Health UK government considers smoking ban in pub gardens and outside restaurants, nightclubs and football stadiums By Freddie Webb Trainee Reporter Comment Published 29th Aug 2024, 07:59 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Smoking could be banned from pub gardens and outside nightclubs, restaurants and football stadiums. As reported in The Sun , the indoor ban on lighting cigarettes could be extended to several outside areas.
The national publication added that Whitehall papers show measures could be in place outside universities, hospitals and other sports grounds. The government could be introducing tighter smoking restrictions in pub gardens and outside restaurants, nightclubs and football stadiums. | Adobe Stock Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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Read More What it's like on board multi-million pound Lady Resilient cruise ship - take tour Sign up for FREE Portsmouth News newsletters This does not cover private homes or large opens spaces such as national parks or streets. “Smoking claims 80,000 lives a year, puts huge pressure on our NHS, and costs taxpayers billions,” a government source told The Sun. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad “We are determined to protect children and non-smokers from the harms of second-hand smoking.
We’re considering a range of measures to finally make Britain smoke-free.” These restrictions would be a toughened up version of the previous government’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which would outlaw tobacco sales to anyone born on or after January 2009. The bill was introduced but fell after the July General Election was called.
The King’s Speech in parliament last month promised to reintroduce the legislation to increase progressively the age at which people can buy cigarettes. According to the BBC , the decline in the number of people smoking has stalled. The rate of decline has slowed from 5.
2 per cent in the years before the Covid-19 pandemic to just 0.3 per cent between April 2020 and August 2022, data from BMC Medicine says . Continue Reading Related topics: NHS Smoking Pandemic Covid-19 Parliament Government Restaurants Nightclubs Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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