Smoking in the United Kingdom

rdf:langString Smoking in the United Kingdom

rdf:langString Current smokers

rdf:langString Ex-smokers

rdf:langString Never smoked

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rdf:langString UK whole statistics regionally

rdf:langString Percentage of people who are ex-smokers in the UK percentage of area.svg

rdf:langString Current smokers in the UK percentage of area.svg

rdf:langString Percentage of people who have never smoked in the UK percentage of area.svg

rdf:langString Health and Personal Social Services Order 1978

rdf:langString Tobacco and Primary Medical Services Act 2010

rdf:langString A member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland may seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of 18 whom he finds smoking in any street or public place.

rdf:langString A person who sells a tobacco product or cigarette papers to a person under the age of 18 commits an offence. Section 5: Purchase of tobacco products by persons under 18

rdf:langString Section 4: Sale of tobacco products to persons under 18

rdf:langString Section 6: Purchase of tobacco products on behalf of persons under 18

rdf:langString : is under the age of 18, and : is in possession of a tobacco product or cigarette papers, the constable may require the person to surrender the tobacco product or, as the case may be, the cigarette papers to the constable.

rdf:langString Where a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person in a public place—

rdf:langString A person under the age of 18 who buys or attempts to buy a tobacco product or cigarette papers commits an offence.

rdf:langString Subject to paragraph , a person who sells to a person under the age of 18 any tobacco or cigarette papers, whether for his own use or not, shall be guilty of an offence. Section 5: Seizure of tobacco, etc. in possession of persons apparently under 18

rdf:langString Any tobacco or cigarette papers seized under paragraph shall be disposed of in such a manner as the Police Authority for Northern Ireland may direct.

rdf:langString : any place to which the public have access for the time being , and : any place to which the public doesn't have access but to which the person mentioned in subsection has unlawfully gained access.

rdf:langString Section 7: Confiscation of tobacco products from persons under 18

rdf:langString The constable may dispose of any tobacco product or cigarette papers surrendered to the constable in such manner as the constable considers appropriate. In this section "public place" includes—

rdf:langString A person aged 18 or over who knowingly buys or attempts to buy a tobacco product or cigarette papers on behalf of a person under the age of 18 commits an offence.

rdf:langString Section 3: Prohibition on sale of tobacco, etc. to persons apparently under 18

rdf:langString In the United Kingdom, smoking is not legally permitted, with certain conditions set from laws enacted separately in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is illegal to smoke tobacco in enclosed public places, such as restaurants, shops or pubs, under the Health Act 2006 for England and Wales, the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 for Northern Ireland and the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 for Scotland. It is also illegal to smoke in a car if one is transporting people under 18 or if a vehicle is being used for work purposes. Smoking is prevalent among a sizeable, but continuously reducing minority of the population. It has been argued that smoking puts considerable strain upon the NHS due to the health problems which can be directly linked with smoking. Successive UK Governments have endeavoured to reduce the prevalence of smoking. As part of this commitment, the NHS currently offers free help to smokers who want to quit.