LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 24: A cigarette rests in an ashtray on top of bingo cards at Carlton Bingo Hall in Orrell Park, Liverpool on April 24, 2007 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool will become the first UK city to institute a smoking ban in public places. The Bingo Association, which represents 550 clubs across the country, is asking the government to re-think its policies. The association predicts 3 million regular bingo players, and the 21,000 employees who work in bingo will suffer when the smoking ban starts on 1 July. Getty Images logo Getty Images 31 months ago

LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 24: A cigarette rests in an ashtray on top of bingo cards at Carlton Bingo Hall in Orrell Park, Liverpool on April 24, 2007 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool will become the first UK city to institute a smoking ban in public places. The Bingo Association, which represents 550 clubs across the country, is asking the government to re-think its policies. The association predicts 3 million regular bingo players, and the 21,000 employees who work in bingo will suffer when the smoking ban starts on 1 July.

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