Smoking ban helps online bingo?!

I've been reading loads that the smoking ban in bingo halls such as Mecca and Gala will increase the number of people playing online bingo...I don't smoke so I don't know, but my friends smoke and they say it doesn't make a difference because they don't smoke in their houses anyway.

Can't you just play bingo and wait until you finish to have a smoke? I prefer online bingo anyway-the chat rooms at Think Bingo are so much more fun than the social at my local Mecca.