Nowhere left to smoke? Head to a health spa ... the latest place to give up the nicotine. Photograph: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis

In less than 48-hours smokers in England will no longer be able to do what comes naturally -­ annoy the hell out of non-smokers by smoking in public, says Anna Gizowska. That's it. Game over. From July 1 - it's smoke at home or risk being fined £50.

The official government Health Act 2006 ruling bans smoking in enclosed public spaces including bus shelters and train platforms and - if the European Commission has its way - doorways.

The government expects 600,000 people to quit as a direct result of the ban. That's a lot of people with a lot of extra cash to burn. New quitters will need somewhere to spend their ciggie savings and where better than at a health spa.

That's right, a health spa - where sneaking a quick fag is tantamount to sneaking a leak beside a treatment table.

With spas laying on top-notch tobacco detox treatments faster than the NHS can dole out patches, gum and support group numbers, and before hypnotherapists have a chance to plug their trade on pub beer mats, smokers wanting to quit have never had it so good.

At the Mare Nostrum Spa in sunny Tenerife smokers are welcomed with open arms. From now on they can roll up any time they like for a three or seven-day 'Stop Smoking' package in the sun.

The programme combines the benefits of Thalassotherapy - from the Greek word "thalassos"(sea) - and all the latest holistic treatments.

A personal consultation with the doctor will determine a selection of

treatments. Maybe a marine aerosol? (Think Vicks inhaler, but with mineral vapours, eucalyptus essence, cinnamon, menthol and pine extract to purify blocked bronchioles and clear accumulated catarrh from respiratory passages.) Or, how about a 15-minute 'clapping' massage (ie firm backslapping to stimulate the expulsion of mucus from the bronchioles)?

But pre-ban, non-smokers be warned. Next time you meet a recent quitter soaking their limbs beside you in a spa pool, remember, you're the ones who wanted them to give up ­ so shove over and don't moan if you can hear mucous being dislodged in the treatment room beside you.

You wanted them to stop smoking and now many of them jolly well will.

· A four-night stay with a three-day 'Stop Smoking' package and breakfast' starts from £335pp.

For reservations or further information contact Mare Nostrum Resort on +34922 75 75 45, visit expogrupo.com or email mnreservas@expogrupo.com.

Low-cost airline Monarch operates scheduled flights from Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester to Tenerife. Fares, including taxes, start from £109.99 return.