Smoking outside hundreds of cafes, restaurants and bars is being snubbed out in Auckland. Auckland Council is making more than 800 restaurants, cafes and bars with outdoor dining smokefree as part of new licensing rules. The move would apply to all hospitality venues that use council-licensed areas for al fresco dining and drinking. Council's environment and community committee chairperson Penny Hulse said the change was part of a commitment to be a healthier, smokefree city by 2025.