South Ayrshire Council
Environmental Health
Burns House
Burns Statue Square, Ayr, KA7 1UT

General Enquiries
Tel: 01292 618222
Fax: 01292 288755

Environmental.Health
@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

All Scottish Businesses and Organisations Receive Packs on New Smoking Legislation

The Scottish Government has issued information packs to all businesses and organisations in Scotland to assist them in complying the ban on smoking in public places, which came into force 26 March 2006.

Businesses and organisations need to take ‘reasonable precautions’ to ensure that employees, customers and other visitors don’t smoke on their premises.

The recommended minimum action advised by the Scottish Government is

• display the required ‘No Smoking’ signs in such a way as to make staff, customers and visitors aware that they must comply with the new smoking law.

• Remove all ashtrays.

• Develop and implement a smoke-free policy with staff to ensure that infringements by employees, customers, members etc are dealt with.

• Inform anyone smoking that he/she is committing an offence.

• Request that they extinguish their smoking material immediately or leave.

• Refuse service to individuals who are smoking against the law (if your business provides a service for customers or members).

Authorised officers from South Ayrshire Council Environmental Health Service will carry out compliance with the new smoking legislation.

Any businesses or organisation which have not yet received an information pack should contact Scottish Government Health Department, Tobacco Control Division, St Andrews House Edinburgh EH1 3DG Tel: 0131 244 5660 Fax: 0131 244 2606. Website: www.clearingtheairscotland.com E-mail: info@clearingtheairscotland.com.

The packs are currently only available from the Executive however local environmental health services can provide advice and guidance on the information within the packs and the legislation. Environmental Health can be contacted at South Ayrshire Council Development Safety and Regulation Environmental Health Burns House, Burns Statute Square, Ayr KA7 1TU Tel: 01292 618222 Fax: 01292 288755. E-mail: environmental.health@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

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