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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Katrine Bussey

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Academic calls for real change by banning smoking in homes with children - Caught on Camera

Legislation preventing smoking in homes with children could help bring about ‘real change’, an academic has argued (Sean Dempsey/PA) -

New legislation to prevent people from smoking in houses with children could help bring about “real change” by preventing youngsters from being exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke, an expert has said.

Professor Sean Semple, from the University of Stirling, said while Scotland had brought in a ban on smoking in public places, there was still a “significant gap in the protection of children’s health”.

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