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Commercial Drivers 'Worst Offenders' On Smoking Ban 

Jump to full article: 4NI-Northern Ireland on the Internet (uk), 2009-04-30

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Just under 90% of NI people being fined for breaking the smoking ban in Belfast are commercial vehicle drivers.

Van drivers, taxi drivers and other motorists - those who make their living behind the wheel - are being branded as the worst offenders when it comes to smoking in an 'enclosed space'.

Two years into the controversial introduction of the legislation in Northern Ireland, the Belfast City Council has released details of the fines it has handed out in the past two years.

A statement said that, of the 230 fixed penalty notices issued, around 88% were in relation to people smoking in vehicles.

They said that anyone caught smoking in a work vehicle is subject to a £50 fine.

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