Leaked Whitehall documents reveal plans to extend indoor smoking ban to a number of open-air spaces
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Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants, outside hospitals and at sports grounds in the UK under tighter restrictions being considered by ministers, according to leaked documents.
The measures are being proposed as part of a tougher version of the previous government’s tobacco and vapes bill, which would prohibit the sale of tobacco to those born on or after January 2009, the Sun reports.
