UK highlights tobacco age move
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The government highlights the rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.
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Government plans to ban smoking in the majority of enclosed public spaces in England, ranging from offices to restaurants, within four years were labelled a &quot;bodge&quot; yesterday.
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Four out of five people want the legal age of smoking raised from 16 to 18, to deter youngsters from taking up the habit, a new report has found.
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Smoking in public places and places of work is now banned in all of Britain with England&#39;s entrance into an ever-expanding club of nations that bar the habit.
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The British government plans to impose a  sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales within two  years and will consider curbs on television advertising of  "junk food" aimed at children.
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Smoking in most enclosed public places will be banned in England within four years, the government said today. All restaurants, pubs and bars which prepare and serve food will not be able to allow smoking
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The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the world's first treaty on tobacco control will take effect by early 2005, the international body said on Wednesday.
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According to the British Medical Journal, a study published in &#39;Tobacco Control&#39; has revealed that smokers aged below 40 are five times more prone to suffering from a heart attack than non smokers of the same age.
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Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as "loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs," the British government is taking heed. It announced plans Tuesday to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub that serves food.
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The smoking ban in public places in Scotland has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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Scotland's five-month old smoking ban is  hitting pubs and bingo clubs, two British companies reported on  Friday, giving investors more clues what to expect when similar  legislation comes into force in England next year.
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Regulations are being set out under which all UK tobacco products will have to carry picture health warnings.
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The government says a ban on smoking in public places will be in force in Scotland by spring 2006.
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England slammed the door on smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings on Sunday in what campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
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The Government has said that all restaurants, pubs and bars in England which prepare and serve food will be smoke-free from 2006. The Health Secretary, Dr John Reid, said that from the same date all enclosed
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The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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The British government is set to announce new and far reaching restrictions on smoking in public places to protect the health of its citizens.