In brief
The government may have to introduce smoking “exclusion zones” around public buildings, says licensing and planning solicitor Lionel Fynn of Horsey Lightly Fynn. Fynn says zones may be the only answer as the ban on smoking in public places—due to be introduced on 1 July—will cause problems for people in the street. Issues arising from smokers being forced to go outside for their nicotine fix are likely to include noise, litter and smoke blowing back inside premises. Fynn says: “I can see in the long run the only answer may be to have 50m exclusion zones enforceable by law to move smokers away from premises.”
