Staff, who are notoriously prone to smoking themselves, were rendered uneasy by the ban
on smoking in public places for this would inevitably have an impact on smoking patients.
The ban
on smoking in public places is a «disproportionate response to a relatively minor health concern», a committee of peers has warned today.
It is «only a matter of time» before a total ban on
smoking in public places in England and Wales is introduced, Patricia Hewitt has admitted.
After a delay, the health bill was introduced last month containing plans for a partial ban on
smoking in public places as planned, but the health secretary has said that it was «only a matter of time» before a blanket prohibition was introduced.
Scotland and Wales both banned
smoking in public places before England, while plans to phase out prescription charges in Scotland have proved popular with voters.
This could be every bit as significant in combating the harms of tobacco as the advertising ban or the end
of smoking in public places.
Scotland banned
smoking in public places earlier this year and bans are also in place in Ireland and Italy, in addition to a number of US cities including New York.
We could ban
smoking in all public places now; ban the public sale of cigarettes within six months (allowing mail order under plain cover only) and promote e-cigarettes as an aid to quitting.
It's fair enough to
say smoking in public places should be banned because it is essentially offensive — it subjects people to odours they may find distasteful without their consent.
The connection between second -
hand smoke in public places and public health is as weak and tenuous as the connection between emissions and warming.
In addition, somewhat strangely, Ontario (unlike Alberta) is also proposing to prohibit
pot smoking in public places — not merely workplaces and not only near schools but all public places.
From the closure of the market at Covent Garden and the last ever rag and bone man to the end of
legal smoking in public places and the final days of Woolworths — O'Brien has an uncanny knack of photographing something before it's gone for good, never to be seen again.
The ban is a key demand of the Prison Officers» Association since the ban on
smoking in public places in 2007, with the union saying its members could otherwise be at risk of second hand smoke.
During the years of the Pataki Administration, the state raised its tobacco tax, enacted one of the nation's most sweeping restrictions
on smoking in public places and in work environments.
Some, including requiring fast - food restaurants to post calorie counts and banning
smoking in public places, have found growing acceptance elsewhere.
A number of the city's other health initiatives — including cracking down on large - sized sodas and banning
smoking in public places — have attracted similar criticism from those who accuse the mayor of creating a «nanny» state.
Smokers will no doubt dispute claims the government has not tried to outlaw smoking, pointing to the ban on
smoking in public places.
After a staggered start, a ban on
smoking in public places was in force across the whole of the UK by July 1st 2007.
Di Forti told me that the experience with tobacco shows that a public education campaign, combined with efforts such as banning
smoking in some public places, can significantly reduce use.
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt had trouble getting a word in edgeways yesterday when MPs debated the controversial ban on
smoking in public places.
Gradually imposing more and more bans on
smoking in public places is another, because seeing less people smoke in public makes smoking appear less like an integral part of our culture.
The House of Commons took a decision in favour of a comprehensive ban on
smoking in public places.
Alcohol harm reduction analysts in Whitehall are increasingly convinced the «big bang» approach typified by the ban on
smoking in public places is the most realistic way to cut alcohol - related deaths in the UK.
[47] New York's 2003 ban on
smoking in public places was passed and signed into law under the Pataki administration in the hopes that it would promote better health in New York and reduce health care cost overtime.
Other committees less frequently engage in this way, but a very interesting example comes from the House of Commons Health Committee, which expressed concerns about limitations on Labour's ban on
smoking in public places, and helped to force a vote which toughened these provisions.
Tony Blair also faced problems, notably being forced to implement a ban on fox - hunting that he did not himself support, and being pressured into a free vote on a total ban on
smoking in public places, leading to a reversal of government policy.
Bloomberg took heat for running a «nanny state,» and even poked fun at his ban on
smoking in public places.
The popularity of imposing bans on
smoking in public places was further revealed in the results of a 2011 Gallop poll, which showed that 59 % of respondents supported bans, a marked shift from 2008, when only 40 % had favored such laws.
A new study finds that despite declining rates of teen smoking and widespread bans on
smoking in public places, 48 percent of middle - and high school students are exposed to secondhand smoke every year.
This case study is about ban on
smoking in all public places, including restaurants, businesses, and bars.
Summary This paper critically addresses the rights of smokers and non-smokers as well as provide some argumentation regarding
the smoking in public places and smoking addictions.
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Among other things, the treaty calls for raising taxes on cigarettes, limiting
smoking in public places, and strong health warnings on cigarette packages.