Smokers will be banned from lighting up in taxis and airports as well as pubs, restaurants and offices, under guidelines released this week.

The Department of Health draft regulations look set to allow smoking to continue in hotel rooms, care homes and on-stage when the ban begins next summer.

Bus shelters, sports stadiums and the entrances to workplaces and public buildings are likely to be included in the ban at a later stage.

Bradford Council will be responsible for making sure the ban is adhered to including slapping fines of £50 on smokers flouting the law. Managers who fail to stop smokers lighting up will be hit with fines of up to £2,500.

"There are however concerns about the Council's ability to enforce the ban in some public spaces and how we can deliver this enforcement activity within our current resources," said Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, environment portfolio holder.

"This will need to be addressed by the Government."

"Bradford Council's environmental health division will enforce the regulations and will provide education, advice and support to businesses on this issue. Initially we will warn businesses but, if they do not comply, take appropriate action. At the moment we do not intend to set up a new team to deal with this matter."

The guidelines explain how the ban will be implemented and covers issues such as the definition of an enclosed area, the number and size of "no smoking" signs required and how the law will be enforced.

From next summer smoking rooms will also be banned from offices which is expected to lead to an influx of smokers huddling in building entrances. The moves are also expected to lead to a rise in outdoor shelters going up outside pubs.

Wetherspoons pub chain is already planning outside "havens". The guidelines suggest an outdoor smoking area will be legal if it has a roof and more than half the sides remain open. Company spokesman Eddie Gershon said: "We never moralise about smoking and don't want to ostracise smokers when the ban comes in next year."

"Subject to enough space and planning permission we will try and provide some kind of sheltered area where people can smoke outside. This could be an awning or a covered beer garden with heaters."

Smoking tobacco through a hookah-style pipe in the Markaz Restaurant and Shisha Lounge in Centenary Square will also be banned. The owners are preparing to switch to tobacco-free herb products instead.

Bradford Royal Infirmary banned smoking in and around the hospital in January and the Oastler Shopping Centre in May. Bradford Bulls have banned smoking in seated areas at the Odsal stadium.

The Central Library has banned staff from smoking outside the entrance. Council-buildings are already virtually smoke-free, apart from designated areas.

The whole Council will go smoke-free at the beginning of next year. And current policy already bans smoking in all the authority's vehicles.

The regulations follow a victory for the Telegraph & Argus Clear The Air campaign in February. MPs voted to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces in England. The original Government proposals were for a partial ban with private members' clubs and those pubs serving food exempt.

The T&A campaign was launched after a report revealed 34 per cent of people in the city died from smoking-related illness.

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