Not going to add my views on actual smoking, my wife smokes, the smoking ban has been in force up here in Scotland since last March and numbers have started to fall now that the cold weather has come I think people are reluctant to stand outside for a puff, it's ok if the weather is fine outside, overall I don't think the ban has been broken more than a couple of times which to me is remarkable, beleive me when I say this that your local council have their smoke wardens (no kidding) everywhere, and I mean everywhere, the publican will get done for a grand and you will be fined up to £200, and it will also go against the license holder when he or she renews it, scary stuff but I personally think it will affect smaller venue's rather than bigger one's down south, but once the better weather comes in next year numbers will probably start to rise
Lenny