Smoking Archives - Page 4 of 9

Comment: Banning smoking in cars with kids is an abuse of state power

Ian Dunt: ' If we're prepared to pass laws to protect children from the health risks of their parents' choices, then we'd better be prepared for the repercussions'

Once you invite the state into your private property it will make itself comfortable and demand ever more powers.

Doctors face sack for smoking in public

Lighting up in public could cost hospital staff their jobs

Staff at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in London are among the first in the country to be told they must “cover up” their uniforms while smoking off-site or risk losing their jobs.

Majority of e-cigarettes could be taken off market following new EU deal

The inventor of the electronic cigarette, Hon Lik, smoking his invention in Beiijng in 2009.

Tough new EU rules could see the majority of e-cigarettes forced off the market, in a move which could have dramatic consequences for public health.

Hospital staff should be banned from smoking, new guidance suggests

Smoking outside the hospital gate: Nice demands crackdown

Hospital staff should be disciplined if they are caught smoking, according to harsh new guidance from health authorities.

Menthol cigarettes to be banned

Smokey: European parliament votes on menthol ban

Menthol cigarettes will be banned, after the European parliament passed a raft of draconian anti-smoking laws.

Comment: Banning smoking in prisons is a threat to public health

Ian Dunt: 'We are losing the great British art of practicality'

The anti-smoking movement has always been hysterical and unhinged. But its call for a ban on smoking in prisons shows it has now become a threat to public health.

The last bastion: Smoking to be banned in prisons

Prison: the last bastion of free smoking

The last bastion of free smoking in the UK is set to be shut down, after the Prison Service confirmed it was considering plans to ban smoking in prisons.

Comment: The EU’s insane mission to ban menthol cigarettes

Simon Clark: 'The impact of the legislation will be felt by millions of law-abiding consumers who will be denied the choice they once took for granted'

With the assistance of compliant health minister Anna Soubry, the EU is trying to impose a ban on menthol cigarettes and get rid of small rolling tobacco pouches.

Labour reports Cameron to Cabinet secretary over Crosby lobbying

Smoke em if you got em: Labour reports Cameron to Cabinet secretary over plain packs.

Labour has asked the Cabinet secretary to investigate whether David Cameron may have broken the ministerial code over his relationship with Lynton Crosby.