In the lead upto England being a smoke free zone make sure you remove smoking signs in place and remove ashtrays, draw your customers’ attention to no smoking signs and show them outside. If a smoker refuses, bar staff are told to explain why the smoking ban is in place. If the customer continues to smoke you can refuse service and ultimately ask them to leave.
Failure to comply with the law will be a criminal offence.
Smokers may be fined £50 for lighting up in smoke-free premises.
Businesses could be fined £200 for allowing patrons to smoke, so don’t get yourself into trouble before even start and learn the facts.
Posted on June 17th, 2007 by Kate
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