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Hospitality trade to face smoking court actions

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and law firm Thompsons have said that legal actions for compensation over second-hand smoke in the workplace have come another step closer, accusing the hospitality trade of a “stubborn failure to act” over previous warnings of potential liability over health damage caused to employees.

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