP for Bury North, tabled a 10-minute rule Bill in...
Caroline Nodder: Will new government reverse the march towards an outdoor smoking ban?
01-Jul-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Nothing is guaranteed to get the collective goat of the pub sector more than the smoking ban. The mere mention of it can send users of our website...
GMV raises fears over smoking ban review
30-Jun-2010 By James Wilmore
The Guild of Master Victuallers (GMV) has urged the government to scrap its review of the smoking ban over fears that it could be extended. Bill...
16-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Conservative MP Brian Binley plans to lobby the Government to reconsider the "draconian" smoking ban across UK pubs. The newly re-elected All Party...
Simon Eldon-Edington: Don't look back in Anger…The UK pub trade associations' bizarre love affair with Sir Liam
06-Oct-2009
"You know that the constant habit of drinking has made the English famous among all foreign nations?" We all love a pub quiz: So is the above...
Campaigners launch bid to amend smoking ban
23-Jun-2009
A new campaign to amend the smoking ban was launched in London today, backed by TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson and pro-smoking group Forest.The...
New smoke-shelter threat to pubs
27-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs that use plants or bushes as the walls of smoking shelters face a new threat of having the structures ruled illegal. Updated guidance for...
10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
A promise to investigate the beer tie, cut duty on beer and allow licensees to decide on their own smoking policy — that's all in UKIP's pub manifesto.
'Half an hour of passive smoking can harm health' - study
07-May-2008
Boffins from the University of California are claiming that even half an hour spent in a smoky room can be harmful to health.A study found that even...
30-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Trade body predicts more closures on smoke ban anniversary
Legal advice: New noise regulations
04-Apr-2008
Although some licensees are bemoaning the impact of the smoking ban on profits, it is clear to see that it serves a purpose for non-smoking bar staff...
Pete Robinson: Truth or consequences
30-Jan-2008
Meanwhile any tobacco related item which could be detrimental to their cause is carefully censored. To read their garbage you'd think pubs were...
Fuller's shrugs off football worries
23-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Fuller Smith and Turner has shrugged off concern over the negative effect England's failure to qualify for next summer's European Championship will...
Councils wind up inspections
08-Nov-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Councils are winding down their inspections of English pubs to see they are complying with the smoking ban. New figures from the Department of Health...
02-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Community pubs struggling six months into ban
02-Oct-2007
Exposure to second hand smoke has fallen 95% since the ban, according to Cancer Research
Marston's post-ban food sales increase
30-Aug-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Substantial numbers of Marston's pub tenants have recorded increased food sales since the introduction of the smoking ban on 1 July, according to a...
Smoke-ban plans frustrated
16-Aug-2007
While it is still too early to assess the overall effect of the smoking ban, there are indications of frustration, even among non-smoking licensees,...
Pubs crack down on smoking in letting rooms
15-Aug-2007
Pubs with letting rooms are using the implementation of the smoking ban as an opportunity to crack down on the potentially dangerous practice of...
Early days?
23-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
News - OK, hearsay - reaches me that a couple of regional brewers of not insignificant size have experienced a near 20 per cent sales slump across...
LETTERs
12-Jul-2007
The smoking ban starts to bite Is there any hope left for this country? Sunday saw the first day of the smoking ban in pubs. It was the first day of...
25-Jun-2007 By John Harrington
Spirit Group is holding a two-day event of action to ensure its pubs are ready for the smoking ban. Hundreds of employees of Spirit, and head office...
20-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil
A new survey claims that two-thirds of non-smokers want to ban smoking outdoors as well as in public buildings. With less than two weeks before the...
Wetherspoon profits hit by smoking plans
09-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon's investment in no-smoking initiatives will hit the group's full year profits, it announced today.Updating the market on its third...
Three quarters want Scots smoke exemptions
19-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
Nearly three quarters of Scottish adults believe that private clubs and bingo halls should be exempt from the smoking ban, a new poll has revealed....
05-Mar-2007
Unintended consequences fear
THE GUV'NOR
01-Feb-2007
Peter Eveleigh The licensee of the Riverside Inn in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, considers the smoking ban I always thought the traditional silly...
Pinstripe: Smoking. Yes it's bad for you, but I love it
26-Jan-2007
Smoking stuff in a bit.First...farewell then Eldridge Pope. News of the £155m deal, which broke yesterday, reached me as I was attempting to drive...
Laurel acts early on smoke-ban schedule
25-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Laurel Pub Company expects to have about 50 non-smoking pubs before the ban is introduced in England on 1 July. The company, owned...
SA Brain promotes fresh air
25-Jan-2007
Welsh brewer and pub operator SA Brain has hosted a smoke-free forum to help prepare its licensees and free-trade customers for the Welsh ban in...
22-Jan-2007
Welsh brewer hosting a smoke-free roadshow to help prepare its licensees and free-trade customers for the Welsh ban in April.
12-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Trade groups are demanding clearer guidelines on smoking shelters, Government regulation of councils and fairer fines when smoking is banned. They...
Surviving as a smoke-free pub
03-Oct-2006
Come the smoking ban next summer, pub tenants are likely to be the most vulnerable group. Running community locals where most customers like a...
19-Sep-2006
A smoking ban in enclosed public spaces will be introduced in Wales next April, before similar laws in England.
City comment: Hamish Champ
15-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon's results encapsulate the concerns of those who fear a smoking ban. Sales in its non-smoking Scottish pubs are dipping and margins...
LETTERs
07-Sep-2006
Unite to reverse smoking ban I write regarding Dave Daly's comments on the smoking ban (The Guv'nor, Morning Advertiser, 7 September). At last,...
07-Sep-2006 By John Harrington
A total of around 220 Mitchells & Butlers food-focused pubs are now non-smoking, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. The move means M&B is now...
Agents: smoke-free plans help sell pubs
31-Aug-2006
Go smoke-free now, if you're thinking of selling your pub. Smoke-free businesses will be easier to sell than pubs that still allow smoking, according...
Only a third of people want a complete smoking ban
07-Jul-2006
Only one in three people wants to see a complete smoking ban in pubs, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).A report carried out for...
Health minister hears new demands on smoking from the BBPA
15-Jun-2006
A new string of demands from the hospitality industry ahead of the smoking ban has been made to health minister Caroline Flint.With the Health Bill...
07-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The Government has been warned to take account of the damage it does to personal freedoms with legislation like the smoke ban. The Economic Affairs...
Lords slam evidence on passive smoking
07-Jun-2006
Passive smoking is not the risk to general public health the government is claiming it to be, according to an influential committee of Lords.The...
Robert Feal-Martinez
30-Mar-2006
The Wiltshire licensee is an outspoken critic of the pub smoking ban. He believes that the legislation fails to take account of public opinion, making it undemocratic
24-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A study into the impact of banning smoking on the health of bar staff is to take place in Scotland. NEW COMMENT
Liquor sales slump in Wetherspoon's smoke-free pubs
03-Mar-2006
Liquor sales in Wetherspoon's non-smoking pubs fell significantly following the group's self-imposed ban on smoking in selected venues.Speaking at a...
