Chris Kitchen, acting head of environmental services at Tendring District Council in Essex said: “Police together with council officers will be stopping business vehicles and public transport vehicles on the highway.
"We have noticed that people are smoking in commercial vehicles where in fact it's banned and we will be looking for evidence that people have been smoking."The campaign aims to raise awareness but will also result in action both against drivers who smoke and their employers.
I'm not aware of the police being involved in smoking ban enforcement generally. Clearly their resources are being diverted from real crimes in order to focus on this operation. Their funding will be safe, then.
