Britain to ban smoking outside schools, hospitals and playgrounds

Vaping and smoking in playgrounds and outside schools may be banned

He said the bill will 'clamp down on the scourge of youth vaping'

Labour confirms U-turn on proposed ban on smoking and vaping in pub gardens

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the idea will not go ahead because the hospitality industry has "taken a battering".

Vaping and smoking in playgrounds and outside schools may be banned – Streeting

Vaping and smoking in playgrounds and outside schools could be banned, the Health Secretary has said, although the Government has rowed back on making it illegal to smoke in pub beer gardens. Wes Streeting said the hospitality industry has “taken a real battering in recent years” and it is not “the right time” to ban smoking outside pubs, as was reported earlier this year. He said, however, that smoking and vaping could be banned in other public…

Britain to ban smoking outside schools, hospitals and playgrounds

The British government plans to ban smoking outside schools, hospitals and playgrounds as a way of reducing the pressure on the state-run National Health Service and the cost to taxpayers.

Bill to create the 'first smoke-free generation' to be introduced to Parliament

Legislation aiming to create the 'first smoke-free generation' to be introduced to Parliament.