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Smoking ban U-turn appeal
FYLDE coast clubs and pubs have hailed a review into the smoking ban as a huge boost for the industry.
Ministers will launch the review into the ban, which was introduced in 2007.
Since then there have been fears it is crippling the pub and bingo hall trade.
Resort landlords have welcomed the review, earmarked for later this year, and are calling for rules to be relaxed.
Smoking ban rebel Hamish Howitt claims he was forced to close his Happy Scots bar because of the smoking ban.
Mr Howitt, who flouted the ban at his DelBoy's Sports Bar on Rigby Road, Blackpool, for 18 months, racking up many court appearances and thousands of pounds, said: "This blanket ban has destroyed the industry.
"If I've got 20 people standing outside my pub in the winter, freezing – those people are subsidising the heating and electricity inside the pub.
Tory MP Brian Binley, of the Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, added: "It's crazy pub-goers are forced to stand outside."
It is expected the review into the smoking ban will be carried out in the autumn.
For the full story see today's Gazette.
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