<P> The Act established that , from 26 March 2006 , it would be an offence to smoke in any wholly or substantially enclosed public space in Scotland , with a small number of exceptions , such as : prisons , care homes and police interview rooms . Private member clubs were not exempted . Hotel rooms could be designated by the proprietors as smoking rooms , but they were under no obligation to do so , and if they did not , the Act applied to them as any other space . </P>
<P> The Act established that , from 26 March 2006 , it would be an offence to smoke in any wholly or substantially enclosed public space in Scotland , with a small number of exceptions , such as : prisons , care homes and police interview rooms . Private member clubs were not exempted . Hotel rooms could be designated by the proprietors as smoking rooms , but they were under no obligation to do so , and if they did not , the Act applied to them as any other space . </P>
when did the smoking ban start in scotland
when did the smoking ban start in scotland
26 March 2006
26 March 2006