Tobacco Smoking

Pro-smoking group calls for review 10 years after ban

26-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A pro-smoking campaign group has called on the Government to review the impact the smoking ban had on pubs, and to “consider alternatives to the policy”, as the UK approaches its 10-year anniversary.

DoH report on tobacco criticised

01-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod

An academic review of the smoking ban commissioned by the Department of Health (DoH) has been criticised as "narrow and selective" by Imperial Tobacco.

Pete Robinson: English smoking ban has NOT 'cured death'

14-Jun-2010

If a nagging voice at the back of your mind is saying, "Hang on, this rings a bell. Where have I heard it before?" then go to the top of the class....

Scots smoking ban helps bar workers' health

10-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore

The Scottish smoking ban has brought health benefits for smoking and non-smoking barstaff, according to research published today. The study, funded...

Pete Robinson: £5 a pint? That'll do nicely!

05-Sep-2008

Conversation usually starts with, "Well ain't this bloody stupid?", followed by a vociferous condemnation of the ban, Nu-Labour, Pubcos, and the...

Blood on the smoking shelter floor

26-Jun-2008

As pubs, bars and clubs start to put the shutters up with alarming regularity, Adam Edwards reveals the details of his one-man protest over the...

Chris Maclean: Smoke-free convert

20-Dec-2007 By Chris Maclean

On Monday night I spent a pleasant evening in a bar in northern France. When I returned home and removed my clothes the smell of cigarette smoke on...

MyShout

27-Sep-2007

If the Scots gave up eating deep-fried Mars bars I'd believe in their new found health, says Stephen Oliver If my head's in the oven and my arse is...

Majority of smokers prefer pubs since ban

16-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

Sixty-one per cent of smokers think bars and pubs are nicer without smoking, with 90 per cent of non-smokers agreeing, a poll has revealed. However,...

English councils report almost total compliance with smoking ban

04-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Nearly all businesses are complying with the ban, say figures from the Department of Health (DoH).The survey of local authorities found 97 per cent...

We go undercover in a London bar flouting the smoking ban

18-Jul-2007

Pubs across the country now have signs forbidding smoking, but the notice Blu Tack-ed above the entrance to the Hey Jo club is different.It reads:...

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...

Chris Maclean: fear of the smoke ban

08-Feb-2007 By Chris Maclean

I am reluctantly paying some attention to the smoking ban. It is going to affect us all and the consensus seems to be that we must prepare for it. I...

Roll on the smoke ban start date

14-Dec-2006

Short of some unforeseeable cataclysm such as hurricanes destroying pubs in north London, the smoking ban is likely to be the biggest ticket in town...

Refurbishment: air quality after the smoke ban

07-Nov-2006

With confirmation that England and Wales will ban smoking in pubs, many companies supplying air quality equipment lost interest in the licensed...

Welsh ban "advocated by all parties

19-Sep-2006

Welsh Assembly ministers have been elaborating on their plans for a smoke ban in all enclosed public spaces in the country from April 2 2007 in...

Bar staff see benefits of smoke ban

11-Sep-2006

According to a Cancer Research survey, Scottish bar workers believe the smoke ban has had a positive impact on their health.

M&B lashes food-based Government smoke ban

29-Sep-2005

by Ewan Turney One of Britain's largest managed operators has told the Govern-ment that a total smoking ban is preferable to its current proposals...

North East smoke-free body slams smoking proposals

12-Aug-2005

Fresh, the campaign for a Smoke Free North East, has slammed government proposals for a ban on smoking in places with food.The group says that...

Back-bar: Tobacco

03-Jun-2005

Licensees should be looking at cashing in on smoking trends.Whatever the government does to try to stop people smoking, it's going to be hard to...

Full-pint measure is nota worry for consumers

10-Mar-2005

by Ewan Turney MPs and the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) are barking up the wrong tree in campaigning for a full-pint measure, according to a survey...

Air quality: Clear options

21-Oct-2004

Phil Mellows looks at how to decide on an alternative option to 'smoking allowed throughout'.For the time being there are plenty of options open to...

Big Tim has gone over the top this time'

22-Apr-2004

I think the reaction of leaders and letters in the trade press says it all. Big Tim has gone OTT this time and I'm now more convinced than ever that...

Total ban on smoking is the only safe option, say physicians

27-Nov-2003

Health experts slate trade smoking charter by Steve Hemsley The hospitality industry's voluntary code for tackling smoking in public places has been...

Clean-Air

23-Jan-2003

Pub of the Year This award, sponsored by Vent-Axia, aims at recognising the pub that has made the most effort to comply with the "Smoking in Public...

Smoke ban's not on says ACMA

12-Dec-2002

by MA Reporter The Air Cleaner Manufacturers' Association (ACMA) has written to the Department of Health and the Health and Safety Executive to raise...

Group aims to stamp out cowboy ventilation operators

16-Sep-2002

The Air Cleaner Manufacturers' Association (ACMA) is hoping to stamp out cowboy operators within its industry with the launch of a new...

PM asked to back smoking in workplace bid

11-Dec-2000

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has written to the Prime Minister urging him to back plans for an Approved Code of Practice...