Cigarette

Mark Daniels: Smoking shelter fumble

13-Oct-2009

I'm quite fussy about locking up the pub's car park at the end of the day. When the pub shuts I go round, check the car park for abandoned vehicles...

MPs agree to ban on cig vending machines

13-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore

A ban on cigarette vending machines now looks certain to happen after MPs agreed they should be outlawed. An amendment to the Health Bill by Labour...

Ban on pub cig vending machines a step closer

25-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney

A complete ban on cigarette vending machines in Scottish pubs has moved a step closer after MSPs voted in favour of the bill.

Personal ashtray launch

06-Aug-2009 By Robyn Lewis

Cigarette manufacturer Imperial Tobacco has joined forces with CSR Solutions to launch a personal ashtray brand. Butts Out is a pocket-sized ashtray...

BAT trials 'less toxic' cigarettes

22-May-2009 By Robyn Lewis

British American Tobacco has revealed it is testing a new "less toxic" tobacco. The cigarette manufacturer, which owns brands such as Lucky Strike,...

SBPA lodges objections to cig machine ban

07-Apr-2009

The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has warned that a proposed ban on cigarette vending machines in pubs would lead to "very costly"...

Smoking dispute hits new heights

05-Mar-2009

A licensee who was sacked for smoking now has to climb scaffolding to get into the flat above the pub. Paul Brown, 47, was left fuming after being...

Mark Daniels: Electronic Cigarettes: Socially Acceptable, or Totally Taboo?

12-Dec-2008

Wouldn't it be great if we could get the smokers back in the pub again?They're a contentious bunch, those smokers. Single-handedly, they're the...

Remote control option to limit cig vending machine sales

09-Dec-2008 By James Wilmore

Tough plans to clamp down on children buying cigarettes from vending machines in pubs - and a ban on cigarette displays in shops - have been unveiled...

'Family' trap for underage cig sales

03-Dec-2008 By Tony Halstead

Licensees are being caught out by new-style entrapment tactics employed by trading standards officers to target underage tobacco sales. Officers are...

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...

'Village pub invaded by 800 Nazi supporters'

25-Sep-2008

A village pub has been invaded by more than 800 white nationalists from Britain, Germany and Eastern Europe. The Bungalow Inn in Redhill, Somerset...

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.

Huge drop in smokers visiting pubs

08-Sep-2008

Three quarters of licensees have reported a drop in the number of smokers visiting their pubs since the smoking ban was introduced.Nearly half of the...

LGA calls for ban on cig machines

10-Jul-2008

Council leaders have backed Government calls for a total ban on coin-operated cigarette vending machines. It comes after a six-month test purchase...