The regulations make provision for the Government to extend smoke-free legislation to railway platforms, etc. Is this a step towards banning smoking altogether?
The Government believes that people should have the choice to smoke, but believes it is also right that people are both made aware of the major health risks of smoking and also provided with support to quit. Importantly, it is believed that at the same time, it is right that others should be protected from exposure to hazardous secondhand tobacco smoke. This is what the government intends to achieve through this legislation, where smoking will be eliminated in virtually every enclosed public place and workplace in this country. Although smoke-free legislation does include provision to make non-enclosed places smoke-free, the Government has no intention to use those powers at present. That means that smoking will still be permitted outside of buildings and in other non-enclosed places.
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