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Oxfordshire first county to ban smoking outdoors.
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Quote from The Sun: Oxfordshire will be the first place in the country to completely ban smoking outside as lockdown ends - hoping to become smoke free by 2025.
The ban will see smoking outside of bars and restaurants become a thing of the past, with workplace cigarette breaks also on the red list.
Its crackdown will begin as lockdown ends, with restrictions being eased up and down the country meaning more outdoor dining.
Oxfordshire could be the first county in England to go completely smoke-free by 2025, under a plan agreed by public health officials before the pandemic began.
The priorities for the county's smoking strategy this year include creating more spaces where people feel 'empowered' not to smoke.
This would include encouraging employers to stop the habit outside offices and factories, or by creating smoke-free areas in newly created pavement dining areas.
Oxfordshire's public health director, Ansaf Azhar last week described the strategy as a "long game" to change smoking culture, with the aim of preventing deaths from diseases linked to tobacco.
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As with banning anything, enforcement will be an issue.
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