We ask the people of Newport whether they think a ban on smoking areas would turn people away from pubs.
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00:00There would be more shut down, there's loads of shut down, because of the simple open doors
00:05that he's swatching in. But yeah, pubs would close out loads, they'd all be shut down.
00:11I think it's a public space as much as the street is, and I think smoking is a part of
00:19valuing people's lives as much as it might be unhealthy or frustrating. It's just one
00:24of those things that I think you can't really particularly stop.
00:27Have you got a smoking area upstairs? Are they going to ban that, smoking upstairs all
00:31night? You know, I just don't know any more.
00:38I like a fag and a drink. I do like a fag and a drink. But if I cannot sit in a beer
00:42garden and have a fag and a drink, I wouldn't go there. I'd have to stay at home, you know.
00:50And he's banned it from hospitals, that's normal. That's normal. You don't want to walk
00:54into a hospital, people always want your face. But in a pub, it's all different.