Pubs now gone bust = 1,000+.

Jobs lost by the beginning of last summer = 12,000 (more now).

At least 20,000 more smokers in Ireland now then there would have been if the ban had not taken place.

Gallagher tobacco have announced for two years running a 4% increase in profits.

R.J. Carroll have also announced a rise in profits.

A thriving and booming black market in tobacco products which the Irish government is unable to control.

More young people smoking.

Loads of adapted outdoor areas plus countless secret back rooms and lock-ins.

Cancer on the rise.
This chunk of facts, which happen to be the most extreme, does not have any sources of citations. Where does this info come from? Cancer on the rise? Well, yes, people still smoke outside of pubs you know.
Although I don't smoke and hate smoking, I feel comfortable surrounded by tobacco in a pub. Restaurants make sense, but to ban it in a pub doesn't really make sense at all. People like to smoke while socialising and I even feel tempted after a drink now and again (that's the only time I can feel it).
I would take these so called social studies with a pinch of salt. The only winners when it comes to cigarettes is the tobacco industry, who's prime goal is to keep you addicted and paying them £4 a packet. It's a tricky subject when addiction to a government taxed and favoured, highly destructive substance has become socially accepted. If your going to ban it in pubs because its "dangerous", ban it altogether. As if the environment makes a lick of difference.

Either way, good luck with this. :thumbsup: