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Birmingham Mail readers call for an end to pub smoking ban
Nov 27 2007 By Emma Cullwick, Birmingham Mail
BIRMINGHAM Mail readers have voted in their hundreds to call on the Government to lift the controversial ban on smoking in public places.
The Mail reported last week how landlords at pubs and clubs across the city, including Hurst Street and Harborne, fear the ban is wiping Birmingham off the entertainment map.
They say trade is plummeting as smokers opt to smoke at home rather than having to do it in the cold outdoors since the ban was introduced on July 1.
In a special investigation, we revealed how landlords were uniting to lobby the Government to have a re-think on the legislation.
The Mail asked readers whether they believe the ban should be lifted.
Some 69 per cent of readers voted in favour of the ban being abolished and 31 per cent against.
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