Statistics a 'blatant lie', claim vintners

A CLAIM 150 bar staff die each year from passive smoking is a blatant lie, pub owners said yesterday.

Statistics a 'blatant lie', claim vintners

Fighting Government plans to ban smoking in pubs, publicans' representatives said the statistic was just scaremongering. The ban is unworkable and cannot be policed, they said.

A report published last week by the Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) and the Health and Safety Authority referred to a study which estimated 150 bar staff die as a result of passive smoking.

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