By Matthew Hickley
The Daily Mail
LONDON — They are trained to brave every kind of danger to safeguard the public, but now firefighters are being ordered to turn back if they encounter a cloud of smoke — from a cigarette.
Fire crews have been banned from making home visits to offer safety advice to people who smoke, unless the residents stub out all cigarettes at least one hour beforehand and open their windows.
The official edict was sent out by fire brigade chiefs in order to comply with the workplace smoking ban — after they decided that private homes filled with cigarette smoke are officially a firefighter's 'workplace' for the duration of the visit.
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