IT'S no secret that smoking is bad for your health - it's one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK.

That's why the Government has signed up to a pledge to make the nation smoke-free by 2030. In 2007 the smoking ban came into force, making it illegal to smoke inside pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, work spaces, anywhere in the country.

And last week, it emerged that seven councils in England have taken that ban one step further.

Oxfordshire became the first to say they will ban smoking outside in public places.