A smoking ban in gambling clubs in New Zealand has reduced the number of gamblers as the country's poker machine revenue fell 28%. Brian Smith, president of Clubs New Zealand, said that this ban would reduce about $60 million a year from pub charities to various sports and other community groups.

The Neuköllner Opera House in Berlin, Germany is encouraging its audience to smoke cannabis while watching a play about drugs. According to reports the opera house wants the public to "enhance the psychedelic experience of Camille Saint-Saens' drug opera, "The Oriental Princess. "

Two pot-smoking friends had bad luck on their side when they decided to drive-thru the local KFC. The smoke from their marijuana cigars alerted narcotics detectives dining inside.

A ban on smoking in Ontario will harm charities across the province, many of which use bingo parlors to get money. According to a representative of the Committee to Save Charity Bingo, Len Parente, "Soon nobody will win at bingo, and the biggest losers will, sadly, be charities. "

One thing leads to another and according to Australian brothel owners sex and smoking go together. Reuters report that Australian Adult Entertainment Industry had written to Victoria state officials seeking an exemption to laws which ban smoking in workplaces for fear they will drive prostitutes back onto the street.