Fourth Edition - October 1998
Foreward | Introduction | How to use the guide | How to develop a smoke free area
Future editions | Giving up smoking | Help
This guide has been put together based on the information
provided at the time of going to print. Every effort has been
made to represent establishments accurately. Exclusion does not
imply that an establishment does not provide a smoke free
facility, and we apologise for any inaccuracies.
Editor:
Kate Sheldon
Health Promotion Officer
Cambridge & Huntingdon Health Authority
Health Promotion Directorate
Hillview, Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge, CB1 5EF
The guide is also available as an audio version is also
available from Camsight and the Health Promotion Libraries.
Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable and premature death in the UK. Smoking is responsible for over 120,000 deaths per year. Figures for the Cambridge & Huntingdon Health district show that 31% of all local deaths per year are smoking related, and therefore, preventable.
It is not just the smoker who is threatened. Breathing in other peoples' smoke can cause lung cancer, heart disease and respiratory problems. It can seriously damage the health of children and young people, and harm unborn babies.
One way of protecting yourself and your family is not to enter environments where you are likely to inhale smoke. This guide provides you with local establishments that have taken measures to provide such environments.
This guide also provides advice on how to `quit the habit`, as well as people and organisation's where you can get support. I believe that everyone has a right to breathe air free from tobacco smoke. This guide is another step toward achieving this right.
Maggie Scott, Chairman, Cambridge & Huntingdon Health Authority
The report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (March 1998) written by independent scientific experts concluded that long term exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (passive smoking) is a cause of lung cancer. It also highlighted the risk to babies and young children when their parents smoke, particularly doubling the risk of cot death and increasing the risk of serious respiratory diseases. The report recommended that smoking in public places should be restricted on the grounds of public health. This guide lists eating places and other public places in Cambridge, Huntingdon, Ely and the surrounding areas that offer at least two thirds non-smoking provision (see criteria). It aims to promote a smoke free environment for the people of this health authority area. It gives recognition to those premises that do offer good non-smoking provision and hopefully encourages those that do not to think about providing an adequate service for their non-smoking clientele.
HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE SMOKE FREE PROVISION
Non-smokers are in the majority, with more than seven out of ten people in the UK not smoking. Much of the progress that has been made in smoke free provision in recent years has been forced through public demand. You can play a very important part in helping to create a smoke free environment. Let your local landlord, restaurant manager, leisure venue, or employer know if you are unhappy with their lack of smoke free provision. Also, take the time to congratulate establishments that have already made adequate smoke free provision.
Kate Sheldon, Health Promotion Officer, Cambridge & Huntingdon Health Authority
This guide is divided into various categories, namely pubs, restaurants, cafes and tea shops, accommodation, leisure and miscellaneous. The places are listed alphabetically and describe what sort of non-smoking provision is available.
A criteria, in the form of a star rating, is used to gauge the quality of the smoke free establishment, as follows:-
*** denotes a totally smoke free environment
** denotes at least two thirds of the eating area is smoke free and there is a physical separation, such as a door or a wall, from the smoking area
* denotes at least two thirds of the eating area is smoke free but there is no physical separation from the smoking area
The guide also gives information on disabled access, as follows:-
+++ welcomes disabled visitors, wheel chair accessible and disabled toilet available
++ welcomes disabled visitors, and wheel chair accessible
+ welcomes disabled visitors, but may not be wheel chair accessible
To receive a disabled access rating in the guide, all establishments have been offered a `Disability Assessment` from an external `Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Disability Consultant`. A comprehensive report is available on request for the selected establishments that have taken up this offer (for which there is a small charge).
Most establishments accept guide dogs, although not all will allow guide dogs in the dining area. Also, access to the disabled toilet may necessitate going through the designated smoking area.
Disabled people and Carers are advised to telephone in advance to check access and ensure their needs will be met, particularly from those establishments without a disabled access rating.
HOW TO DEVELOP A SMOKE FREE AREA
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EXPRESSING YOUR RIGHT TO BREATHE SMOKE FREE AIR
Please feel free to adapt this letter to express your right to
breathe smoke free air in public places.
5 September 1998
Smokey Cafe
3 London Road
Ramsey
Cambs
Dear Proprietor
I am writing to express my concern about the smoky atmosphere
in your restaurant. The meal was excellent but this was spoilt by
having to breathe in cigarette smoke from smokers near by. Could
I suggest that you cater to non-smokers needs as well as smokers
by providing a non-smoking area in your restaurant? Ideally this
needs to be completely partitioned off from the smoking area to
reduce smoke drift.
I am sure you are aware that non-smokers now out number
smokers by three to one, so could this not be reflected in the
ratio of non-smoking area to smoking area?
By increasing the provision of smoke free areas you would be
complying with the governments recommendation to prohibit smoking
in public places, pleasing your non-smoking customers and staff
and helping an increasing number of smokers trying to kick the
habit.
