Doctors angry at limited smoking ban

Plans to ban smoking in only some public places and to delay the introduction of the policy until the end of 2008 have been greeted with frustration and condemnation by health campaigners.

The announcement by the health secretary, John Reid, to restrict the smoking ban to restaurants and pubs which serve food, but to allow other pubs and private members' clubs to choose to ban smoking will be confusing and difficult to enforce, said the BMA.

“I recognise that John Reid has certainly gone …