I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but the pub I used go to was a non-smoking pub. Only one of my friends smokes, so he used to go outside. This was how that pub marketed itself, and I have to say it was quite successeful. Along comes the smoking ban and not only are smoking pubs hit, but so are the non-smoking pubs who no longer have that niche of the market - they just become another old pub like the rest of them and lost out on a tonne of sales.
Shame really...
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