Petition · past parliament

Protect children from secondhand smoke exposure around schools

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Ending smoking around schools
Introduce regulations, smoke free laws, smoke free zones around schools
Make it an offence to smoke or to fail to prevent smoking around school
Secondhand smoke is a major public health hazard, a real threat to children's health. The children should be protected and we should prevent them breathing secondhand smoke.The World Health Organisation found that secondhand smoke is a real and substantial threat to children health. It causes a variety of adverse health effects.
By stopping smoking around schools and other children areas it helps to protect children health and reduce the chance of being influenced by smoking behaviour.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Ban smoking outside of schools

Timeline

6 Oct 2023 Petition opened for signatures
11 Oct 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Oct 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.