DRIVERS who light up behind the wheel are to be fined £60 in the latest clampdown on smoking.
Transport chiefs believe drivers taking their eyes off the road while finding and lighting cigarettes is responsible for killing and injuring hundreds of people a year, but pro-smoking groups say it is part of a campaign against them.
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Some Scottish pubs have seen takings crash by 50% since the smoking ban came into force nearly a fortnight ago, highlighting the potential impact of a ban south of the border.
The leisure industry is watching Scotland’s experience closely for clues but early indications have been mixed. Sophisticated city-style bars with outside space and strong food [...]

A new hard-hitting campaign showing the emotional impact of smoking related diseases, was launched today by the British Public Health Minister Caroline Flint.
The emotionally charged campaign features a terminal lung cancer patient who has already chosen the plot where she will be buried. Forty three year old Trudi Endersby, along with her two daughters, Kia [...]

From the 14th of February drinkers at the Staveley arms can’t light up with their drink. Mike Dry and Elaine Little thought Valentine’s Day would be the ideal time to ban smoking in their pub, not realising their action would co-incide with a parliamentary debate on the issue.
They say it makes sense to get used [...]

Doctors are calling for laws to ban smoking in public places to be introduced “as soon as possible”.
A report from the British Medical Association warns 1,000 people are dying every year as a result of passive smoking.
It also calls for a new tax on all tobacco company profits, which it wants to be ploughed in [...]