Jo Salmon
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February 14:02
Full smoking ban
I've said before that I support a full smoking ban so I just want to say congratulations to all MPs who voted for the full ban rather than the various compromises that were floating around.A total ban on smoking inside offices, pubs, restaurants and "virtually every enclosed public place and workplace" throughout England will come into force in the summer of 2007 after a resounding cross-party majority of MPs yesterday rejected last minute compromises designed to exempt some pubs and private clubs.
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Health officials proclaimed the vote a historic victory, to be compared with the 1948 NHS Act or the clean air legislation which ended city smog in the 50s. [Guardian]
The full list of the MPs who voted for the full ban is available here - I'm glad to see that Oxford's own Andrew Smith is on the list
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