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Business owners are responsible for displaying signs at each entrance to smoke-free premises
and in smoke-free vehicles.
The following information is for employers, managers and business owners.
Information packs
Business owners in Belfast have been supplied with an information pack which contains everything they need to comply with the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.If you have not received your pack, call us on 028 9027 0428.
You should also:
- tell your staff and customers about smoke-free law
- think about whether you want to provide an outside area where smoking is allowed
- find out if any outside area needs planning approval
- consider how you will manage the area to avoid noise pollution, tobacco-related litter and antisocial behaviour
- think about providing ashtrays and outside bins.
Policy documents
The sample policies below outline the responsibilities of business owners, employees and customers under smoke-free law.They also show the type of premises which are affected by the law, as well as explaining how the law is enforced.
Hotels, guesthouses, bed and breakfasts, inns, residential members' clubs and hostels
Publication date: January 2007-
Download the sample policy for hotels, guesthouses, bed and breakfasts, inns, residential members' clubs and hostels
(PDF - 46KB)
Residential homes, hospices and nursing homes
Publication date: February 2007- Download the sample policy for residential homes, hospices and nursing homes (PDF - 48 KB)
General properties
Publication date: February 2007- Download the sample policy for general properties (PDF - 32KB)
