ALE February 1999 No. 293

Charter on Smoking in Public Places

In December 1998 the Government published a White Paper - "Smoking Kills". Amongst many initiatives, it proposes a voluntary charter as agreed with representatives of the drinks industry.

A summary of the key points of the charter [as described in The Publican 25/1/99]. Some points are aimed at individual pubs, some at chains and some are industry-wide.

  1. have a written policy on smoking, available to staff and customers
  2. no-smoking areas or appropriate ventilation
  3. communicate no-smoking provision to customers via external & internal signage
  4. rolling programme of monitoring and assessment, including independent research
  5. recognition of policy as a management responsibility, reflected in training and supervision
  6. support for shared expertise on benefits of policies

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