Reverend Anthony Carr, of East Peckham walked into a police station in Tonbridge and started smoking. He said he flouted the ban to protest against the erosion of civil liberties.The Police said they did not arrest him because it was an environmental health issue.
He added: "There are many things which are said to affect our health. You can't really regulate the minutiae of people's individual lives like that."
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council said the law protected public health and they would follow up any reports of the smoking ban being broken.
A spokesman for the Bishop of Rochester said: "We regard this as a personal matter - the church would not wish to comment on the incident.
"Officially, the church doesn't condone breaking the law."Link
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