Archive: Smoking In Public Places

Govt considering smokefree extension

The government could extend smokefree legislation to include areas like the entrances of buildings, it has announced.

Govt spends £30m on smoke detectors

MPs back cigarette display ban

Tobacco products will not be openly displaced in shops after bill becomes law

MPs have voted in favour of banning the display of tobacco products in shops in Britain, a move condemned by opponents as "unnecessary and unjustified".

Call for more regulation on second anniversary of smoking ban

It has been two years since the smoking ban

Anti-smoking groups are calling for more laws against the habit today, as they celebrate the second anniversary of the smoking ban.

G20 exempt from smoking ban

Smoking in public places is banned - or is it?

Foreign dignitaries attending the G20 summit in London next month will be exempt from the smoking ban, it has been revealed.

Youth smoking up despite ban

The number of young people smoking in Scotland has risen sharply, despite the ban in pubs.

Feature: Smoking ban one year on

Smokers still smoke and campaigners still argue

One year after the country took a dark turn into state control and an unpleasant, puerile attitude to other people's business. Or is it one year into a brave new world where the country became fitter, healthier and more civilised?

The smoking ban one year on

Welsh smoking ban comes into force

A ban on smoking in public places comes into force in Wales today, before it is extended to the rest of the UK over the coming months.

Govt spends £30m on smoke detectors

The government is providing £30m to help councils enforce the smoking ban

The government is providing £30 million in funding so councils will be able to send people out to check the smoking ban is being adhered to.

Smoking age rise announced

Legal minimum age to purchase tobacco to be raised by two years to 18 in October

The minimum legal age at which tobacco can be purchased is to rise to 18, the government has announced.

Smoking ban date set

English smoking ban will come in on July 1st 2007

Smoking will be banned in enclosed public places in England from July 1st next year, the health secretary has announced.

Scotland gets tougher on smoking

The Scottish executuve has backed plans to raise the smoking age to 18

Ministers in Scotland have backed proposals to raise the smoking age from 16 to 18 after an executive-commissioned report recommended the move.

Call for action on young drinkers and smokers

Report calls for tougher action to stop young people drinking and smoking

Drinking and smoking are as harmful to society as illegal drugs and the government should take greater action to prevent them, a new report has warned.

Figures reveal UK's fat future

Official figures reveal obesity levels are set to soar

One third of British men will obese by 2010 unless action is taken to improve the nation's fitness, new government figures show.

New 'fitness minister' to get Britons into shape

Caroline Flint named new fitness minister to co-ordinate fight against obesity

Caroline Flint has been appointed a new minister for fitness, to coordinate the government's efforts to tackle public health and rising obesity.

People 'must take responsibility for their health'

Tony Blair sets out new agenda for public health

People must take responsibility for their own health if the NHS is not to become overwhelmed in the future, the prime minister said today.

Fake cigarettes cost Treasury £2.9bn a year

MPs warn government must do more to tackle cigarette fraud

The black market trade in cigarettes and rolling tobacco is costing the Treasury £2.9 billion despite a major drive to combat the problem, a committee of MPs has warned.