Rampton Hospital patients in smoking ban appeal

Rampton Hospital patients in smoking ban appeal


Tuesday, February 24, 2009
THREE patients at a high security psychiatric hospital in Notts are to have a legal challenge against the smoking ban heard at the Court of Appeal in London tomorrow.
Lawyers representing the patients at Rampton Hospital, at Retford, will begin the appeal case, which is scheduled to last for two days.
They are seeking leave to appeal against a previous ruling in the High Court in London which said the smoking ban must be upheld on-site.
The patients feel the ban contravenes their rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Conservative club fined for smoke ban breach
By Ewan Turney
A Conservative club in Wales has been forced to cough up £5,000 in fines and costs after breaking the smoking ban.

The Balfour Conservative Club in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and steward John Phillips were each fined £1,000 and also have to pay £3,000 costs.

Council officers found three people smoking at the club on 12 June last year following a tip-off.

"£5,000 for such an offence seems to me to be over the top. It's disproportionate," Phillips told the BBC.

Council health manager Jeff Beynon added: "To put the interests of smokers above the health of others is wholly unacceptable."
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