Scotland has had a smoke ban for over a year now and there was mixed reactions when if was first inforced. The most places effected by the smoking ban is bingo halls previously when there were breaks in between games bingo participants would spend there money on the slot machines or on the prize bingo, but now they all run outside for a smoke. This had led to bingo halls loosing thousands of pounds every week. As for the pubs I haven't seen a huge reduction in customers I was in one in the centre of Edinburgh on Friday night and it was packed. Once thing I will say is that a lot of pubs had to be refirbished after the ban came into operation because once the smell of smoke went the pub still reeked of musky smell due to years of customers smoking in them.