page_title: Smoking ban in England
section_title: Before the smoking ban
hierarchical_section_title: Smoking ban in England / Before the smoking ban
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo illustrates smoke in a pub, a common complaint for those concerned with passive smoking.
context_page_description: A smoking ban in England, making it illegal to smoke in all enclosed work places in England, came into force on 1 July 2007 as a consequence of the Health Act 2006. Similar bans had already been introduced by the rest of the United Kingdom: in Scotland on 26 March 2006, Wales on 2 April 2007 and Northern Ireland on 30 April 2007.
context_section_description: Before the ban many businesses voluntarily introduced bans on smoking mainly as a result of public feedback. The pub chain Wetherspoons was the first major chain to introduce a complete ban on indoor smoking, doing so in May 2006.
  Tobacco advertising had been banned in England gradually starting with a ban on television advertising of cigarettes in 1965 to a complete ban on all tobacco advertising in 2005.
caption: Before the ban, smoking was commonplace in pubs
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