British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Thursday reports that his government is considering plans to ban smoking in outdoor spaces such as pub gardens in a nanny state-style intervention.
The UK government’s plan for a smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament despite vocal opposition.
The United Kingdom is to phase out smoking altogether, the government says, by banning young people from buying cigarettes at all.
The allegedly “Conservative” government of Rishi Sunak is reportedly looking to impose an effective ban on cigarettes for the next generations of Britons.
Govts worldwide may be trying to stub out the habit, but one top politician gets a private rooftop smoking room so he can puff in peace.
The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is developing a policy that could ban people from smoking in their own apartments.
The legal age of smoking in Britain could reportedly be raised to 21 years old under a move from the nominally Conservative government.
New Zealand’s far-left government plans to outlaw smoking nationwide by 2025, the country’s health ministry announced Thursday. Plans to effectively eliminate smoking in New Zealand over the next four years have now been finalized, New Zealand Associate Health Minister Ayesha
Oxfordshire is looking to become the first “smoke-free” county in England by the year 2025, with proposals to ban smoking in outdoor spaces.
San Francisco has banned smoking tobacco inside apartments due to secondhand smoke concerns but residents are still allowed to smoke pot.
California is set to ban smoking and vaping at its state parks and beaches starting in 2020, according to legislation signed by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday.
Today Disney announced that it will remove smoking areas throughout its various properties.
VIENNA (Reuters) – While much of the West has barred smoking in restaurants and bars, Austria’s impending ban is set to be stubbed out.
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic is one step away from losing its status of one of the last havens for tobacco smokers in Europe.
A smoking ban will be put into place in public housing buildings nationwide, according to a new federal rule.
The introduction of smoking rooms in pubs and private members’ clubs would be welcomed by a majority of the British public, according to a new Populus survey. The poll for smokers’ rights group Forest found that a majority of adults also oppose bans on smoking in
“Mile high” might have a new meaning thanks to a report that claims singer Chris Brown misbehaved on a recent chartered flight.
A Liberal Democrat Minister has said that pubs are closing because of the number of Somali immigrants arriving in Britain. Stephen Williams, the communities minister, told MPs in the House of Commons that new waves of migration replacing the “white
