Smokers face cig-butt fines

It means smokers will be given a last chance before being fined. If they continue to flout the law they face £50 fines. Businesses that fail to prevent smoking can face fines of £2,500. Bolton pub boss Nick Hogan has been defying the smoking ban and has become a frontman for `smokers' liberties'. The landlord, who is due in court on January 28 on five charges of failing to prevent smoking on his premises and four of obstruction, said litter fines for smokers were `absurd'. He said: "Fining smokers for dropping butts outside pubs is yet another attack on people's liberties. "You may as well smoke in the pub and pay £50 than go outside of the pub, drop the fag end and pay £75. This is also a sly cash generator - we already pay council tax to keep the streets clean."

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