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Now the situation is the opposite - could there be a connection?
No
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I do miss all the pubs that have closed down - this proposal could easily kill off a few more.
I don't have a source readily at hand, but I recall statistics showing that bar and restaurant revenues went up after smoking bans were rolled out in various European countries.
pifko
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Almost Certainly Unpublished Letter to The Guardian
Keir Starmer is on a collision course with the hospitality industry and political opponents after signalling plans for major curbs on outdoor smoking. (Guardian on line, Thursday evening)
Long ago, when I was young, it seemed that almost everyone smoked, but no one had a psychotherapist.
Now the situation is the opposite - could there be a connection?
I haven't smoked for half a century and I'm certainly not going to start now, but I do miss all the pubs that have closed down - this proposal could easily kill off a few more.