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Sat 11 Nov 2002Smoke gets in your friesIva Pocock listens to the views of pub drinkers and smokers on plans to ban smoking while food is being served.'It won't work," says Anna Perry emphatically, "and I'm not a smoker. I hate smoke." As manageress of Cassidy's on Camden Street, she and her colleague, barman Paddy Merrigan (who is lighting up a cigarette as he speaks), are adamant that a complete ban on smoking when food is being served is a non-runner.