Noel Gallagher calls for smoking ban axe

Noel Gallagher has called for an end to the smoking ban.

Speaking to ES magazine, the former Oasis singer claimed that smokers have been mistreated by the state since the law came into fruition in 2007.

The High Flying Birds singer said that he believes Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, should overturn the ban.

Gallagher exclaimed: "Abolish the smoking ban. I've smoked since I was a teenager and now poor souls like me have to stand outside.

"What really annoys me is that in the winter we're all outside shivering, with all the squares inside, and then in the summer the squares come outside and it's like, 'This is for smokers, get back inside with your Birkenstocks'."

Gallagher this week said that he hopes his recent fall out with brother Liam will be healed.

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