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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
Apr 2, 2013
WalesOnline (uk)
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Apr 2, 2013 09:02
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[UK-Wales] Plan to send the obese and smokers on courses before surgery will be 'tested'
A health board has said it will need to test proposals to order smokers to take stop-smoking courses, and the obese to go on weight-loss programmes before they can have elective surgery, prior to implementing the plans in full. The measure, which was re
Mar 29, 2013
WalesOnline (uk)
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Apr 10, 2013 14:09
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[UK-Wales] Smoking ban in force at Gwynedd council's playgrounds
Smokers are now banned from lighting up at 130 playgrounds in Gwynedd under council plans to make them smoke-free. Signs asking people not to smoke will be erected at the council's play areas, along with leisure centres and secondary schools, from Tues
Mar 12, 2013
BBC Online
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Mar 13, 2013 14:36
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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.
Mar 11, 2013
WalesOnline (uk)
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Mar 11, 2013 02:28
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[UK-Wales] 'Classroom full of children' taking up smoking every day in Wales
Speaking at a conference which laid bare the significant challenges to improving public health in Wales, Ms de Lacy said it was vital that efforts to drive down smoking rates in Wales was stepped up.
Mar 5, 2013
WalesOnline (uk)
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Mar 6, 2013 07:09
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[UK-Wales] Wales could become smoke free - with more work, says ASH head
Wales could become smoke-free if the drive to make the habit even more antisocial is stepped up, the chief executive of a leading charity has claimed. Elen de Lacy, the head of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Wales said that if all sectors, including
Mar 4, 2013
WalesOnline (uk)
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Mar 5, 2013 10:09
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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
Mar 3, 2013
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Mar 3, 2013 13:32
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[UK, UK-Wales] Smoking ban: Doctors say exemption 'won't help film industry'
Doctors' leaders in Wales claim there is no evidence the film and TV industry would benefit if actors were allowed to smoke in dramas. They have urged assembly members not to scrap a ban on smoking on set.
Feb 19, 2013
BBC Online
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Feb 21, 2013 11:56
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[UK-Wales] Pensioner sold illegal tobacco from his home
Stuart Marrazza, 67, was charged with seven offences relating to selling pouches of rolling tobacco, which were not labelled with the UK health warnings.
Feb 8, 2013
This is Cornwall (Cornish Guardian) (uk)
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Feb 8, 2013 11:49
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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.
Jan 25, 2013
Daily Post North Wales (uk)
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Jan 28, 2013 20:25