PUBS and bars are so badly ventilated that smokers are putting the health of
staff at risk, Irish health officials warn. They are calling on the hospitality
industry to ban smoking in pubs, bars and restaurants.
“We have to wake up and recognise that ventilation cannot make bars safe
places to breathe,” says Maurice Mulcahy, chairman of the tobacco control group
at Ireland’s Environmental Health Officers Association (EHOA). “Unless staff are
going to wear gas masks and protective suits, a ban on smoking is the only
practical way to make them safe.”
Health officials spent 18 months repeatedly visiting…
