Extension of Smoking Ban

Brighton & Hove Council has commenced, via an online questionnaire, a City wide consultation enquiring whether people would visit areas such as the beach, parks and pubs with outdoor seating more frequently if they were non-smoking.

Clearly, this exceeds the ambit of regulation provided by the Health Act 2006 and Councillor Dan Yates confirmed “we would certainly not be looking at additional compulsory smoking restrictions to business, other than the existing smoking ban”.  However, he went on to add “but depending upon the results of the consultation, we may want to work with businesses to encourage smoke free outdoor areas on a voluntary basis”.  The link to the survey can be found here.