Smoking Ban Deters Gamblers

I was intrigued to read the following story in last weekend's NZ Herald. Apparently the smoking ban in pubs (brought in Nov. 2004) has inadvertently dramatically reduced gambling as well:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10394703

First publication by Restraint Project

Susan Moore's `The virtue of restraint' (on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice) was published in Annals Australasia July 2006, 34-37.