Law and Social Change 5
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- Created on: 26-05-18 16:11
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- Law and Social Change 5- Smoking
- Health Act 2006
- Illegal to smoke in all public enclosed or substantially enclosed areas and workplaces
- In places of work smoking rooms and areas are no longer permitted. All smokers must take smoking breaks outside
- Owners/ managers have to take reasonable steps to ensure all staff and visitors are aware of and uphold the ban
- Appropriate no smoking signs must be clearly placed in all smoke free premises and vehicles
- Exemptions:
- Designated rooms in nursing homes
- Designated rooms in prisons
- Designated rooms in offshore oil rigs
- Designated hotel rooms
- Designated rooms in mental health units (until July 08)
- Specialist tobacconists in relation to sampling cigars/ pipe tobacco
- Includes smoking in vehicles which serve the public and/ or are used for work purposes
- Health Act 2006
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