Hi Guys,
I've many a time chuckled at some of the frankly daft legislature coming out of the US and yes found from time to time that my nose has pointed sky ward in a way that Europeans can do. However, it looks like Britain too has joined the ranks of the insane. I'm not a massive smoking fan, and I can see why smoking in public places is a bit of a social faux pas.
However, I swear down smoking is becoming less socialally acceptable than carrying and rocket launcher or bank robbery.
Smoking ban may cover company cars
? £50 fine planned if vehicle passed on to colleague
? Draft rules aim to clarify 'enclosed space' definition
John Carvel, social affairs editor
Tuesday July 18, 2006
The Guardian
Smokers driving company cars, vans, lorries and enclosed tractors in England could be fined £50 for lighting up at the wheel if the vehicle might be handed over to a colleague from work later in the day, the Department of Health said yesterday.
Under regulations it wants to enforce when smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places next summer, company vehicles would be treated as workplaces if they could be used by more than one employee. Drivers would not be allowed to smoke at the wheel if there was a risk that colleagues might later inhale their smoke, the draft regulations said.
I've many a time chuckled at some of the frankly daft legislature coming out of the US and yes found from time to time that my nose has pointed sky ward in a way that Europeans can do. However, it looks like Britain too has joined the ranks of the insane. I'm not a massive smoking fan, and I can see why smoking in public places is a bit of a social faux pas.
However, I swear down smoking is becoming less socialally acceptable than carrying and rocket launcher or bank robbery.
Smoking ban may cover company cars
? £50 fine planned if vehicle passed on to colleague
? Draft rules aim to clarify 'enclosed space' definition
John Carvel, social affairs editor
Tuesday July 18, 2006
The Guardian
Smokers driving company cars, vans, lorries and enclosed tractors in England could be fined £50 for lighting up at the wheel if the vehicle might be handed over to a colleague from work later in the day, the Department of Health said yesterday.
Under regulations it wants to enforce when smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places next summer, company vehicles would be treated as workplaces if they could be used by more than one employee. Drivers would not be allowed to smoke at the wheel if there was a risk that colleagues might later inhale their smoke, the draft regulations said.
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