Smoking Ban Didn’t Lead to Rise
The government has received a boost after new figures showed that the smoking ban did not lead to more children being exposed to smoke in the home.
Critics of the ban said that after smoking was banned in public places like pubs and clubs, it would lead more people to drink at home, where they could light up. When it was originally introduced in 2007, pro-smoking groups like Forest said that more children could be exposed to second-hand smoke.