There is powerful evidence that an outright ban on public smoking would save lives, doctors' leaders from across the world say. A report by the British Medical Association's Tobacco Control Resource Centre describes the success of such anti-smoking laws in other countries. Ireland has seen drops in cigarette sales and the US state California has reported fewer lung cancers. But pro-smoking groups called evidence for passive smoking deaths a "myth". In the recent White Paper on Public Health for England, Health Secretary John Reid announced plans for a partial ban smoking in enclosed public places. For example, while pubs that...