Wales becomes first UK country to ban smoking at children’s playgrounds

The restrictions will come into effect from March 1 next year (Pictures: Getty Images)Wales is set to be the first country in the UK to ban smoking outside hospitals, on school grounds or at local authority playgrounds. The new restrictions are due to come into effect from March 1 next year in an effort to ‘reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and further denormalise smoking behaviour, particularly amongst children and young people’.As in other UK countries, smoking in enclosed p