A complete ban on smoking in public voted for by MPs has split public opinion.

And nowhere is this diverse opinion on the decision more perfectly illustrated than at a Bradford working men's club.

For more than 60 years drinkers at Baildon's Woodbottom WMC have been able to enjoy a pint and a smoke in the club but now all that is set to change.

While some drinkers were infuriated at the vote by MPs on Tuesday to outlaw smoking in all enclosed places, others at the Baildon club were breathing a sigh of relief.

The decision was feted as the biggest life-saver for half a century by health campaigners, but the Government faced accusations of presiding over a "shambles" as Prime Minister Tony Blair and Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt effectively voted against their own policy.

The ban vindicates the Telegraph & Argus Clear The Air campaign, which has been lobbying for the total ban since November 2004.

Woodbottom club secretary and smoker Tony Nicholson said: "I reckon about 30 per cent of the people who come in here are smokers. The ban's going to have a dramatic effect on our business.

"We really thought we were going to get away with it and that private members' clubs wouldn't have been included.

Now we'll have no choice but to abide by the law."

A special meeting of the club's committee members has been called for next Thursday to draw up an action plan.

"We'll have to meet and discuss how we're going to manage the law when it comes in next summer, " Mr Nicholson said.

Club president Kevin Hargreaves, who is a nonsmoker, said he was one of many members at Woodbottom who were in celebratory mood.

"As a non-smoker I'm delighted and I'm not the only one. It's not just one-way traffic. There are a lot of people who are members and don't smoke."

Last year the club spent £6,000 on ventilation machines to clear the air of smoke. Mr Hargreaves said: "We were so worried about the smoke and the complaints we were getting that we had to do something about it and pay out the thousands of pounds for the machines.

"We are a family club and with plans to build a new family room we want families to come and enjoy clean air, not choke on it.

"There's some who come in who have smoked all their lives and we feel sorry for them but this time had to come."