Editorial
Last week’s UK newspapers saw further evidence
of lobbying by industry against a ban on smoking in
public places. Gareth Davis, chief executive of
Imperial Tobacco, said that a ban would not harm
tobacco sales in the long term, but would harm the
hospitality industry. But evidence from Ireland,
which introduced a ban on smoking in public places
earlier this year, shows that cigarette sales are
down. Meanwhile, a systematic review of research
on the impact of bans on bar and…
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