If you remain unconvinced about the public demand for smoke
free dining, perhaps you could carry out a customer survey to
help formulate a smoking policy.
I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely
MR SMOKE GETS IN MY EYES
The good news is that people can and do give up smoking; over 12 million people in the UK are ex-smokers!
Here is some advice that may help you;
Choose a Quit Day
Plan ahead, choose a day when you are going to quit and stick to it. Try and find a day when you are busy or relaxed or when you are doing something different to your usual routine. You may like to tell your family and friends you are going to stop and will need their support.
Change Your Routine
Think about when and where you used to smoke, this may be travelling to work, after a meal and in the pub. You may need to change your routine by getting up straight after a meal or by avoiding the pub for a little while.
Think Positively
Remind yourself that you are capable of giving up smoking.
Reward Yourself
Save the money you could have spent on cigarettes and treat yourself. This could be as much as �90 a month for an average 20 a day smoker.
Keep Busy
Keep your mind and your hands occupied; take up a new hobby. Exercise will help you to relieve stress and may help to keep you positive.
Relax
In the past smoking may have made you feel relaxed. When you quit you may feel agitated and irritable for the first few weeks, this will soon disappear. Try deep breathing exercises to help you relax without cigarettes.
Take One Day at a Time
The thought of never being able to have another cigarette again may fill you with dread, so take one day at a time.
Keep Trying
Finally, do not get too anxious if you are not successful. Most ex-smokers try several times before quitting; learn by your own experience, think about why you started smoking again and show you can prevent this happening when you try again.
Local GP Surgery or Health Centre
Your general practitioner should be able to help, some surgeries do have smoking cessation groups. Many practice nurses, midwives and Child and Family Nurses are also trained in smoking cessation, and will be able to give you one to one advice and support.
Pharmacists
Your local Pharmacist can advise and offer you support on a wide range of products which may help you quit smoking.
Health Promotion Resources Libraries
Providing information leaflets, no smoking stickers, posters and resource packs on smoking cessation. A smokelyser is available for loan to measure carbon monoxide levels in breath.
Lifespan Healthcare NHS Trust
Hillview
Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge, CB1 5EF
Tel: 01223 475119 Fax: 01223 475135
Education Centre Library
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust
Huntingdon, Cambs
Tel: 01480 363523 Fax: 01480 416299
Quit
Victory House
170 Tottenham Court Road
London, W1P 0HA
Tel: 0171 3885775
Quit is a charity which specialises in helping smokers to
stop.
Quitline
Tel: 0800 002200
An independent charity freephone helpline, which provides
confidential and practical advice for people wanting to give up
smoking.
Respect
Tel: 0870 9091234
Young people aged 11-15 years of age can call the freephone
`Respect` line to receive a free `Respect` information pack.
CAMPAIGNING ORGANISATIONS
16 Fitzhardinge Street
London
W1H 4DH
Tel: 0171 2240743
A charity formed in 1971, which was relaunched in 1996. ASH's mission is to curb, control and publicise the damaging activities of the tobacco industry. They maintain a comprehensive database of information on all aspects of smoking and tobacco control.
ASH publish a bi-monthly news sheet `Burning Issues`, and
produce campaign materials such as posters and postcards.
Tobacco Control Alliance
PO Box 2261
London
W1A 2GT
Tel: 0171 2240196
A coalition of over 60 national medical, health and consumer
organisations working to reduce tobacco consumption in the UK.
Association for Non-Smokers Rights (ANSR)
Parkham 6
St Marks Road
Binfield
Berkshire, RG42 4BA
Tel: 01344 426 252
A national campaigning pressure group concerned with
establishing the rights of non-smokers, particularly issues
around children and passive smoking.
National Smoking Education Campaign
Health Education Authority
Trevelyan House
30 Great Peter Street
London, SW1P 2HW
Tel: 0171 2225300 Fax: 0171 4138900
The HEA promotes a network of 24 health alliances throughout
England as a preferred method of delivering the national smoking
education campaign at a local level.
Communications Department
Providence House
Providence Place
London
N1 0NT
Tel: 0171 2262260
Promotes research into all aspects of asthma. Provides
information and support to those affected by asthma and their
families or carers. Publishes information booklets about asthma
and a quarterly newsletter.
Respect
Brewer Blackler Ltd
Boston House
The Little Green
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 1QH
Tel: 0181 2961919
Respect is a Department of Health, three year (1996-9) teenage
smoking campaign. A programme of activity is planned to include,
teenage press advertising, exhibitions, activities with
retailers, and information packs to schools.
No Smoking Day
Unit 203
16 Baldwins Gardens
London
EC1N 7JR
Tel: 0171 916 8070
No Smoking Day (NSD) is a national smoking cessation campaign that takes place on the second Wednesday in March. Over 5,000 activities take place on NSD, and every year 40,000 succeed in giving up smoking. A different theme is devised every year, and free campaign materials are available from the Health Promotion Resources Libraries.
Last updated 25/9/98