. ▁In ▁Ireland , ▁the ▁main ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁ban ▁came ▁from ▁public ans . ▁Many ▁pub s ▁introduced ▁" out door " ▁arrang ements ▁( gener ally ▁he ated ▁areas ▁with ▁sh el ters ). ▁It ▁was ▁spec ulated ▁by ▁oppon ents ▁that ▁the ▁smoke - free ▁work p laces ▁law ▁would ▁increase ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁drink ing ▁and ▁sm oking ▁in ▁the ▁home , ▁but ▁recent ▁studies ▁showed ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁case . ▁ ▁Ireland ' s ▁Office ▁of ▁Tob acco ▁Control ▁website ▁indicates ▁that ▁" an ▁evaluation ▁of ▁the ▁official ▁hospital ity ▁sector ▁data ▁shows ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁ad verse ▁economic ▁effect ▁from ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁this ▁measure ▁( the ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁national ▁introduction ▁of ▁smoke - free ▁in ▁bars , ▁restaur ants , ▁etc ). ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁smoke - free ▁law ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁contrib uting ▁factor ▁to ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁hundreds ▁of ▁small ▁rural ▁pub s , ▁with ▁almost ▁ 4 4 0 ▁fewer ▁lic ences ▁renew ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁than ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ." ▁ ▁Is le ▁of ▁Man ▁Sm oke - free ▁restrictions ▁came ▁into ▁effect ▁in ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁Man ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁India ▁Ch and ig ar h ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁city - state ▁of ▁India ▁to ▁become ▁smoke - free ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Social ▁activ ist ▁Hem ant ▁G os w