M&S ban staff lighting up in uniform

Staff at Marks & Spencer have been banned from lighting up in public with their uniforms on show. Bosses barred workers from smoking outside stores a week after banning it inside company premises and vehicles. A spokesman said: "We've banned smoking on, and outside, our premises. We've also asked staff not to smoke in the vicinity of stores in their uniform as it doesn't create the right impression for customers."

Source: Daily Mirror (6 April 2006)