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Fri 08 Aug 2003Smoking ban could cost EUR190m - vintnersA blanket ban on smoking in pubs would result in between 3,100 and 8,500 job losses, and a loss to the Exchequer of between €69 million and €190 million, according to the latest economic assessmentThe research, carried out for publicans' representative bodies, also showed a drop in sales of between 8 and 22 per cent.