Smoking in public places

Media Statement:

• A ban on smoking in the workplace, in enclosed and “substantially” enclosed public places was introduced in England on 1 July 2007; Northern Ireland on 30 April 2007; Wales on 2 April 2007; and, Scotland on 26 March 2006.
• 21% of the adult population chooses to smoke cigarettes or handrolling tobacco.
• The TMA are not opposed to restrictions on smoking in public places. Smokers should have available to them places where they may smoke but without inconveniencing others and, conversely, non-smokers should have access to smoke-free areas. The TMA believes there is an economic case for potential exemptions in order to achieve a more equitable approach to public place smoking, as evidence shows in the majority of EU Member States who have achieved this. We hope that the UK Government will do the same when the Health Act is formally reviewed in Autumn 2010.

Response to The Health Bill
Monday, October 31, 2005

Binge Drinking and Health Inequality
Friday, October 28, 2005

Smokers’ rights upheld
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

TMA response to smoking in public places plan
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Northern Ireland announcement on smoking in public places
Monday, October 17, 2005

Anti-smoking poll misrepresents public view of smoking ban
Monday, August 22, 2005

Anti-smoking Campaigners Play the Numbers Game Again
Monday, August 15, 2005

Freedom of Choice is what the Public want
Monday, August 1, 2005

The CMO is right on tobacco policy
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The public do not want a ban on smoking in pubs – it’s official!
Monday, July 11, 2005