The paper, due out in September, is likely to endorse a ban on smoking in public. But to counter claims of running a nanny state, the Government is expected to argue that a ban will safeguard children. They will say that young people often pick up the habit in pubs, and because 80 per cent of smokers start smoking when they are under 18, banning smoking in pubs would stamp out the problem at its source.
Discussions are taking place at the highest levels about making food firms sign up to a voluntary code of practice on advertising junk food to children, rather than a complete ban at this stage.
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