 Smoking will be banned in the revamped bus station |
A total ban on smoking will be introduced in a South Yorkshire bus station when new folding doors make it an enclosed space next month. The ban is being introduced as part of a �400,000 package of improvements to Rotherham's transport interchange.
In recognition of the no-smoking policy the Interchange has been awarded a Roy Castle good air award by the group Action for Smoking and Health (ASH).
The smokers' rights group FOREST said they did not object to the station ban.
Busiest interchange
Simon Clarke from FOREST said their issues were more about the clampdown on smoking in bars, clubs and restaurants.
The �370,000 project at the station is the first of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's major interchanges to be fitted with automatic doors.
David Brown, the passenger services director said: "Rotherham is the busiest interchange in the county and improving the environment is vital if we are to continue to encourage people to use public transport."
David Reed of ASH added: "It is entirely right that a public facility like a bus station should protect passengers from the risk of second-hand smoke."
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