Cardiff hospital smokers told off by children for smoking

Despite the fine, staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, University Hospital Llandough and other facilities at these sites continued to be concerned.

“We hope these loudspeaker messages will make people think twice about lighting their cigarettes and seek free, professional support,” said a spokesperson.

The messages were recorded by Rua Harvard and Ela Bryant Williams when they were year six pupils at Creigiau Primary School in Cardiff.

They can be activated by a large red buzzer located just inside the four entrances, where the offender is unable to see who is pressing it.

Four bilingual stop smoking messages are then read out to smokers flouting the rules.

The message read out by the children reminds smokers that “cigarette smoke can be very harmful to babies and children as our lungs are still developing”.