Hotels to sack staff smelling of smoke

Two leading luxury hotels in Scotland are threatening to sack staff who smell of smoke following the introduction of today's groundbreaking ban on smoking in public places. In a move that goes well beyond what is required by the new law, Turnberry, the five-star Ayrshire golf resort, and the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa in Edinburgh have issued strict guidelines to hundreds of staff on complying with the legislation. The guidelines state that employees who want to smoke during an official break must wash their hands thoroughly and either brush their teeth or eat a mint straight afterwards before returning to duty.

Source: Scotland on Sunday (26 March 2006)