A LABOUR minister has claimed that the proposed smoking ban "isn't an attack on the hospitality industry" despite a backlash from pub bosses.Commenting on the plans during a visit to Paris, the Prime Minister said: "My starting point on this is to remind everybody that over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of
We never thought any Government would care so little for personal freedom, not to mention livelihoods and the economy, to banconcerns the Government has swallowed sound utterly spurious. How many of us get cancer from a whiff of second-hand smoke in a pub garden?into outdoor areas for smokers — who will now stay home to enjoy a ciggie, at least while that remains legal.And we know why.
"This would be a very significant impact on those customers that use those areas, both smokers and non-smokers."Some pub bosses have even suggested that frustration over the ban could spark punch-ups if people try and skirt the rules.She said: "There has been a consensus for a long time now that we want to see a smoke-free country.
Inhaling second-hand smoke has been linked to a greater risk of heart disease, lung and breast cancers, strokes, dementia and asthma in non-smokers.
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