Posts from — November 2007

Flouting of the smoking ban has caused Hugh Howitt be fined £500, the first in the country. Hugh, from Blackpool, wasn’t stopping his patrons from smoking at both his bars. Howitt is very much against the smoking ban and has his own political party called Fags. This stands for Fight Against Government Suppression. Howitt has also gone to the effort of creating massive banners. Some of them say: “Smoker’s Rights”, “Empty Pubs, Empty Streets” and “Cig Heil!”.

He’s certainly defiant and i’m sure he has many followers. Even though this is a primarily anti smoking site i admire his efforts… standing for what he believes. I just feel sorry for his non-smoking clientèle which just want a drink… if he has any?

Read more about the first landlord fined on the BBC. See his UK Fags site.