OPINION - This smoking ban is pure nannyism — and it'll kill pubs

There aren’t that many places left where a smoker can smoke, but outside a pub is one of them. Fewer people than before congregate in a pub garden for a companionable cigarette, according to one friend who keeps a close eye on the pub scene. But for those who do, it’s a chance for the fun people to hang about together — often huddled round an outdoor heater.