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We've recently been contacted by a number of people in Sheffield who are horrified about the smoking ban due to come into force in British pubs. 

From July, smoking will be illegal in all British pubs.  I can understand why the government wants to allow customers to have the right to visit a pub without breathing other people's smoke.  I'm a non-smoker myself, and I prefer a smoke-free environment.  But I don't see why I should be able to force my opinions on others in a free society. 

There's a simple compromise: the government could require every pub to offer at least one smoke-free room.  Smokers and non-smokers could visit the same pubs in freedom - who could possibly have a problem with that?  And of course, individual landlords could choose to be a non-smoking pub if they wanted to.

There's an online petition to the PM with over 1,000 signatures already.  The wording isn't ideal but I'm signing it.  http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/repeal-the-ban/