When did smoking in offices become illegal? (in the uk)?

Question

We're guessing at mid eighties - but could be way off :-)

Answer 1

When the sheep in parliament decided to baah in unison because it was a supposedly popular appeasment of the anti smoking lobby. Who incidentally were a minority. Most people weren't really bothered. Oh this was backed up with straw polls done in affluent areas where there is a lower proportion of smokers anyway.

There's still 30% of us who smoke in this country and I personally feel that most companies had a perfectly good system in place until the government decided that through shoddy biassed scientific studies that passive smoking was more dangerous than actually smoking. Ermm... Hello?

Thusly it was decided that even smokers should not be exposed to passive smoking. That no smoking areas should be no more than 50% enclosed.

This law *HAS* affected the number of people going to bars clubs and pubs. People who went to a pub normally expected it to be smokey. It was part of the general atmosphere of going out to a pub. Pub culture has died because of this stupid draconian law. I don't go out anymore.

The goverment is full of lilly livered F*&%ing sheep more interested in spin than common sense.

Answer 2

Last July. July 2007 I believe.

Answer 3

You are partially correct, it was sometime in the 80s as I remember. Wheather or not it was illegal I am not sure but it was certainly a rule which was beginning to take hold in offices. The law which came in last year applies to any and all public, and work places.

Answer 4

Smoking was banned in indoor public places in England, including workplaces, bars, clubs and restaurants, on 1 July 2007. Before then, I think that many offices banned smoking even though it was not compulsory to ban it.

Hope I helped :)

Answer 5

last year for england and wales, it was the year before for scotland.

Answer 6

July 1 2007

Many offices had voluntary codes from the mid nineties - some organisations worried about being held liable for passive smoking, others were encouraged by reduced insurance premiums.

Answer 7

july lat year

Answer 8

Any company I've worked for hasn't allowed smoking in the actual office, usually down to insurance or health and safety reasons. But areas were designated, like canteens or smoking rooms.

Answer 9

July 2007

Answer 10

It was only last year it actually became illegal (april 2007 I think!).  Up til then it would have been up to the office to decide, we used to have a smoking room until the laws changed

Answer 11

Erm... wasn't it last year?

http://www.smokefreeengland.co.uk/

Before that is was decided by the owner of the building/business.