Smoking should be banned outside pubs, cafes and bars

Smoking should be banned outside pubs, cafes and bars to make them more family friendly and help high streets recover from lockdown, councils have said.
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The Local Government Association (LGA), of which Wigan is a member, is urging peers to support an amendment which would make all pavement licences issued by councils subject to the condition that they are smoke-free places.

It said that while people who wished to avoid exposure to second-hand smoke could normally to stay inside the coronavirus outbreak meant indoor space was more restricted.

Local authorities need the powers to reflect this and give customers the certainty that anywhere they go for a drink or a meal they will not be exposed to other people’s smoke.

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