There are few things more annoying - or indeed distressing - for non-smokers than to be eating a meal in the designated non-smoking section of a caf, pub or restaurant and have the tobacco fumes from the smoking section drifting across to them. It spoils the taste of the food and it presents a serious health hazard.

A mixture of smoking and non-smoking in the same open-plan zone doesn't work - which is one of the main reasons why the Telegraph & Argus has been promoting the idea of a total smoking ban via the Clear the Air campaign. That is set to happen within two years in restaurants, cafes and food-serving pubs and the hope now is that the free vote to be allowed by the Government will see the ban extended to all pubs and even private members' clubs.

All credit to Morrisons for pre-empting the proposed national ban which will see all outlets which serve food barred from allowing smoking by April 2007. The Bradford-based supermarket chain's decision to make all its customer cafes no-smoking zones from the end of this month is a responsible move to be applauded. It has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other retailers, where appropriate.

Taken together with moves by Bradford Council towards making all its theatres, leisure centres and offices smoke-free, it is reassuring evidence that the campaign is gaining momentum. More and more organisations are seeing the way the wind is blowing - and it's a clean, fresh wind at that.