A HEALTH group in an area with one of the highest rates of smoking has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a tobacco ban in public places.
The Patient and Public Involvement Forum covering the Durham and Chester-le-Street area was 83 per cent in favour of a smoking ban, according to recently-released figures.
The forum was responding to a questionnaire issued by the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.
The questionnaire revealed 96pc of respondents wanted the Government to do more to ban smoking in the workplace and 83 per cent wanted fines increased for those caught selling cigarettes to under-16s.
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