Be interesting to see what promoters think of this.
My personal view is that some venues will suffer while others with access to balconys etc will benefit from it.
As a co promoter i think it's ridiculous as it wasn't in the current governments manifesto & i'm sure quite a few people won't vote for them next time round.
Would have agreed with it if a bit of common sense had been used, for example a ban in places that serve food or bars with more than 1 room having a smoking area & a smoke free area.
There are 13 million smokers in Britian & the average smoker gets through 20 a day, most popular brand is B&H at about £5 a pack of which £4 is tax. That adds up to a whopping 18.9 billion pounds.
If the government really want us to stop perhaps we all should but who's going to pay for the shortfall in revenue?
The non smokers, thats who. VAT on kids clothes, another increase in fuel duty, couple of pence in the pound on income tax? It's gotta come from somewhere.
If the government really want us to stop perhaps it should be banned outright but somehow i don't think thats going to happen.
Think about it...