Callers react to pub garden smoking ban plan | LBC
The Prime Minister has confirmed he is considering plans to ban smoking in outdoor areas, as Labour pushes to make Britain smoke-free.
Sir Keir Starmer said the measure was being proposed to prevent unnecessary deaths and reduce the burden on the NHS.
On Thursday, he said more than 80,000 people die as a result of smoking every year.
"We can't walk past that," he told Channel 4, adding this number has a "huge impact" on the NHS and the cost is picked up by the taxpayer.
Simon Marks hears from LBC callers who react to the news:
00:00 Ray - ‘I tried to give up smoking goodness knows how many times.'
01:59 Heather - ‘I resent the litter that is produced by smokers.'
04:44 Winston - ‘Smokers are being singled out.'
06:17 retired GP David - ‘If you take 100 smokers, 50 of them will die as a direct result of their habit.’
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