On the Sunday, 1 July 2007 something happened in England that had never happened before – smoking was banned in virtually all enclosed public spaces and workplaces.
How would we react? Would people flout the law? How could it be enforced?
If nothing else, it was just going to be interesting to see how us humans, smokers or not, would adapt.
Well, we adapted alright (Darwin would be proud of us). In our corner of the country the architectural landscape changed overnight. Strange structures started to appear appended to pubs, offices and factories. There, the great and the good could smoke without falling foul of the law.
Now we’re not against the ban or for it, we’re just with it. And Smoking Outdoors is a place where you can air your views and get things off your chest.
So share your opinions, your ideas and your photos on anything related to the smoking ban. This is the place to do it. We hope to get an amazing snapshot of what a little bit of legislation can do to a nation.