Smoking plans will help people to stop the habit

THE Government wants smokers to be 'much more likely' to give up the habit by introducing changes such as reducing the number of places where a person can smoke, a minister has said.

Leaked proposals, reported by The Sun newspaper earlier this week, suggest the Government will ban smoking in some outdoor areas, such as at restaurants and hospitals, to improve public health.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters on Thursday that the Government will 'take decisions on smoking, and 'more details will be revealed.