I shall be on Radio Four from midday to 12.45pm tomorrow.
Call You and Yours will be discussing the fifth anniversary of the smoking ban and guests include me and Professor Linda Bauld of the University of Stirling and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies.
I guess I'd better re-read Linda's insightful review The Impact of Smokefree Legislation in England (March 2011) which has been given a fresh burst of publicity by both the BBC and the Guardian.
I shall also re-read Imperial Tobacco's well written response, The Bauld Truth (June 2011). I will also remind myself of Chris Snowdon's comments on Bauld's work. Then I shall read Is the smoking ban a major cause of the decline of the pub in Britain and Ireland? (C R Consulting, 2010). Finally I shall draw my own conclusions and hope that listeners do the same.
Update: According to the Call You and Yours website the programme will ask:
What impact has the smoking ban had on you or your work since it was introduced? Did you give up smoking altogether or reduce your smoking in public places? Did you initially oppose the ban and have you changed your mind since then? Do you see this law as just another way for the government interfering in your right to smoke? Or do you think the government should go further and ban smoking altogether in public places - maybe even in the home?
You can contribute by calling 03700 100 444 (a call will cost you the same as to an 01 or an 02 number) or you can e-mail via the Radio 4 website, or you can text to 84844. Or you can tweet @BBCRadio4 using the hashtag
Update: Following the resignation of Bob Diamond at Barclays Bank, You and Yours has changed topic. Linda Bauld and I have been stood down. That's show business!
Simon Clark
Researchers at Loughborough and Exeter universities are currently running a study looking at the effects of the smoking ban on smokers.
Smokers are invited to click on this link and complete the study then pass it on to anyone you know who smokes.