CHEERS erupted at Fibber Magee's pub last night as the six o'clock news announced that a second Galway pub was defying the smoking ban.

Parliament, Marlboro, Winston, Benson & Hedges glow throughout the day in this canyon as smoker after smoker dashes down, lights up and vanishes again like a wisp of smoke.

In New Jersey, where smokers must be at least 19 years old, only 16.9% of people admit to the habit, the fifth-lowest smoking rate, according to Gallup, a polling firm.