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Welsh e-cigarettes ban in public places scrapped...but not for pubs

10-Dec-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Controversial plans from the Welsh government to ban e-cigarettes from all public places have been amended-but the ban could still be put introduced in ‘eating places’ like pubs and restaurants.

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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.

UKIP warning on smoke ban extension

30-Jun-2009 By John Harrington

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for "civil disobedience" over what it says are plans to ban smoking from all public places, including beer gardens.

Publicans welcome move to permit breastfeeding

18-Jun-2008

Publicans have given a cautious welcome to a move to give new mothers the legal right to breastfeed in pubs and other public places. A new Single...

No escape route for smokers

27-Sep-2007

I have been taken to task by one reader for suggesting in a recent answer to a question that a public house is not a public place. She claims her...

What the papers say - July 11, 2007

11-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Smokers in Stoke-on-Trent are still lighting up in public places because the local council has no power to impose fines. Officials failed to complete...

What the Sunday papers said

03-Jun-2007

Hundreds of English pubs plan to flout next month's ban on smoking in public places, reports the Sunday Telegraph. The number of pubs involved in...

The day Dr Reid turned into Mr Hyde

03-Nov-2005

In the days when trains had smoking compartments, a friend with both a wicked sense of humour and an addiction to nicotine would say to people...

Welsh Assembly backs call for full smoke ban

02-Jun-2005

by Ewan Turney The Welsh Assembly has voted to ban smoking in all public places, but may excuse small and rural pubs from paying business rates amid...

Legal advice: Smoking to be banned in the UK?

15-Jun-2004

With bans on smoking in public places all the rage, will the UK be the next country to follow?By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal...

What the Sunday papers say

16-Feb-2004

The Independent on SundayMinisters are to unveil proposals to ban smoking in public places. Local authorities are set to be given the power to outlaw...

Doctors call for smoking ban in UK pubs

27-Nov-2003

Letter to The Times from the president of the Royal College of Physicians and others calling for a smoking ban in the UK's pubs and bars.Sir, We...

Johnson rules out a total ban on smoking

23-Oct-2003

by Tony Halstead Public health minister Melanie Johnson has insisted that a blanket ban on smoking in pubs and other public places is "not justified"...

Doctors want smoking banned in all public places

07-Nov-2002

Doctors are calling for laws to ban smoking in all public places including pubs.The British Medical Association has published a report highlighting...

GLA attacks 'ineffective' smoke charter

11-Apr-2002

The Greater London Assembly (GLA) has slammed the trade's Public Places Charter on smoking for being "ineffective" and having standards that are "too...