Massive support for smoking ban in London workplaces

A recent MORI poll done for the. Mayor of London show massive support for banning smoking in workplaces.

65 per cent of Londoners expressed support for a total ban on smoking in all workplaces, including offices, factories, pubs and restaurants. 75 per cent of Londoners say they support a ban on smoking in offices, with 72 per cent support for a ban in shopping centres and 71 per cent support for a ban on smoking in taxis.

Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London said:

'There is clearly a strong groundswell for a change in relation to smoking in workplaces amongst Londoners. Any bans on smoking in the workplace would require the government to pass additional powers to me and I am writing to the Secretary of State for Health today asking them to do so. I want to look carefully at the New York, Californian and Irish examples but it is clear that the public backs new measures to clear our workplaces of smoke.'

More detail: London Government Press releases