Smoking is the primary preventable cause of ill health and premature death in this country, and each year tobacco use is associated with around a quarter of all deaths and over 50,000 hospital admissions. Annual costs to Scotland's health service from tobacco-related illnesses may be higher than £500 million each year, so the ban made total sense - but it wasn't without it's doubters. We explore Glasgow's intrinsic link through the tobacco industry of the 18th century, and lifelong smokers Iain MacAulay and Carina MacLeod talk about their own experience.