im a smoker and the smoking ban is great! i hated it when it first came out but its so much better getting sloshed in a pub thats not covered in smoke! you smoke alot less to and they build realy sweet beer gardens! Its realy cool everyones happy i dont no one person whos pissed off bout the smoking ban! and you realy notice the differance when u goto a dif country and smoke in the pubs, u just feel sick, tired, sore eyes, smoke more etc etc its horrible abit of fresh air is good and you can smoke bud in the beergardens without staff giving u greef! most of them have leather sofas, heaters, tvs etc in them its sweet