Smoking ban scofflaw

Yet another British pub owner says he'll defy the U.K.'s draconian smoking ban.

"It's a very hard thing to prove," said Mr West. "The doormen will ask everyone who enters if they are a policeman or a council officer, which they have to declare, and they will then radio down to us.

"Our customers will then put their cigarettes in the ashtrays and even if they had lit cigarettes in front of them, how can you prove they have been physically smoking them?"

That's the spirit! I wish we'd see a lot more rebellion of this sort against the nanny-staters and professional scolds.