Smoking in Pubs, Part 2

There's been a lot of activity since the article in ALE 313...

AIR, the campaign for voluntary controls in pubs based upon good ventilation and clear policy notices at entrances, launched a huge voting exercise for pub regulars, called the Pub Users Ballot. Early results followed previous surveys of pub users: a ban in eating areas has much more support than a total ban.
The new Licensing Act could allow local authorities to introduce bans; the Government seems to be keener on this than a nationwide ban.
The British Medical Association is pushing strongly for a complete ban.
Greene King believes a smoking ban is inevitable and is rolling out a programme to encourage its pubs to convert. For now it's concentrating on food-oriented managed pubs, such as Hungry Horses. GK was opposed to smoking bans back in 1992 when Chris and Debbie Lloyd decided to make the Free Press (Prospect Row) no-smoking but by 2000 GK had come round to the idea and required the next tenants there to keep it no-smoking.
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation has launched the National Clean Air Award to reward employers who implement effective workplace no-smoking policies.
A total smoking ban, like Ireland's, may appear in the next Labour Party manifesto.
A study at St George's and Royal Free Hospitals in London concluded that passive smoking increases heart disease by 60 per cent.
Research presented at the Royal College of Physicians Conference claimed that passive smoking kills fifty bar staff a year.