Pop concerts and sports events in Scotland�s largest city are among the most likely places to be caught flouting the smoking ban, new figures have revealed.

Pop concerts and sports events in Scotland's largest city are among the most likely places to be caught flouting the smoking ban, new figures have revealed.

In the second year since the introduction of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005, enforcement officers in Glasgow carried out 4133 inspections, leading to 114 fixed penalties and 39 warnings.

Most of those hit with the £50 fines were at Celtic Park, Ibrox or Hampden or at concerts in the city, even those held outdoors.

Buses and taxis are among other "specific areas of concern" which have become the focus of enforcement teams.

The report, Smoke-Free Premises - Two Years On, also shows there were almost six times the number of fixed penalties issued in the second year compared with the first year of the new legislation.

Only 20 people were fined in year one and 203 warnings were issued.

The focus of enforcement has also changed across the two years.

In the first night of the ban in March 2006, 200 premises were visited, with officers then continuing to focus on obvious venues such as pubs and nightclubs but also bingo halls, hairdressing salons and betting shops.

With pressures on funding, checks were then curtailed to occasions when officers were visiting premises for other purposes.

But, despite the pressure on resources and the focus on specific targets, the number of fines issued has soared, bringing Glasgow more into line with some of the more robust local authorities such as Renfrewshire and Dundee.

In the second year, local authorities across England and Wales also sought the advice of Glasgow on "how to implement and enforce (legislation) in a sensible manner" ahead of the introduction of the ban south of the border.

The report also states that the non-payers have been pursued by sheriff officers, but the signs are that, as time goes on, there will be increased compliance with the law.

It states: "In year two, individuals at football matches and pop concerts made up the vast majority of notices issued.

"This service will continue to target premises as appropriate and also to react to complaints. The level of non-compliance can only be guessed, since it may be that once the public gets into the habit of not smoking indoors that habit will prevail and breaches of this legislation will continually reduce.

"Until that time, however, enforcement must continue."

Councillor Euan McLeod, convener of Glasgow City Council's Land and Environment Scrutiny Committee, said: "The smoking ban has had a huge impact on the health and wellbeing of our citizens.

"Since day one, the public's response to the legislation, and its enforcement, has been to accept it and their ongoing compliance is evident throughout the city."

Meanwhile, the Irish government has followed Scotland's lead in introducing legislation to restrict the sale and promotional pricing of alcohol, with stores required to limit the sale of liquor to dedicated parts of their premises.

Similar laws come into force in Scotland in September 2009.

Ireland is also introducing "spy kids" to carry out test purchases on premises potentially selling alcohol to under-age teens.

Test purchasing was the first part of Scotland's new liquor laws to be rolled out.