Total Smoking Ban

Bavaria plumps for total smoking ban

05-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Smoking will be banned at Germany's famous annual festival Oktoberfest following a public vote. Lighting up will now be prohibited from 1 August in...

'Pubs told to cut down noise as part of battle to beat binge drinking'

16-Nov-2008

The Government's latest proposal to combat Britain's binge-drinking epidemic is to turn down the volume of music in pubs and bars. Landlords could be...

German smoke ban to be partially overturned, court rules

30-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore

Germany is to be forced to reverse its ban on smoking in small pubs, the country's top constitutional court has ruled. The court said a ban on...

Planning ahead

18-May-2006

Since the announcement that a total smoking ban is likely to come in next summer, pubcos and licensees will be examining their properties to see what...

Last ditch attempt to stop full smoke ban

13-Feb-2006

Lobbyists have mounted a last ditch attempt to persuade MPs to vote against a total smoking ban - claiming public opinion is opposed to blanket...

A third of BII hosts will quit over smoking ban

19-Jan-2006

One third of BII-member licensees will close their pubs if there is a total smoking ban, a new survey reveals. It comes as a total smoking ban in...

Maximise when you mechanise

08-Dec-2005

Want to offer customers more without the need for extra staff? Vending machines, says GRAHAM RIDOUT, could be the answer.

Labour rebels plot to force total smoke ban

17-Nov-2005

by Ewan Turney A group of Labour rebels is set to join forces with opposition MPs to force the Government to bring in a total smoking ban. As many as...

Smoking room is likely saviour amid total ban

13-Oct-2005

by Ewan Turney The Government is set to introduce a total smoking ban but may allow separate smoking rooms with no staff and no food and drink being...

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...

TUC in campaign for total pub smoking ban

30-Jun-2005

by Ewan Turney The Trade Unions Congress (TUC) is urging bar staff to push health secretary Patricia Hewitt for a total smoking ban. Last week,...

Welsh Assembly will ban' smoking in public

24-Mar-2005

by Ewan Turney The Welsh Assembly is expected to press ahead with plans to enforce a total smoking ban in public places after the general election,...

Low public support aids Scottish licensees' smoke ban fight

14-Feb-2005

Scottish publicans have condemned the Scottish Executive's proposal to ban smoking because they say only 20 per cent of the public are in favour.The...

Don't let them take the heart of our community'

16-Dec-2004

I write to express my very real concerns over the Government proposals for a smoke ban in pubs that serve food. I wonder what would happen if they...

Minister slams pubs for slow progress on smoking

25-Nov-2003

The government has slammed pubs for not moving fast enough to implement voluntary controls on smoking As leading doctors repeated calls for an...

Backlash at Irish smoke ban plans

26-Jun-2003

Licensees in the Irish Republic are planning a rearguard action to defeat a proposed total smoking ban on their premises, which is promised for...

Welsh pubs in smoke ban threat

30-Jan-2003

Attempts by the pub trade to avoid a total smoking ban were thrown into chaos earlier this week by a proposal put forward by the Welsh...

Smoking ban fears increase

28-May-2002

Licensees have been told to register their charter compliance on the national database - or risk a total smoking ban in the future.The government...