The ban came into Wales recently too. I'm still torn about it, because I smoke myself. I don't mind going outside for a smoke and at one gig, the owner was kind enough to let me smoke in his backroom. The main thing I've found annoying is that some people kind of view the ban as a chance to play holier than thou and give long winded preaches about the ill effects of smoking... 1 person in my memory gave me a speach about smoking before the ban.. since the ban, I've had about 20 people (some i know, some complete strangers) give me a speach about it.