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There has been much debate about the right and
wrongs of the ban but from today Welsh pubs and clubs will be smoke free
zones.
The ban will soon be implemented in England
(from July 07) but the Welsh seem to have embraced the changes and for the
most part the ban has been very well received.
The ban is ultimately aimed at reducing the
risk of smoking related disease particularly for those working in the
leisure industry.
It will now be illegal for any place of work to
allow smoking and the rules will be enforced by an army of council
inspectors who will have the power to issue fines of up to £2500 for any
business thought to be in breach of the regulations.
Anti smoking lobbyists have been pushing for
the ban for a number of years and a following the success of the Irish
Republic ban a few years ago, the idea of smoke free working environments
took hold.
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