Obadiah Jones wrote:

Its just that in the past a simple 'no smoking' or
'burning-fag-with-red-slash' pictogram seems to have proved sufficient
deterrent on trains etc, even though lighting up was illegal under the
Byelaw. Now that NR stations put up the same 'statutory'-type signs
that pubs, shops, etc have to display, it does tend to imply that they
want people to believe that the blanket ban at stations is a result of
the new law.

It's probably for cost efficiency reasons, in that they'd have to put
the specified signs up *inside* the station buildings (and on covered
platforms) anyway, so they just ordered a job lot rather than two
different sets depending on the location.

That and it means whoever applied the signs/stickers didn't have to make
sure they had the right one before doing so.

Cheers,

Barry