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[UK, UK-Wales] Riot fears as cigarettes set to be banned from prisons in England and Wales to stop passive smoking compensation claims from officers

The Prison Service is introducing the ban following a long campaign from staff, who have objected to breathing in the second-hand smoke of inmates. Instead, the criminals will be offered electronic cigarettes or nicotine patches to satisfy their craving
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Mar 3, 2013 13:32
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[UK-Wales] Tobacco display ban starts in big stores in Wales

From Monday, cigarettes and other tobacco products have to be kept below the counter or out of customers' sight. Businesses breaking the law - which came into force in England earlier this year - could be fined up to £5,000 or jailed for up to two year
BBC Online
added Dec 3, 2012 10:48
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[UK-Wales] Welsh smoking rate fall of just 1% since 2007 smoking ban sparks health expert concerns

Major concerns have been raised about the lack of progress in cutting smoking rates in Wales after new figures revealed nearly a quarter of adults still smoke. The Welsh Health Survey 2012, published on Thursday, found 23% of people said they indulged i
WalesOnline (uk)
added May 17, 2013 14:30
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[UK, UK-Wales] BBC admits Casualty smoking storyline did not have to be dropped

The BBC has been forced into a U-turn over claims that it had to axe a storyline in Casualty because of Wales’s anti-smoking laws.
The Guardian (uk)
added Jan 26, 2013 06:45
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[UK-Wales] ASH Wales stops film industry from tearing a hole in smokefree law

The motion picture industry, working through the BBC, which has production facilities in Wales, has been pressing the government to create an exception for smoking on soundstages. Under pressure mobilized by ASH Wales, the government just announced that
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
added May 21, 2013 15:41
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[UK-Wales] ROUGHLY one in five of us in Wales is a smoker. But research suggests that the majority of smokers actually wants to give up.

The Stop Smoking Wales service aims to provide that all-important support – it will link you up with a local support group to guide you through the process of quitting.
WalesOnline (uk)
added Mar 11, 2013 02:28
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[UK-Wales] No need to lift Wales smoking ban for actors say campaigners

ANTI-smoking campaigners claimed today that there was no need to lift a ban for TV actors on set after the BBC apologised for misleading evidence to an Assembly inquiry.
Daily Post North Wales (uk)
added Jan 28, 2013 20:25
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[UK-Wales] Two weeks to go until tobacco display ban

A new law comes into force in Wales in two weeks’ time to ban the display of tobacco in supermarkets and other large shops.
National Assembly for Wales
added Nov 21, 2012 14:38
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[UK-Wales] Drinker falls asleep with cigar, causing £200000 damage to homes

A man caused £200,000 worth of damage to four neighbouring houses after falling asleep in bed with a lit cigar. As the four terraced houses went up in smoke, Gavin John Wyatt, 23, of Holly Bush Villas, Church Village, left his burning property only to r
WalesOnline (uk)
added Nov 5, 2012 11:12
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[UK-Wales] Health minister signals change of tack on TV smoking ban exemption

The new Health Minister has indicated he will seek to change a controversial Welsh Government policy to exempt film and television production companies from the smoking ban. Mark Drakeford, who replaced Lesley Griffiths in a reshuffle last month, was a
WalesOnline (uk)
added Apr 2, 2013 09:02
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