Cancer Doctors Seek Public Smoking Ban; Voluntary Schemes Failing, Beatson Consultants Claim
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CANCER specialists at a leading Scottish hospital have written to the first minister de-manding a ban on smoking in public places.
Ten consultants at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow have told Jack McConnell that asking pubs and restaurants to cut out smoking voluntarily has clearly failed.See the full content of this document
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Cancer Doctors Seek Public Smoking Ban; Voluntary Schemes Failing, Beatson Consultants Claim
They say they see the suffering diseases linked to the habit - such as lung, head and neck cancer - cause and, in their open letter, urge the Scottish Executive to legislate.
Their comments come amid public consultation on whether Scotland should follow the...See the full content of this document
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