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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] 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] Letters show ministers advised against TV smoking ban exemption

Smoking could be allowed in Wales on film and TV sets The Welsh Government made it clear six years ago that exempting film and TV sets from the ban on smoking in public places would undermine the message about the dangers of exposure to second-hand smok
WalesOnline (uk)
added Nov 12, 2012 12:40
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[UK-Wales] Wales TV smoking ban: Ministers aimed 'to protect actors'

The ban on smoking in public deliberately included actors on set when it was introduced in 2007 to protect their health, newly released Welsh…
BBC Online
added Nov 12, 2012 12:37
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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, UK-Wales] New research highlights risk posed to children from smoking in cars

Moves to stop people smoking in cars in Wales have been boosted by new research showing it can cause dangerously high levels of harmful pollutants – even while travelling with open windows.
WalesOnline (uk)
added Oct 16, 2012 07:14
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[UK-Wales] Plaid Cymru will oppose smoking ban exemption for TV and film actors

Actors are allowed to smoke in TV and film dramas made in England , although the BBC, with studios in Cardiff has used simulation in programmes like Dr Who and Upstairs Downstairs. Plaid health spokesperson Elin Jones, Ceredigion AM, said the proposal w
Daily Post North Wales (uk)
added Oct 11, 2012 07:47
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[UK-Wales] Smoking a big cost to businesses

Bosses at Action on Smoking and Health in Wales say businesses are hit by a loss of productivity through smoking breaks, loss of workforce through excess sickness absence because of smoking-related illness and damage to premises due to smoking- related f
This is South Wales (uk) (Evening Post)
added Oct 11, 2012 07:26
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[UK-Wales] Smoking ban film set exemption to be discussed by AMs

The Welsh government will invite committees of AMs to hear the arguments about whether to exempt film and TV sets from the smoking ban. Ministers want to change the law because they fear producers will not come to Wales if actors are not allowed to smoke
BBC Online
added Oct 9, 2012 16:22
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[UK-Wales] Concerns grow over plans to exempt film makers from smoking ban

Concern is growing over a proposal to exempt film makers from the smoking ban on indoor public places after the Welsh Government was unable to confirm that the plan has been endorsed by two successive chief medical officers.
WalesOnline (uk)
added Oct 1, 2012 08:13
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