Shooting ASH tiddlers in a barrel...I know, I shouldn't but...

...It's too tempting!

The fake charity (ASH (spit)) said:

Pro smoking groups claimed that the smokefree legislation would be bad for business and we would lead to many pubs closing down. The evidence to date from notable pub groups is that the smoking ban has had 'little impact' upon their sales.

Furthermore a recent YouGov survey commissioned by ASH found that 20% of non-smokers reported that they visited pubs more often since the smoking ban.
Weblink: http://www.freedom2choose.org.uk/

Yup, they are firing blanks again, I couldn't follow the link above either.

Eh, Freedom2Choose is that famous that even ASH (spit) dare speak it's name?  Must be a typo.

The survey said:

According to new figures released by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), pubs in Britain closed at a record rate of 52 a week in the first half of 2009.
The figure is up a third from the rate of 39 pubs a week in the first six months of last year.
Over the last 12 months, 2,377 pubs have closed down, resulting in 24,000 job losses. In the three years to 2009, a total of 5,134 pubs have closed and there are now 53,466 pubs in Britain.
The rate of closures is the fastest since records began in 1990.

 And here was me thinking that the beer and sandles brigade were all for the smoking ban experiment, what fool am I?

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