Smoking Signs - An Essential Type Of Bar Equipment
Author: Shaun Parker
As from the first of July 2007 England went smoke free including pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants and cafes. Meaning that any customers wishing to have a smoke will have to do so outside.
Some venues will have outdoor areas where smoking is allowed but some will have to apply for planning permission to have outdoor smoking shelters erected, if you are considering providing a smoking shelter for your customers it is advised that you contact your local council before taking any action to ensure you meet with any health and safety regulations or planning legislation.
Where possible outside smoking shelters should ideally be sited away from private housing where the smoke or noise will not become a nusisance or an environmental issue, the licence holder will be held responsible for any nusiance created by paying customers in or around the smoking shelter. It is the responsibility of the staff to ensure that any noise in outside areas is kept to a minimum.
All outside smoking shelters should be provided with metal ashtrays and where possible you must provide permanently fixed heaters positioned so that they can not be tampered with or pose a burning danger to customers within the shelter. It is advised that gas heaters should not be used, as these could be easily tampered with and poses a fire hazard due to the gas cylinder supply. A smoking shelter must have 50% or more of its total surface area (excluding floors and ceilings) open to the elements, if your smoking shelter has no roof or ceiling then the 50% rule need not apply.
All businesses legally need to ensure their premises are smokefree and display no-smoking signs in prominent positions including all public entrances. All no smoking signs must have the red international 'no smoking' symbol and must be a minimum of A5 size or 210mm X 148mm in area, and all signs must carry the following wording 'No Smoking. It Is Against The Law To Smoke In These Premises' in characters that can be easily read.
Also businesses must take reasonable steps to ensure that customers and staff are aware that their premises are legally required to be smoke free, ultimate responsibility for compliance rests with the manager.
The penalties for non-compliance for those who have management responsibility is a fixed penalty of up to 1000 pounds for failure to display the minimum amount of no smoking signs, and failing to prevent smoking in a no-smoking area carries a fine of up to 2500 pounds. the individual or customer who smokes in a no smoking area can be fined up to 200 pounds.
No smoking signs are available in many different sizes and materials, self adhesive vinyl signs are designed to be stuck to glass surfaces and are handy for entrance doors that have glass windows. Rigid plastic signs with pre-drilled holes for fixing to exterior or interior walls are hard wearing and tamperproof.
Tabletop or free standing signs are also available but should only be used to complement your permant no smoking signs as removal of signs will mean that you are non-compliant and will be liable to a fine.
The legislation does not cover outdoor spaces. However the members may consider making it a policy not to smoke a certain distance from entrances so that people do not have to walk through a cloud of smoke to get into the club.
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About the Author
Shaun Parker works in the catering industry and helps advise people looking for catering equipment , bar equipment and bar supplies.
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In MN, is smoking allowed in apts. that have ‘no smoking in hallway’ signs posted?
Does this violate the MN Indoor Clean Air Act?
A neighbor smokes alot (they moved in after I did) and the stench comes into my apt gives me a headache and makes me naseaous. My other neighbor says the same thing. What can I do?
As long as your lease doesn’t say that smoking is not allowed by all means you can smoke in your apartment, but still not the halls or in front of the building itself.
Are there any commercial flights in the world that allow smoking?
The last time I saw smoking allowed on a plane was in 1997 on a flight from Korea to the Philippines. Just out of sheer curiosity, are there any airlines or any routes anywhere in the world that still allow smoking?
(This question motivated by another question on Yahoo! asking how the no smoking signs on airplanes used to work. Just curious if it still exists anywhere)
Gabon Airways of Gabon Africa allowed me to smoke on a flight from Gabon to Paris France. The other passengers were shocked and appalled. They requested that I be required to put my cigarette out. I did not have to put it out but I did.
Should smoking not be allowed in colleges?
I’m a first time college student, and have so far gone for 3 days. My throat hurts because of the smoke, and it really makes me uncomfortable, because I get paranoid I will get cancer from second hand smoke, and I also hate the smell. I’ve seen signs that say “smoking on designated areas only”, but I smell it everywhere. Do you think that if colleges didn’t allow smoking, many people would not take up the bad habit, and make a more pleasant environment for everyone?
Yes, colleges should ban smoking. I had a similar problem when I was in college. I talked to the dean and had smoking banned inside all classrooms and halls of the buildings.
For the protection of non-smokers: Smoking is allowed in this bar. What would you think of this sign?
Some German bars and restaurants are incensed about upcoming smoking bans. I’ve never seen a country go to such extremes to defend the rights of smokers.
my friend was 33 and died of lung cancer from 2nd hand smoke. She never EVER smoked. If people want to smoke, I don’t think it should be in restaurants/bars where others are eating and injesting it. We have smoke-free bars here now and it doesn’t bother most going outside to smoke, even in the cold weather
If I own a business, should I be allowed to allow smoking?
What if I put a sign on the door? People smoke in here. Do not enter if smoke bothers you.
After all, it’s my business, right? Or is everything the governments and we’re all just leasing space from their self-anointed holinesses?
hell yeah u should be able to make descions for your business if you lived in a free country, however in america the goverment is in control and dictates what you can do. I believe it is so they can collect more revenue from fines.