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Should smoking in parks be banned?

 

Lucy Hunter Johnston
Wednesday 15 October 2014 09:38 BST
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Huge swathes of the capital could become no-go areas for smokers
Huge swathes of the capital could become no-go areas for smokers (Getty Images)

Your post-picnic fag could soon be a thing of the past. A major review of health in London, ordered by Boris Johnson, has recommended that smoking in parks and public squares should be banned.

Boris has said he will need to see “pretty clear evidence” that a ban could save lives, but said it was “time for London to have that debate”. So let's have it. Have your say in our poll:

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