One Month to Go ... How Our Pubs Are Preparing for the Smoking Ban

South Wales Echo › March 05, 2007

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A month to go - and socialising at pubs, bars and clubs in South Wales will never be the same again.

Dirty stub-filled ash trays will be banished for good, that hazy atmosphere will be a thing of the past and arriving home from the pub and catching that familiar whiff of smoke will be a distant memory.

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One Month to Go ... How Our Pubs Are Preparing for the Smoking Ban

Wales' historic smoking ban, which arrives with a bang on April 2, marks a fresh new era for the nation's thousands of watering holes.

But is your local ready for the landmark transformation - or are South Wales' licensees burying their heads in the sand?

One bar going all out to be ready is the Cathays Conservative Club, a popular club which has catered for smokers for 120-odd years.

Club committee me...

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