Do you hate it when you are trying to enjoy your meal in a restaurant and people are smoking at the next table? More and more of us, it seems, are insisting on a healthy environment in public places - that means keeping away from the health risks discomfort and irritation of other people's tobacco smoke.

Sussex Alliance on Smoking and Health (SASH) publishes a free 35-page booklet called: Sussex Smoke Free Guide to Eating & Drinking which offers an informed choice of a wide variety of venues with either 100% smoke-free facilities, or a good smoke-free area. You will find pubs and restaurants in East and West Sussex where you can breathe clean air while you enjoy your meal or drink. You can pick up a copy of the booklet from public libraries or direct from the Health Promotion Centre: Tel 01903 708 673

The SASH booklet covers venues in the following council areas in West Sussex: Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing. The booklet also covers venues in the following council areas of East Sussex: Brighton and Hove, Lewes, Hastings, Wealden, Rother and Eastbourne.

SASH represents a range of organisations across Sussex led by the NHS, working to reduce public exposure to passive smoking or ETS (environmental tobacco smoke).

SASH aims to support smoke free public environments and help create informed choices about where people eat, drink and pursue leisure activities.

Although only around 30% of pubs report having smoke free policies, pub owners who have tried smoke-free areas have found them very popular.

There is no charge for entry in the SASH guide.