WHILE this newspaper supported the ban on smoking in public places and is in favour of proportionate attempts to persuade islanders not to use tobacco, Thursday’s ban on cigarette vending machines was quite simply bad government.

SAUMAREZ PARK has become the first play area in Guernsey to become smoke-free.

LICENSEES have spoken out against Alderney’s smoking ban, which came into force at 4am yesterday.

HAVING won a major battle with the smoking ban in public places, anti-smoking groups have moved on to new frontiers.

PROTESTORS marched through the streets of Alderney on Saturday in opposition to a possible smoking ban.

PUB landlords are still reeling from the smoking ban two years after it was introduced, according to one.

MATRIX Chambers, the law firm of which the Prime Minister's wife, Cherie Blair, is a member, is helping smoking ban protesters mount a legal challenge.

ANTI-smoking campaigners say licensees need to accept that the ban is here to stay.

AT LEAST four pubs and a nightclub will close in the next 12 months, predicts Tony Gover.

A THEATRE company is calling for smoking to be allowed on the stage.