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Petition update, 28 November 2008

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The smoking ban has done a fine job of allowing non-smokers to go out and socialise in clean air, before the ban was introduced there were too few non-smoking pubs. Now we have gone too far in the other direction, the backlash has universally forced smokers out into the cold and forced some businesses to close where previously their business was mostly to smoking customers. Not to mention the loss of personal freedom.

By allowing a limited number of smoking licenses to be given out by local councils the government can restrict how many smoking establishments there are to ensure that public health is considered appropriately while still giving the owners of pubs and clubs freedom to allow people to smoke on their property.

It is the perfect compromise, allowing business owners to decide how to run their businesses and customers to weigh up health risks for themselves. Those who abhor smoking can have a nice evening out, so can those who enjoy it.

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• Dan Deaville
• E.A. Melvin
• Richard Jenkins
• Steph Fox
• CAROLE PIERCE
• Marcin Zygmanski
• David Caden
• Jane Lindley
• gary whitaker
• Gilleathain McLean
• Ian Powell
• Andrew Care
• Jane Girvan
• Emma Wilkinson
• Pam Robbins
• Matthew Dougherty
• Greg Connell
• Paul Gallacher
• Sarah Farrow
• Ken Rowan
• Mark Roberts
• Josh Hunter
• Carl Derek Andrew Thornton
• Lisa Day
• Gary Johnson
• Kathryn F
• Thomas Bentley
• Julia Hargrave
• Christpoh Hardt
• Andrew Tipple
• Georgina Harwood Wilson
• Annabel Matthews
• kairen bailey
• Norrie Bland
• Emily England
• Philip John Stokes
• John D Blake
• Rose Whiteley
• Val Painter
• Elizabeth Barber
• Linda Ward
• michael drury
• matt james
• Craig McCombie
• Gareth Doyle
• William Jones
• Stephen Embleton
• Stephen Stocks
• Melanie Herring
• kirsty king
• Charles Dowden
• Mark Davis
• barbara fryer
• Nick
• Mark Long
• carly heath
• Wai-Gong Lee
• Cathy Alesbrook
• jefrey westerman
• Pete
• mARTIN TREANOR
• LONG LIVE THE SMOKING BAN - BEST THING EVER - SMOKING KILLS
• Gordon Fawcett
• Helene Healey
• Chris Line
• Andrew West
• Mike Smith
• Graham wilson
• Richard Lambert
• r.cloke
• paul atkinson
• BENJAMIN BAKER
• Graham Clarke
• Martin Greenwood
• Richard Broad
• Nicholas Cartlidge
• Daniela McCollah
• Howard Rogers
• anne hall
• A. Bridges
• ian barnes
• Josh Nutbrown
• Catherine Delaney
• Gavin Williamson
• scott ramsay
• Ann Moss
• shaun george
• Anne Jaques
• Suzanne Marie Coppock
• Matthew Chivers
• Simon BUCH
• Patrick Blackwell
• Norman Bell
• CJ Cook
• karl say
• darren dodd
• matt vasquez
• stuart hazel
• Sean
• lee simmons
• Paul Francis
• jane clark
• seffa a
• b mawdsley
• ciaran mccartan
• Emma Sneddon
• nick mcateer
• steven office
• Miss N Beck
• mark bradbury
• John Annan
• Suzy Henry
• kirsty watters
• heather fox
• Steve O'Connell
• T Gioulis
• arthur murray
• Peter G Walker
• paul temple
• Martin Panter
