It also confuses the waiters. Because, of course, it is a well-known fact that meals will only arrive at the precise moment someone fires up a fag. It is part of the arcane laws of cause and effect that smoking produces - laws that scientists had better hurry up and study before the weed is finally wiped out. If inside, every ashtray in the coffee shop mysteriously disappears. Smoke-free pubs, thankfully, are still a rarity in Victoria, and long may they remain so.
People smoke in pubs.
That's what pubs are for. To walk into a pub and complain about the smoking is about as logical as walking into Hades and complaining about the heat. Most smokers believe in this dictum heartily. That's why we go to pubs, where they won't let the little blighters in. It used to be that smoking was considered sexy, and, despite the best efforts of the health industry, this image still lingers.