Smoking

In such situations, management should follow their standard procedures as they would in other situations where a customer was behaving in an unacceptable and uncooperative manner.

While smoke-free legislation will not guarantee that people will get a smoke-free hotel room, the regulations require that hotel proprietors must designate in writing which rooms are not smoke-free and ensure that hotel rooms for smoking are clear...

We are not proposing that smoke-free legislation extends to privately owned vehicles.

This would depend on whether the platform was substantially enclosed or not.

The Bill allows regulations to be made that designate additional smoke-free places which are not covered by Clause 2 where people are at risk of being exposed to significant quantities of secondhand smoke. This might include sports stadia or other...

Across the world, as the evidence of the risks associated with secondhand smoke exposure has accumulated, action has been taken to reduce people’s exposure to secondhand smoke.Ireland (2004), Norway (2004), Scotland (2005), New Zealand (2004), var...

Enforcement officers will be working closely with businesses in the lead up to implementation in order to build understanding of the requirements of the legislation and will be on-duty to ensure compliance is maintained once the legislation comes ...

Those with responsibility for the train station will be expected to ensure that appropriate signage is in place, so travellers can be sure where they can and cannot smoke.

Business owners, landlords etcIf you are responsible for a building where more than one person works or members of the public visit to give or receive goods , you will need to ensure that the building you work in is totally smokefree at all times....

The proposed regulations will not require that, but home visitors can always ask a resident not to smoke during home visits.