BUTT OUT.Byline: SUE CARROLL Car·roll , James 1854-1907. British-born American physician noted for his research on yellow fever. In 1900 he deliberately infected himself with the disease for experimental purposes. CIG CIG Ceiling (height above ground level to base of clouds) CIG Conference Intergouvernementale (French: Intergovermental Conference) CIG Conservation Innovation Grants (USDA NRCS) Heil HEIL Home Equity Installment Loan . Not only will measures to enforce the smoking ban include snooping devices and police raids but bosses have now been told they must spy on staff and keep written records of anyone who breaks the law. Refusing to co-operate can mean fines of up to pounds 1,000. Here's a little exercise. Substitute "anti-smoking" for "anti-terrorism" and "lighting up" for "praising the 7/7 bombers". Can you imagine the outcry from human rights lawyers and the usual Britain-hating pressure groups? NB. Public places where theoretically it will still be legal to smoke from July 1 include hospitals. Yes, you read that right. Hospitals. Have we gone completely stark-staring mad? |
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