Passive smoking: Double standards

By Maggie Jones, Nursery World, 31 January 2001

It is ironic that the Government is condoning passive smoking by children, says Maggie Jones

It is ironic that the Government is condoning passive smoking by children, says Maggie Jones At the same time that childminders are to be officially allowed to smoke in front of babies and young children with their parents' consent, the Department of Health is backing a proposal to protect adults from tobacco smoke in the workplace. Odd logic? Not, it seems, to the Government. The Health and Safety Commission, a Government quango, has recommended an Approved Code of Practice for passive smoking at work under...

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