He wants to see the Executive drawing up a policy for outdoor smoking to take customers away from pub doorways and protect them from the elements.

Mr Morrison is keen to seek planning permission for a small gazebo outside his bar, where smokers would be shielded from bad weather.

Plans by publicans to cater for smokers are being submitted to Dundee City Council in increasing numbers.

“There’s been a lot of planning applications put in but few have been accepted,” said Mr Morrison.

“We tried to put tables and chairs outside but were refused, and we’re now trying to get permission for a small gazebo outside the bar.

“The public are doing their bit, the smokers are doing their bit, but the council and the planners, and the Scottish Executive have given us nothing.

“We need a policy for the whole of Scotland for smoking on pavements to take smokers away from the doorways.

“All we want is street furniture of some kind that looks good and would suit the whole of Dundee.”

Mr Morrison said it was important to get the culture of smoking outside indoctrinated in the public.

In the long-term, Mr Morrison does not believe the ban will affect trade. Although he said it was hard to judge how well trade had been in the first week, the Trades House Bar reported “business as usual.”

“It was a bank holiday weekend and there was a lot of football on,” he said.

“So you couldn’t tell 100% if the smoking ban affected trade.

“Customers have been sticking to the ban. There’s been the odd customer who has attempted to light up out of sheer habit and has been asked to go outside to smoke. We’ve had no problems whatsoever.”

Peter Hutcheson, manager of the Planet Bar in Lochee, thought the smoking ban would affect trade. However, after the first week he reported no major problems or loss of earnings.

“We do have a lot of customers that smoke and all have gone outside and complied with the law,” he said.

Kirstyn Bruce,a manager at the Arctic Bar in the city centre, reported trade was up.

“We’ve had a really busy week,” she said.

“I don’t know whether that’s because of the smoking ban or if it’s just because it’s the end of the month.

“We’ve not had any problems. The smokers have been going outside. We’ve never had a grumble.

“I smoke myself so it’s a good excuse for some fresh air.”

Redwood Leisure, which manages 13 pubs in and around Dundee, said it was too early to know what the impact may be.

“It is difficult to tell, even in comparison to last year, because this has been a holiday weekend,” said Managing Director Gordon Whiting.

“I think it will be two or three weeks before we can really say something.

“We can say there has not been a significant downturn, but it has been a busy holiday weekend. Things are basically steady. Nobody is going to be up.

“But on the restaurant side of it I think we will see things lift. We have the Birkhill Inn and that went no smoking two years ago and we have seen growth on the back of it.”

City centre restaurant Dexters introduced a no smoking policy three years ago to comply with a local by-law that banned the practice during the hours a children’s certificate was in force.

Owners Paul and Nicki Schweikert said at one point trade was so badly affected they almost threw in the towel.

“It has been drastic for us the last three years. Our main business through the week is with food. We went no smoking three years ago when our children’s licence was due for renewal.

“The situation has steadily become a nightmare. We are not opposing the smoke ban. We are both no smokers. We are just saying your trade will suffer. We know from experience. Our trade at lunch time is down 50%.”