ASH, 102 Clifton Street, LONDON, EC2A 4HW.
Tel 020 7739 5902 Fax 020 7613 0531

ASH Daily News

27 November 2003

HEADLINES

Call for a ban on smoking in public places
Smoking ban rings bells in pub's tills
Health Secretary a winning quitter

FULL TEXT

Call for a ban on smoking in public places

There is continuing coverage in the regional press of the recent call by
leaders of the Royal Colleges of Medicine to ban smoking in public
places.

Letters to the Guardian also address the issue. Anna Gilmore and Martin
McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine write in
making the point that the British PM was willing to take his country to
war to combat a threat to British lives - yet he fails to stand up to a
company producing a product that kills thousands every year.

Guardian letters:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1093959,00.html

Zoe Williams in the same paper, puts forward a smokers point of view on
the call for a ban, ending her piece with "Anyway, bring on the ban you
medics. In strip bars and living rooms, under heaters, underground and
possibly with a trad-jazz soundscape, we'll outwit you yet."

Zoe Williams piece:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1093965,00.html

The editorial in the Telegraph tries to be balanced about the whole
affair, but still can't resist squeezing the word 'zealots' in.

Source: Yorkshire Post, Brighton Evening Argus, Birmingham Post, The
Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, 27 November 2003


Smoking ban rings bells in pub's tills

Wirral's first non-smoking pub has witnessed record-breaking profits.
Following the government's call yesterday to ban smoking in all public
places, management at the Ring O'Bells pub announced a soaring increase
in trade.

The whitewashed village watering hole, perched halfway down Village Road
in West Kirby, outlawed the smoking habit from its premises in June.

Since the ban was imposed, staff say alcohol sales have risen 60pc and
food takings have doubled. The move has been so successful the pub's
kitchen had to be refitted to cope with the increased demand. Landlord
Alan Jones, 37, admitted he took a calculated risk in stopping customers
lighting up. He said: "Clearly it was a risky business telling regular
customers and new customers they couldn't smoke. For most people the pub
has become one of the very few indoor public places where you can enjoy
a smoke with a pint. My pub is a family pub and we encourage people to
bring their children along."

Full article linked from:
http://www.tobacco.org/news/144792.html
Source: Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, 27 November 2003



Health Secretary a winning quitter

Health Secretary John Reid's success at stopping smoking has earned him
the title Quitter of the Year.

The ex-smoker kicked the habit after 40 years of nicotine addiction.

And yesterday his achievement was recognised by QUIT an anti-smoking
charity.

Source: Daily Record, The Sun, 27 November 2003



----------------------------------
Unsubscribe:

Public subscribers: http://www.ash.org.uk/?unsubscribe
Globalink members: http://member.globalink.org
----------------------------------