Smoking Ban
Decision:
269/2005 The Cabinet agreed to a smoking ban
in all the Council owned and controlled buildings and that staff be
given six months' prior notice of the implementation of the smoking
ban.
270/2005 The Cabinet agreed that the following be excluded from the
smoking ban:
a) Residential Care Homes - Service users over the age of 16 who
are in permanent residential care provided by the Council be
provided with an appropriate smoking area in the homes
b) Council Housing.
271/2005 The Cabinet instructed officers to undertake the necessary
consultation with governing bodies to take forward the smoking ban
in schools following to decision 269/2005 above.
272/2005 The Cabinet recommend that all employment issues relating
to the implementation of a smoking ban be considered by the
Employment Matters Committee.
273/2005 The Cabinet agreed that smoking rooms be retained where
already provided, but kept under review until the new measures
contained within the Health Bill are introduced in 2007.