starmer confirms smoking ban outside pubs and clubs is being considered popping into the pub beer garden for a quick smoke may become a thing of the past if Government plans go ahead Kier starer has confirmed labor is looking to extend the indoor smoking band brought in under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to cover a wider range of outdoor areas alongside Pub Gardens they include restaurant and Cafe Terraces children's parks and shisha bars smokers would also be barred from lighting up outside nightclubs sports stadiums and universities however it would still be allowed in Open Spaces like parks and streets and there would be no restriction on smoking in private homes the proposals that would form part of an updated tobacco in Vapes bille the same legislation that would stop people born after January 1st 2009 from ever legally buying cigarettes starmer committed to moving ahead with the bill which would also bring in stringent restrictions for Vapes to stop them appealing to kids in The King's Speech last month speaking to reporters in Paris where he is attending the start of the par Olympics the PM said we are going to take decisions in this space more details will be revealed but this is a preventable cause of deaths and we've got to take the action to reduce the burden on the NHS and reduce the burden on the taxpayer a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social care said they would not comment on leaks but added smoking claims 80,000 lives a year puts huge pressure on our NHS and costs taxpayers billions we are determined to protect children and nonsmokers from the harms of secondhand smoking we're considering a range of measures to finally make Britain smoke free Michael kill chief executive of the nighttime Industries Association said the reports have understandably caused concern across the sector he said this raises the critical question are we on the brink of becoming a nanny State what is next while these measures may rightly be driven by public health considerations they risk dividing opinion and imposing yet another regulatory burden on businesses already facing considerable challenges labor is devoid of ideas and has no economic plan and is now reduced to Nanny State policies to pacify their socialist base and take freedoms and choices away from the British people