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.
Now we learn that the Government plans to ban this simple pleasure. Ditto at football stadiums, outside night clubs, on restaurant terraces and in small parks. To the obvious question, where will you actually be able to smoke, the answer is in large parks or your own home. So, if you want to stand in the middle of Hyde Park or possibly the Cairngorms to light a fag, that may be OK, at least for a while.
