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Support for beach smoking/vape ban
Hull Daily Mail
|June 16, 2025
POLL SHOWS DESIRE TO KEEP AREAS SMOKE-FREE
AS the East Yorkshire Coast gears up for the summer season, a new poll shows overwhelming public support for smoke-free beaches in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A YouGov survey commissioned by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows that 61 per cent of residents support banning smoking on beaches.
The survey, which included 1,125 adults from the region, also found that two-thirds (67 per cent) back the proposed “Smokefree Generation” policy - central to the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill - which would prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009.
Support for smoke-free environments across Yorkshire and the Humber remains strong and consistently above national averages, according to the data:
This story is from the June 16, 2025 edition of Hull Daily Mail.
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