BANNING smoking in the Isle of Man’s prison was the best decision the facility had ever made, its deputy governor said.

TWO former inmates and an ex-prison officer have all said that the decision to ban smoking in Les Nicolles ‘will cause a riot’.

GUERNSEY Prison is to become only the second in Europe to introduce a smoking ban on inmates.

DUGOUTS should be smoke-free said Gasp chairman Alun Williams as he yesterday announced seven steps to make Guernsey smoke-free by 2040.

TOBACCO retailers feel they are not being given the opportunity to air their views on a proposed licensing scheme.

Over the next 30 years or so, Guernsey’s Adolescent Smokefree Project wants to persuade the remaining rump of smokers – rather less than 20% of the population – to give up and make the island smoke-free by 2040.

BANNING tobacco is not the way to make Guernsey smokefree, according to Gasp chairman Alun Williams.

SARK is a step closer to a smoking ban.

SARKEES should be free to decide for themselves if they want to visit a pub that allows smoking inside, says the landlady of the Mermaid.

THE Town constables want businesses to join them in a bid to stop smokers from turning the streets into ashtrays.