14.500 employees in hospitals, institutions and offices in the north denmark Region will be from the turn of the year covered by the non-working hours.

It has regional council in north Jutland, denmark decided on Tuesday afternoon, writes Nordjyske.

In advance, there is a smoking ban on the region's plots, which means that the staff up until now have had to move away from the area in order to light a cigarette.

But now, it is absolutely the end of cigarettes during working hours. Also even when you work from home.

you Will be hit by the smoking ban, and do you want to talk about it, hear B. T. would like from you. Send an email to 1929@bt.dk.

How, the rules specific to managed, will be agreed locally. The only group that is exempt from the new Netspor ban, the committee of the regions, with the elected politicians.

Hypocritical, think more, according to northern Jutland.

Others, who are also not covered by the ban, patients are hospitalized in the region's hospitals. These will continue to be able to smoke in a marked area.

40 regionsrådsmedlemmer voted for the agreement, while only one voted against.

This was Martin Bech from the Left. He says to the North, that the ban is a slippery slope of interventions against the personal freedom,

"Man can't be forced to salvation," he says to the media.

Region north Jutland is not the first region, introducing a smoking ban. In October it emerged that the Capital Region at the turn of the year to introduce a ban for its 40,000 staff.