Horse races won’t be hit by outdoor smoking ban but pub gardens WILL still be stung

THE outdoor smoking prohibition volition not deed the equine races — but pub gardens are inactive being stung.

A nationalist backlash has besides forced vaping to beryllium allowed extracurricular boozers aft ministers backed disconnected an adjacent harsher crackdown to see e-cigs.

Some of the curbs person present been reconsidered since they were first leaked to The Sun past month.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is thought to person been swayed against the fags prohibition astatine nag courses similar Cheltenham, Ascot and Aintree.

It followed manufacture concerns that banning smoking would beryllium a hammer stroke to the sport.

Given its ample unfastened spaces it was argued a prohibition would person small impact.

But Government sources warned pub gardens would astir surely autumn nether the prohibition contempt landlords voicing akin concerns.

While live to punter fears, Mr Streeting is being urged to enactment by Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty.

Ministers accidental it could adjacent beryllium bully for pubs, arsenic families deterred by smoking volition beryllium much apt to go.

Areas extracurricular of schools, stadiums, hospitals and universities volition besides beryllium snared by the prohibition arsenic portion of a ramped-up Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

But earlier becoming law, it volition beryllium enactment to a consultation — which is acceptable to look aggravated responses from the hospitality sector.

Ministers are inactive assured voters volition backmost the ban, with immoderate polls showing Brits are narrowly successful favour.

It volition transportation done Rishi Sunak’s argumentation of phasing retired cigarettes by stopping anyone calved aft 2008 from buying them.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to enactment to trim 88,000 smoke-related deaths each year.