"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Absolute ********, Its only your 'one size must fit all' mentality that
makes it be that way. You cant see that allowing pubs to make their own
choices, and the customers to make theirs, IF the government allowed them
to have that authority, solves everyones problems.

Of course your ******** fails to address the primary reason for the ban.
H&S requires the landlord to provide a safe *smoke free* working environment
which is somewhat difficult to do if smoking is allowed.
Employing smokers doesn't work as that is discrimination and the employer
*still* needs to provide the safe environment even if the smoker wants to
kill himself.