• S. Hezzlewood
• Steven Wythe
• David Beaumont
• cheryl Mullan
• J.Hinchsliffe
• Dai Barnaby
• LAURA THOEL
• nik ansell
• Marcel Sinnamon
• helen Stanaway
• Ronald Pieles
• Barry Hill
• Deri Fisher
• trevor james angus
• David George
• Helen Clements
• samantha louise reason
• Norman Heaton
• Dr P Dunning-Lewis
• tom
• Paul Reid
• Rosamunde Hastie
• Janet Huxley
• David Taylor
• Michael Huertas
• michael daley
• Annabel Metcalfe
• Sean Ralphs
• Andrew Thompson
• Jenny Goodall
• David Liles
• stephen bateman
• Jonathan Hall
• Francois Le Grand
• s.irwin
• Andrew Cheetham
• sajeev masson
• peter green
• Jon Page
• James Whitfield
• Patrick Blackwell
• Mehar Patel
• Donna Howell
• Jon Sarfas
• Sam Durcan
• Timothy Atkin
• Mike Brook
• Roger Vokins
• Kiri Stokes
• Sam Gage
• joanne simpson
• Terry Simpson
• Dave Tudge
• Bruce Maclennan
• Katherine Luxton
• Geoffrey Dobson
• Michaela Dungate
• Phil Hudson
• I Langridge`
• nick burke
• adrian erry
• john brinklow
• Robert Eade
• Rowland Hill
• William Craig
• michelle werrett
• Peter Bryant
• M Williams
• Matthew Smithson
• FRANK TAYLOR
• Analiese Rands
• Trevor Burrell
• stephanie cocker
• Lorese Hall
• James Blackwood
• Beverley Wallace
• James Titcumb
• C.J. Edkins
• diane hall
• Jennifer Clarke
• yvonne davies
• Terry Garrington
• mike bevan
• matthew healey
• joan
• maureen battle
• jayne preston
• Lorraine Hodder
• MR N LLOYD
• skullfuck
• Steve Baker
• Carl Hatch
• Dave Maguire
• Aaron Ainsworth
• katrina spendlove
• Brian Marshall
• Jamie Payne
• Tom Anthony
• Adam bowers
• dean perry
• Kevin Burke
• Alannah Rowles
• Neil Anderson
• Peter Caney
• Susi O'Sullivan
• Amy Henderson
• Roxanne Perkins
• Adam Rudd
• Zoe Schmeling
• DAVE STEVENS
• Laura Grant
• Gavin Hall
• Martin Clouter
• Katie Lawrance
• Kieron Idle
• claire johnson
• Mark Horridge
• Ray Angel
• darren
• ronald burnett
• Graham Norton-Smith
• Tom Teubner
• Robert Goundry
• Philip Brunskill
• William Grant
• Mary Wood
• Nicola Johnson
• craig beattie
• Christian Bodden
• andrew hudson
• Stanley Bradeley
• Andrew Peter Law
• Carole Anderton
• David Asplin
• Christopher Daly
• Lauren Springer
• Rachel Allison
• Alastair Onion
• Harriet Bannington
• sandra dyson
• Mark Wilkins
• michael thompson
• Kelly Smith (Give me a vote on it!)
• Geri Hamill
• penny newman
• Stephen Freer
• Amanda Jones
• sam phillipson
• Jon Miller
• Andrew Bagshaw
• Thomas Peddle
• emma jenkinson
• Jody Adderley
• M Peirce
• Gabby Fisher
• Daniel Wright
• colin anderson
• Adam Hicks
• Paul Dean
• E Jones
• Robyn Benson
• Glenn Jones
• Lee parkinson
• Gillian Entwistle
• Heather Banyard
• Rachel Black
• Caroline Thornton
• Lynsey Nelson
• Nigel Francis-McGann
• Craig Evans
• Karen May
• graham steven
• john armstrong
• Rachel
• Katie O'Reilly
• Ricky Oates
• sheila jacobs
• Stephen Parry
• ANDY NUTT
• mark lambert
• lesley bignell
• Paul Nathan Dunn
• Denis Barton
• rob smith
• steven kohut
• elizabeth inwood
• Maxine Mallinson
• Mike Dax
• Oliver Hylton
• Linford Gardener
• dawn gowland
• David Lovell
• Jenna Louise Pratt
• josie-leigh john
