Starmer supports tougher outdoor smoking rules 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he supported the idea of banning smoking in some outdoor spaces, including pub gardens, as a way of reducing the pressure on the state-run National Health Service and the cost to taxpayers.

While precise details would be worked out later, Starmer said 80,000 people die each year from smoking and he wanted to reduce deaths from preventable diseases.

Asked if he supported a ban on smoking in some public places, including pub gardens, Starmer told Channel 4 News...