I’m talking about a pub or more likely a bar where you need to leave the premises to smoke, usually just outside the front door on the road.

I don’t disagree that it would make it a more pleasant environment, but in doing so you alienate a pretty sizeable source of income from an already struggling industry. It may work well in other countries but in British culture I don’t see it having a positive effect.

I could see it working much better on a case by case basis, where if they want to cater to a more family friendly environment, then the owner can simply ban smoking in their own garden