I'm an ex smoker never touched one in 6 years not even e-cigarettes. BUT the smoking ban INSIDE pubs was IMO a huge mistake.
This alone was the nail in the coffin for thousands of pubs around the UK, we all know of locals that have closed. In my old stomping ground there were 4 pubs, now there is only one left. One was flattened to build a block of flats, one was flattened to build a car park and the other is derelict.
There should be no reason if a pub wants to allow smoking inside it can't create a smoking room. If you don't want to be in a smoke environment then guess what, don't g