• Chris F J Cyrnik
• Bill Watson
• John G Gibson
• Connor Shaw
• Jenny Pickles
• A J Green
• Kiana Kazemi
• Edward Michniak
• Alan Parr
• Stephen Rodway
• A J Hollis
• Michael bartlett
• david cobb
• Norma Caton
• Emma Rapier
• Susan Peploe
• D.Ross
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• jean donald
• Manuel Puebla
• Leonardo Cruz
• Michael Lawson
• Elizabeth Sevior
• Kenneth R Houston
• christina evans
• Laurence Leyden
• B Perry
• simon charker
• michael bennett
• John Judson
• David JM Emmett
• Ben Freely
• Matthew Lawlan
• Anita Patchett
• Andrew Steele
• robert
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• David Owen
• Adam White
• Dougal Birch
• Sonke Prigge
• steve Line
• John Littler
• k.williams
• jay Taylor
• Peter Leeson
• gabriel anguiano
• Andrea Trollip
• Frances Black
• Lew Hitchen
• Joanna Prigmore
• Layla Embleton
• Louis P Rostill
• stephen cross
• mark nicholls
• chris sharpe
• paul hurst
• Mike Yiangou
• karol sheppard
• amanda byrne
• Richard Cutter
• Christina Thomas
• Ray Murray
• steve moore
• Alison Craik
• yvonne harvell
• andy stratford
• Martin Marriott
• Catherine Louise
• Anand Chatterjee
• sally goodall
• Chris Gibson
• Antony Formisano
• Andrew French
• Danny Burdett
• M. Ward
• Louise Mallard
• margaret szabo
• KJ Star
• KEVIN TAYLOR
• Jonathan Goldsbrough
• james ross
• Amy Hawksworth
• karen Shrosbery
• John Bolton
• Stephen Wilkonson
• Alexandra Inake
• Chris Learwood
• MR TOUGH
• Alexander Newbury
• Jordon murray
• Mr Alan Butler
• carl lloyd
• Ryan Gibbons
• James Cavanagh
• Peter Harris
• robin campbell
• ted johnston
• sue thompson
• Christopher McConnell
• Mike Bevan
• john c williams
• David Heminsley
• Mrs Jo Jones
• Joe Littlejohn
• Gordon Bulmer
• Ashley Bulmer
• Genevieve Mitchell
• Peter Drew
• angela bulmer
• Carl Thornton
• richard healing
• Emma Friend
• Donella-Marie Webb
• Rosalind Kaye
• matthew bilton
• Tara O'Neill
• Ryan Acty
• Alex Easey
• Crozier Hackett
• Tony Lee
• Paul Birt
• Chantelle Dyson
• Victoria Carney
• john pressey
• Robert Smith
• ross henry
• Kerry Cakebread
• john thacker
• Narinder Paul
• Peter Russell
• DENIS HAWKINS
• Steven Davidson
• Ian Evans
• Alan Marshall
• Stef Hurst
• jackie fletcher
• lisa wilkins
• christine bray
• Garry Carter
• Brian Jones
• Carol Hannan
• Lorna Holloway
• paul tait
• JACKIE LEE
• K. Brand
• John McQuaigue
• Terence Dempsey
• William Whitehead
• Kathleen Whitehead
• Samantha Parsons
• DENIS FITZGIBBON
• Keith Willis
• STEPHANIE DODDS
• BERNARD CARROLL
• DAVE ROBJOHNS
• David E Mapp
• grant harris
• april merrell
• holly booker
• Graeme Whaites
• Ian Wright
• Craig Gilchrist
• Ross Gilchrist
• Joe Hockaday
• Carl Garner
• Russell Forbes
• Rybekka Simpson
• Lara Doolan
• emily hardy
• John Evans
• Sharan Dhaliwal
• s.heathcote
• Jamie Arnold
• Jon Huw Jones
• PETER HOWARD
• Corin Cole
• Angela Martin
• Jamie Brown
• Steve Mitchell
• J A Saunders
• Nicola Michelle Greensides
• Claresse Brazendale
• Sian Morris
• Simon Williams

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