Smokefree vehicles
I share a company vehicle with one other person. We are both smokers and want to smoke in that vehicle. Why shouldn't we?
Can I smoke in my privately owned vehicle?
I occasionally use my private car for voluntary work, does it need to be smokefree?
Can you smoke on train platforms?
I am a mini cab driver. Can I smoke in my own vehicle if I don't have any passengers?
No. Under the smokefree law, all vehicles used for public transport are required to be smokefree at all times. This will mean that a member of the public can be sure that the public transport they use will always be free from hazardous secondhand smoke.
View the Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations (new window)
Do the regulations include all work vehicles?
Where a vehicle is used for work by more than one person, regardless of whether they are in the vehicle at the same time, it will be required to be smokefree at all times. This protects all who use the vehicle from harmful secondhand smoke, regardless of when they use the vehicle.
Smoking will be permitted in vehicles that are for the sole use of the driver and are not used as a workplace by anyone else, either as a driver or passenger.
The smokefree law does not apply to vehicles that are used primarily for private purposes by more than one person.
Any vehicle that is used by members of the public (for example, taxis and mini cabs) will need to always be smokefree, even when they are being used for private purposes.
I share a company vehicle with one other person. We are both smokers and want to smoke in that vehicle. Why shouldn't we?
Can I smoke in my privately owned vehicle?
I occasionally use my private car for voluntary work, does it need to be smokefree?
Can you smoke on train platforms?
No. The Association of Train Operator Companies (ATOC) and Network Rail has introduced a comprehensive smokefree policy throughout at all 1,900 railway stations in England as well as railway offices - station offices, canteens and workplace areas which are covered by the legislation. Because of this policy, smoking is prohibited on all station concourses, ticket halls, on platforms - covered and uncovered - and footbridges and subways at station premises. Retail and food outlets are also required to be smokefree. However, smoking will still be permitted on most station forecourts and in (uncovered) station car parks. No-smoking signs will indicate which areas are smokefree. If you are in doubt, ask a member of staff.
