It seems that last orders has been called on the Pinch 'n' Pint Promotion at the Devonshire Arms. Innovative landlady Valerie Walters had decided to offer a free pinch of snuff with every pint bought to aid smokers with their cravings when the smoking ban is enforced in July.

However, it would be far too much to ask the punters to decide themselves whether they wanted a pinch or not. So in this nanny state that we are turning into the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) wrote to the landlady informing her,

"I thought you ought to know that free distribution of any tobacco product is illegal under the terms of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act."

I guess you shouldn't really shoot the messenger and it is the law after all, but have we just gone crazy in this country? Are we that senseless that we can no longer decide for ourselves what we should or shouldn't do?

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