Smoking banned in pub doorways

Smokers in the Shetland Isles are being warned that if they smoke in pub doorways they are breaching the new ban. Shetland Islands Council's environmental health department spokesman Maggie Dunne said smokers needed to be reminded that smoking in pub doorways, where there is a roof and walls on either side, was breaking the ban. She said once the softly-softly settling in period has passed, smokers will be fined for smoking in these areas as well.

Source: Morning Advertiser (10 April 2006)