Patients lose smoking ban appeal – BBC News
“High Court judges have ruled psychiatric patients should not be allowed to smoke at a high security mental hospital.”
BBC News, 20th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: smoking
80 prosecuted since smoking ban – BBC News
“Seventy nine people and one business have been prosecuted for flouting the smoking ban in the year since it was introduced in Wales, figures show.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Smoke ban rebel owner fined again – BBC News
“The first landlord in England to be prosecuted under the smoking ban has been fined again for continuing to allow his customers to light up.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cigarettes to be sold under shop counters – The Times
“Cigarettes are to be forced beneath shop counters with supermarkets and cornershops banned from displaying tobacco products, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rampton patients test smoking ban – The Times
“Patients at a top security psychiatric hospital have brought a test case over the Government’s smoking ban.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pensioners challenge smoking ban – BBC News
“Pensioners are launching a legal battle against a smoking ban which stops them lighting up in the communal room of their sheltered housing.”
BBC News, 10th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police filmed buying cigarettes for children – Daily Telegraph
“An investigation has been launched after an Internet video appeared to show police officers buying cigarettes for underage youths.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Smoker must pay hotel for room clean-up – The Times
“A hotel guest who enjoyed illicit cigarettes in his no-smoking bedroom has been ordered to pay compensation to the establishment’s owners.”
The Times, 12th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Move for ban on cigarette vending machines – Daily Telegraph
“Cigarette vending machines could be banned to stop them being used by child smokers, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pub landlord fined for flouting smoking ban – Daily Telegraph
“A pub landlord who allowed smokers to light up on his premises has been fined in court for flouting the smoking ban in public places.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pub landlord faces first smoking breach case – Reuters
“The first pub landlord charged with flouting the ban on smoking in public places is due to appear in court on Wednesday, a council spokeswoman said.”
Reuters, 1st August 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
‘First’ smoking prosecution bid – BBC News
“A Blackpool landlord could become the first in England to be prosecuted under the new anti-smoking legislation.”
BBC News, 11th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Some defy the law, the rest just grin and bear it – The Times
“They have had their last gasp indoors, and yesterday smokers across England got their first taste of their new social status as the pariahs of the pub.”
The Times, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Smokers choke on ‘injustice’ as ban starts – The Independent
“The historic right to smoke in public places in England was extinguished in an instant yesterday, with only a handful of rebels puffing away in defiance.”
The Independent, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal challenge to ban on smoking – BBC News
“A legal challenge to the government’s smoking ban in England will be launched at the High Court by campaigners.”
BBC News, 29th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal Opinion: Introduction of no-smoking law raises prospect of litigation – The Independent
“Saturday will be the last day for smoking in an enclosed public space. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, considers the possibility of legal actions against the ban.”
The Independent, 27th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cherie to challenge smoking ban – BBC News
“Cherie Blair has been hired by an erotic nightclub to challenge the smoking ban about to come into force in enclosed public places in England.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rampton patient fights smoking ban at high security hospital – The Guardian
“Patients at Rampton high security psychiatric hospital, which houses some of the country’s most dangerous criminals, are challenging a smoking ban in a test case which claims the refusal to permit cigarettes in the hospital’s buildings or grounds violates their human rights.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No smoke without fire – The Lawyer
“The smoking ban may stop claims over second-hand smoke, but will the smokers themselves start claiming it’s all too unfair?”
The Lawyer, 21st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
