Nearly 500 people have been taken to task for smoking in public-service vehicles such as taxis and buses since 2013, with an uptick in the numbers recently.
Observers said the rise could be due to the fact that the law was extended to private-hire vehicles - which outnumber cabs more than two to one - last October.
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