Smoking ban hits pub games league
Halifax Ladies Friendly League used to have 16 pubs and clubs but has started the new season with only six teams.
The smoking ban has been blamed for its dwindling popularity, as well as 10 pubs closing in Calderdale this year already.
“Numbers started dwindling three or four years ago and the smoking ban has now killed it,” said Mrs Kershaw, a smoker, of Pye Nest Gardens, Halifax. “I would say about 75 per cent of players smoke.”
Source: Halifax Courier. Link
