I HAVE given up smoking. I did so for the sake of my health.

Our Government created legislation which banned smoking in pubs. Why do I have to walk through a phalanx, a guard (not very honourable) of smokers when I want to get into a pub?

I have experienced this problem in Blackburn, Burnley and Clitheroe.

As I understood it, smoking in a pub doorway, when it rains, or often when it is not raining, is illegal. Am I wrong? MR J S KENT, Fairfield Close, Clitheroe.