I don't smoke but I drink, putting the cost of beer up hasn't stopped me drinking beer, it just means I drink more in the house rather than go to the pub....so all they've done is punished the people who run pubs, hence the reason why more and more are shutting down. It's yet another traditional part of this country gone down the pan! Where ever you go these days you see boarded up pubs, and they're being replaced by crappy brewers fayres etc. that are basically just shit restaurants rather than proper pubs, well sad to see!
cant beat a proper pub or social club