Many pubs have closed since the smoking ban in wales which came in last April anybody know how many ?!
Answers: Unfortunately, I can't answer your question directly. The only example I can give and be sure of is, we had the A.G.M. recently at our social club, the takings on the bar, food and games room were all down, the only reason for this appears to be the smoking ban. I have read about several pubs closing, also bingo halls reducing their days of opening due to loss of revenue. In my opinion all places which the public have access to should have a well ventilated smoking room, smokers have the same rights as anyone else, before anyone says anything , I am not and never have been a smoker !
My local has closed - although we are in Scotland, so the smoking ban hit us before then.
Obv it must have been due to debt or something, but the story at the time was something to do with licensing, and was supposedly due to reopen. Still waiting.
Sorry - don't know, but I do hope you're not going to extrapolate that closing pubs and smoking are directly connected. Though the smoking ban may have an effect, an increasing number of pubs have closed in the past few years because people are visiting them less frequently, drinking at home or elsewhere. This is common throughout the British Isles, and, I think, quite sad but an inevitable result of the (relatively) high costs of "on-license" ales and spirits.
Were I live none have closed and there talking about openning two casino`s.
very few. My ex owns a few pubs in scotland which is way ahead of the rest of Uk and he says it affected his business for 3 or 4 months but now even hardened smokers have come back and have got used to oing outside to smoke - no one really talks about it anymore cos its life3 -his pubs now seem to be busier because more people go out for a social drink knowing they are not going to stink and they can breathe.
he and his staff are much happier and he has noticed that he feel less tired every day and his asthma has gone (GP now thinks it was allergy to smoke - not asthma which frightens him by what damage he was causing as a passive smoker)
the only people who seem to have an issue are those smokers who constantly have one lit up and those who hate the cold!!!!
Well, many can't rely on food, seeing as the food is nearly always horrible in pubs. I had fish and chips in a pub the other day and the fish was dry and the chips were cold.
