Well, I don't think it was my blog entry that precipitated this, but it looks like this is a story that will run and run. After reading the article attached (scanned from our free newspaper Der Sonntag), I would probably sympathise a little with owners of pubs that only have one small room to welcome their guests. On the other hand, I would venture the opinion that an important reason why some non-smokers are staying away from certain pubs is that they know that these pubs are "smoking pubs" which are reluctantly abiding by the law (or not, as the case may be). Reputation is everything.