A 'No Vaping' database is needed for pubs/bars.

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I rarely visit pubs these days, because they are not the social hub they used to be in days gone by and you need to take out a second mortgage to buy a round of drinks, even if they are just pints of regular ale.

However, today I went with a couple of friends to a local pub and not only was I fleeced for nearly 18 GBP for 3 pints of bitter, but I was also heavily reprimanded for vaping, and told to go outside in the smoking area. I have never drunk a pint so fast, and within minutes I was out of there - for good!

On returning home, I emailed the pub with this -

....Today I was ordered to stop vaping by one of your staff, so I quickly finished my drink and walked out. Never to return.

If this is the policy of your brewery rather than yourselves, then I am sorry.

But in an industry that is supposed to offer hospitality, and a place to socialise and have fun with their adult friends, I find this attitude ridiculous, and a very bad business decision.

We now live in a world where very palatable craft beers/lager/cider/wine are available in most supermarkets at un-inflated prices, and a host of local food providers offering free delivery of high quality cuisine on demand. Add to this the huge development in outdoor living in our gardens, it is clear that many ex-smokers like myself will be turning their backs on the customary visit to their local pubs that ban vaping (those that still exist), and will happily stay at home – free from restrictions.

Sorry about this email, I rarely write stuff like this as I am generally very passive and tolerant, but this time I was moved to make my feelings felt.

I suggest you obtain commercially-available ‘NO VAPING’ stickers to apply to your doors to keep people like us away, and prevent them suffering the indignity and embarrassment of being publicly humiliated, not to mention the order to vape outside among the disgusting stench of cigarette smokers....

So, how about making this thread the beginning of a database - naming and shaming pubs and bars from all over the UK that are self-imposing this ban.

I start by naming my local:

The Old 5 Bells, Burnham Village, Buckinghamshire. (a Green King pub)

Jeff.