People are still lighting up in Stoke-on-Trent's pubs after a bureaucratic mistake over the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces.
On-the-spot fines cannot yet be issued to smokers flouting the 1 July ban because of "late changes in technical bits of legislation", the council said.
One publican in Hanley has now reportedly put cheeky "Welcome to Smoke-on-Trent" posters in his bar.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Smoke in Stoke
The BBC reports:
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