http://vivienqq.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:45:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://vivienqq.wordpress.com/the-interview-with-ann-cooper-a-waitress-in-the-old-arcade/#comment-3 Act before the smoking ban « xinjomecblog Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:45:51 +0000 http://vivienqq.wordpress.com/the-interview-with-ann-cooper-a-waitress-in-the-old-arcade/#comment-3 [...] But changing to a smokeless pub was not an easy decision initially. According to research stated in The Publican Food Report 2006, 53 percent of the pubs in Wales expect to see a decline in trade once the smoking ban is imposed in April, 2007. For the Old Arcade, a traditional Welsh pub, the situation might be even worse. A lot of regular customers are used to lighting a cigarette over a glass of beer. Most of them will possibly feel strange with the unfamiliarly fresh atmosphere under the ban, and then go to elsewhere.        “How can I sit in a pub without a cigarette?” one of the regulars said to Ann, a waitress in the pub, when she carried out the survey preparing for the refurbishment.  [...] [...] But changing to a smokeless pub was not an easy decision initially. According to research stated in The Publican Food Report 2006, 53 percent of the pubs in Wales expect to see a decline in trade once the smoking ban is imposed in April, 2007. For the Old Arcade, a traditional Welsh pub, the situation might be even worse. A lot of regular customers are used to lighting a cigarette over a glass of beer. Most of them will possibly feel strange with the unfamiliarly fresh atmosphere under the ban, and then go to elsewhere.        “How can I sit in a pub without a cigarette?” one of the regulars said to Ann, a waitress in the pub, when she carried out the survey preparing for the refurbishment.  [...]

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