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Smoking in the workplace

In the UK, smoke-free legislation provides that most workplaces must be smoke free.

Employers should review their policies and practices on a regular basis, to ensure that they are complying with the legislation, including for example in relation to their vehicles and employees who work remotely.


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    Total smoking ban now likely, reports suggest

    by Mike Berry 10 Oct 2005
    by Mike Berry 10 Oct 2005

    The government is expected to execute a U-turn by dropping a manifesto plan to allow smoking in pubs that do not serve food, according to newspaper reports

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    Nottingham council wants staff to make up ‘fag-break’ time

    by Mike Berry 10 Oct 2005
    by Mike Berry 10 Oct 2005

    Smokers at Nottingham City Council must work extra hours if they take regular cigarette breaks

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    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2005

    Unhappy guardians; Hearing at risk; Stress is weighty issue; Council smoking ban; Healthiest workers

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    Government will stick to a partial smoking ban

    by dan thomas 30 Sep 2005
    by dan thomas 30 Sep 2005

    Public health minister Caroline Flint has hinted that the government will keep its halfway house approach to smoking in pubs,...

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    MPs should back a total ban on smoking

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    I was rather surprised that, after his rant against those MPs wishing to ban smoking in workplaces, Jonathan Frodsham (Letters,...

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    Outright smoking ban is set to choke free will in society

    by Personnel Today 13 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 13 Sep 2005

     Why must smokers be persecuted in such a fashion? (Off Message, Personnel Today, 6 September). I think it is a...

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    Casino workers favour total smoking ban

    by dan thomas 12 Sep 2005
    by dan thomas 12 Sep 2005

    A majority of casino workers support a complete smoking ban on the premises, research reveals

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    Firm hold on ‘no smoking’ gun

    by Personnel Today 6 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 6 Sep 2005

    Employers seem to be relishing their opportunity to lay down the law and act as the government's social exclusion unit

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    TUC calls for total smoking ban

    by dan thomas 5 Sep 2005
    by dan thomas 5 Sep 2005

    The TUC has called for the government to “be brave”, resist the lobbying of vested interests and ban smoking in all workplaces, including all pubs and clubs, by April 2006

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    Pub staff should choose South for a smoke-free life

    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2005

    Pub employees who want to avoid working in smoke-filled environments would be well advised to concentrate their job hunting in...

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    Public ban would reduce smoking at home

    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2005

    A ban on smoking in enclosed public places would reduce the amount of smoking in the home, according to a...

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    Medics body slams smoking ban exemptions

    by Michael Millar 25 Aug 2005
    by Michael Millar 25 Aug 2005

    The British Medical Association has said there is no justification for pubs and restaurants to have an extended lead-in time to change to smoke-free.

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    Majority of the public want all workplaces to be smoke-free

    by Mike Berry 22 Aug 2005
    by Mike Berry 22 Aug 2005

    Most people want a smoking ban in all workplaces.

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    MPs back smoking ban for all workplaces

    by Mike Berry 15 Aug 2005
    by Mike Berry 15 Aug 2005

    More than two-thirds of MPs want new smoking laws to cover all workplaces, without any of the proposed exemptions, research...

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    HSC calls for total ban on smoking in England

    by dan thomas 5 Aug 2005
    by dan thomas 5 Aug 2005

    The Health & Safety Commission has called for a blanket ban on smoking in England

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