These South Tyneside people certainly had plenty to say when we caught up with them in 2003, 2006 and 2008.
See if you recognise any of the people pictured in these Shields Gazette archive memories.
1. A public view from 2003
Smoking in public places was on the mind of this shopper who we caught up with in 2003. | sg
2. On the spot in 2006
We asked this shopper for her views on smoking in public in an interview from February 2006. | sg
3. Faces from the past
Taking you back to 2006 - the year when a ban on smoking had plenty of people talking including this local. | sg
4. Lighting up in 2008
Locals were happy to speak on the first anniversary of the smoking ban in 2008. | sg
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