Pub bosses and hospitality chiefs fear Britain is on 'brink of nanny state' if smoking is banned outdoors - so what do YOU think?

Hospitality bosses today admitted having major concerns over Sir Keir Starmer's 'nanny state' outdoor smoking ban that could see punters barred from lighting up in pub gardens, near football grounds and even outside nightclubs. Michael Kill, the chief executive of the Night Time Industry Association, told MailOnline today that Mr Starmer's plot to ban outdoor smoking has 'understandably caused concern across the sector'. Legal age to buy cigarettes raised from 16 to 18 2008: Cigarette companies told to feature pictorial health warnings on packets 2010: Government announces it will enforce tobacco display ban and consider plain packaging for tobacco products 2015: Smoking in cars with children banned in England and ban on the display of tobacco in small shops comes into force throughout the UK 2017: Government issues target to reduce smoking prevalence among adults to 12 per cent or less by 2022 2019: Department of Health publishes plans to make England smoke-free by 2030 2020: Menthol cigarettes are banned in the UK and EU Liz Truss, Johnson's short-lived successor, also told the BBC: 'We shouldn't be telling people not to smoke and I worry about where it will lead.' Cancer Research UK's executive director of policy, Dr Ian Walker, added: 'The government's commitment to introduce new legislation on smoking will have a hugely positive impact on the nation's health.