Nicotine

Up in smoke: the rules of vaping inside pubs

30-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The smoking ban came into effect in 2007 but where does that leave the many people who now want to vape in your premises rather than smoke cigarettes?

Legal advice

Vaping: what is the law for pubs?

16-Jun-2016 By Poppleston Allen

E-cigarettes are another example of operators taking charge and banning otherwise perfectly legal habits.

Legal

Advice on 'legal highs' in your pub

07-Mar-2016 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A focuses on so-called 'legal highs' and what to do if you discover them in your pub.

E-cigarette debate

MP: Welsh ban on e-cigarettes indoors ‘makes no sense’

21-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

A long-serving Member of Parliament has slammed the Welsh government’s stance on e-cigarettes, following Swansea Council’s inclusion of them in a consultation on banning smoking in outdoor public spaces, which could impact pub gardens.

E-cigarette ban would enforce "overly proscriptive" additional no-smoking signs

11-Sep-2015 By Oli Gross

Legislation preventing e-cigarette smoking in Welsh pubs would be over proscriptive, unnecessary, costly and burdensome, the British Beer and Pub Association has claimed.

Pubs reminded to prepare for new tobacco display laws

09-Jan-2015 By Naomi Larsson

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) is reminding pubs to prepare for the change in tobacco display laws.

WHO calls for ban on e-cigarettes indoors

27-Aug-2014 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the use of e-cigarettes indoors should be prohibited.

E-cigarettes in pubs - to vape or not to vape

09-May-2014 By Phil Mellows

The explosion in the use of electronic cigarettes has handed pub operators a dilemma in terms of whether or not to allow ‘vaping’ indoors. The Publican's Morning Advertiser takes a look at the practice and analyses the latest tobacco trends

E-cigarette brand launches new product to counter vapour concerns

17-Mar-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A Scottish electronic-cigarette maker has claimed to have addressed the growing number of vaping bans in pubs with a new product that doesn’t emit any visible vapour.

Pub operators urged to keep policies on e-cigarettes under review

17-Oct-2013 By Phil Mellows

Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices – which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke.

E-cigarettes: the politics of vaping

01-Jul-2013 By Phil Mellows

For some time now I’ve been stalking the subject of e-cigarettes, writes Phil Mellows. Vaping, as they call it, since users inhale nicotine-laced vapour rather than smoke, may not be drinking but it does offer an intriguing insight into society’s attitude...

E-cigarettes to be classified as 'medicines' to help smokers quit

13-Jun-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

E-cigarettes are to be reclassified as “medicines” in a move to make them safer and more effective in reducing the harm caused by smoking.

JD Wetherspoon defends e-cigarette ban in pubs

07-Jun-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has defended its position after it emerged that the use of e-cigarettes had been banned inside all of its pubs.

Government sticks to vending machine ban

09-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun

The Government has stuck to plans to ban cigarette vending machines in England from 1 October. The Department of Health (DoH) today published...

Cig vending machines to survive?

15-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

The planned ban on cigarette vending machines in pubs could be scrapped after the government signalled it is re-considering the law. Vending...

Cig machines to be banned from October 2011

13-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore

Cigarette vending machines will be banned from October 2011, but pubs will still be allowed to sell cigarettes over the bar. The government's Health...

Pub fag machine ban from Oct 2011

13-Nov-2009 By John Harrington

The Government plans to ban cigarette vending machines from pubs in England from 1 October 2011. The ban will cost a huge £709m to the industry, smokers and the Government in lost revenue.

Cigarette vending machine ban slammed

27-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Moves to ban cigarette vending machines in Scotland have been branded "disappointing" by a leading trade group. The plan was outlined by public...

'Alcohol a third cheaper in shops than 10 years ago'

26-Oct-2008

Alcohol is up to a third cheaper in shops than it was a decade ago, say new Treasury figures, prompting a warning that cheap supermarket promotions...

Picture warnings on cig packets in this week

29-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney

Retailers have been reminded that new legislation requiring picture warnings on cigarette packets comes in to force on Wednesday 1 October. The 15...

Government urged to shelve tobacco plans

09-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Tobacco Manufacturers Association has called on the Government to shelve plans to push sales under the counter — a point backed by the BII.

Tough proposals on cig machines

05-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Electronic ID card to buy fags in pubs Tough measures to stop sales to children are proposed as an alternative to a ban on cigarette vending...

Majority in favour of greater tobacco control

03-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney

Anti-smoke campaigners claim the majority of people are in support of greater controls on tobacco

Cigarette vending machines to be outlawed

02-Jun-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Cigarette vending machines could be banned from pubs in a wave of new measures aimed at stopping people smoking. Details of the government's The...

Tough alternatives to fag vending machine ban

02-Jun-2008 By John Harrington

Tough measures to stop sales to children are proposed as an alternative to an outright ban on cigarette vending machines. This weekend the Government...

Bleak outlook" for NI pubs

30-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore

Northern Ireland's pubs and bars are facing a "bleak outlook" a year on from the smoking ban, a trade chief has warned. Stephen Kelly, chief...

Back to Basics: Help your customers kick the smoking habit

25-Feb-2008

Love it or loathe it, the smoking ban is here to stay. Outside space and patio heaters can go some way towards keeping puffing customers coming...

Call for pub fag machines to be ditched

08-Jan-2008

Pub fag machines should be replaced by nicotine gum and patch dispensers to help people quit - that's the call from Manchester's smoking tsar....

Tobacco: smoke-free alternatives

01-Aug-2007

There are more ways of enjoying tobacco than setting fire to it and breathing in the smoke - a peculiar practice in itself, when you come to think...

THE GUV'NOR

26-Jul-2007

Mike Bell The smoke ban could be a blessing for pubs if licensees are prepared to go with the flow, says the licensee of West London's Portobello...

Is snuff good enough?

14-Jun-2007

Many of your smokers will not want to give up tobacco in time for the smoking ban. But you can at least encourage them to make their habit as...

Tobacco gel launched

14-Jun-2007

A tobacco gel that is rubbed into smokers' palms has been launched in Britain ahead of the English ban. The controversial gel, produced by Advanced...

Business leaders dismiss quit smoking calls

26-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil

Calls to give smokers paid time off work to attend quit smoking classes have been dismissed by business leaders.

Licensees urged to host stop smoking courses

06-Mar-2007

Pubs are being urged to come forward and run stop smoking courses with the NHS after the success of a scheme in Bath. Following courses at the...