{"id":29606,"date":"2019-07-10T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=29606"},"modified":"2019-07-10T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:20:08","slug":"if-you-smoke-on-our-site-even-in-your-car-we-will-fine-you-50-hospital-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/if-you-smoke-on-our-site-even-in-your-car-we-will-fine-you-50-hospital-bosses\/","title":{"rendered":"If you smoke on our site, even in your car, we will fine you \u00a350 \u2018Hospital Bosses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8216;If you smoke ANYWHERE on our site you will be fined \u00a350 &#8211; even in your car.&#8217; This was quoted by Midlands\u2019s hospital trust warning patients and visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">West Birmingham and Sandwell<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #141414;\">hospitals NHS trust has brought in a zero tolerance ban for people who smoke cigarettes and all smoking shelters are now off limits except for people who use vapes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">If you are caught smoking on our site you will be served a fine of \u00a350, quoted by the trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">The trust are saying there sites will and are being patrolled by wardens, backed up by CCTV to make people stop smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">The trust say that they are also opening vape shops on site to try and put an end to smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">Kevin Eva from the trust said: &#8220;Smoking kills, so smoking is not allowed on our site&#8230;. that includes cars parked on our property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">Our sites are patrolled by wardens backed up by CCTV to prevent smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8220;If you are caught smoking on our site you will be served a fine of \u00a350.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 17.25pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414; background: white;\">Joe Lucas, the head of retail for Ecigwizard, said his company was \u201cincredibly happy\u201d to support the trust\u2019s smoke-free status. \u201cWe are keen to offer vaping as an alternative to smoking, as a means to help people cut down or quit,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;If you smoke ANYWHERE on our site you will be fined \u00a350 &#8211; even in your car.&#8217; This was quoted by Midlands\u2019s hospital trust warning patients and visitors. 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