Wetherspoon warns on smoking ban
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Pub operator JD Wetherspoon posts a rise in annual profits but warns the smoking ban could crimp future growth.
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Scotland's pubs and clubs are to take legal advice to see if they can challenge plans to ban smoking in public places.
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Legislation is being set out  under which all UK tobacco products will have to carry picture health warnings.
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Smokers across England are having their final puff before the ban on lighting up in enclosed public places begins.
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Most smokers in England are respecting the ban on lighting up in enclosed public places, a survey suggests.
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(InfoWorld) - Where there's smoke, there's a door. A U.K. security company is warning that smokers may impact IT security, leaving open doors that could let in intruders who could abuse a company's network. It may sound slightly far-fetched. But a penetration tester from NTA Monitor, a company based in Rochester, England, gained access to a professional services company outside London that way, said Roy Hills, technical director. The company hired NTA to test if it was possible to get inside the premises without proper identification, Hills said. The penetration tester waited until the smokers finished their break, then slipped in through the unlocked door, which wasn't the main one but publicly accessible. The tester -- who skirted past other employees by saying the IT department had sent him -- made his way to a meeting room, where he hooked up his laptop to the company's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) network, Hills said. The tester could have launched a denial-of-service attack or intercepted phone calls. However, the VOIP network was segregated from the company's data network, a wise precaution IT managers can take, Hills said. "It's much more dangerous if you can get on to the data network, copy data and be gone," Hills said. Regulations that create smoke-free buildings or zones in some areas of the U.S. and Europe have driven smokers outside. In the U.K., a ban on smoking in buildings and facilities used by the public will come into effect in April in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in July in England. Scotland banned public smoking in March 2006. The ban includes smoking in train stations, restaurants and pubs, among other places.
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Scotland will ban smoking in enclosed public places, First Minister Jack McConnell said Wednesday, following Ireland in enacting a sweeping ban.
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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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The British government is to announce plans to ban smoking in nearly all pubs, cafes and restaurants in England when it unveils a long-awaited policy paper on public health on Tuesday, the BBC reported.
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A government proposal to forbid smoking in all enclosed public spaces in England, including pubs, cafes, restaurants, factories, and offices, was released Tuesday.
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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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Businesses that offer customers shisha water pipes to smoke tobacco are waging an 11th-hour bid for an exemption to a smoking ban that comes into force in England on Sunday.
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A smoking ban in pubs will not hurt cigarette sales nor reduce the number of people who smoke, according to the UK's biggest tobacco company.
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London - British smokers were issued a stark government warning on Wednesday to beware of smuggled cigarettes, which while cheap are often faked and made with highly dangerous contaminated tobacco.
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A government minister has told the BBC that some form of ban on smoking could be introduced in England and Wales. Tell us what you think.
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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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The British government plans to impose a sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales and will consider curbs on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.