Richard Kershaw, boss of Joseph Holt brewery in Manchester, said the region's "wet-led" inns would be "disproportionately hit" by legislation axing cigarettes in beer gardens and outside smoking areas.
He said: "I was at a dinner recently with quite a number of independent family brewers and all of them were extremely concerned about it.
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