Smoking: Response to the Health Improvement and Protection Bill

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The majority of the Health and Public Services Committee agreed to recommend that smoking should be banned in enclosed public places in response to a recent Government consultation on health protection. They believed that workers should be protected from the harmful effective of passive smoking regardless of their place of work. The Committee found that a partial ban would be ineffective at preventing health inequalities, would be harder to enforce and was unpopular, including amongst publicans. The Conservative Member, Angie Bray, did not agree with the response.