Most Britons want legal smoking age to be raised
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Four out of five Britons wanted the legal smoking age to be raised from 16 to 18 years in a bid to deter young people from taking up the habit, the result of a poll suggested Monday.
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Welsh doctors are being urged to write to their MPs and ask them to support a ban on smoking in public places by the British Medical Assocation (BMA). The Welsh Assembly Government has already voted for a ban ...
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British ministers are reportedly considering enacting a nationwide ban on smoking in all restaurants and taverns serving food, the BBC reported Monday.
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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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MPs and peers today called on Health Secretary John Reid to outlaw smoking in public places after a fact-finding mission to Dublin.
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A ban on smoking in movie theaters, shopping malls, pubs and other public places in England will take effect July 1, the government said Friday.
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LONDON -- To get an extra 14 years of life, don't smoke, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and drink alcohol in moderation. That's the finding of a study that tracked about 20,000 people in the United Kingdom.
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The British Medical Council in Wales asks GPs to lobby for a ban on smoking by writing to their MPs.
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UK government yesterday launched a Â£6m campaign to encourage more people to quit smoking in 2005. A series of five advertisements showing parents and children struggling to come to terms with terminal cancer
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Pubs group JD Wetherspoon says it is the "right time" to ban smoking in all of its pubs and bars from May 2006.
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A new report calls for the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales to be raised to 14.
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The government plans to impose a sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales within two years and will consider curbs on television advertising of &quot;junk food&quot; aimed at children.
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The majority of people are in favour of the smoking ban due to start on July 1st, figures suggest.
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Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as &quot;loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs,&quot; the British government announced plans Tuesday to ban smoking in most public places
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A smoking ban in enclosed public places is to come into force in England on 1 July next year.
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Smokers take on average half an hour from their working day to enjoy a cigarette, a survey suggests.
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LONDON, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Sunday that he wanted to lower to 17 the age at which a mandatory five-year sentence could be imposed for illegally possessing a gun. The announcement followed the shooting deaths of three teenagers.