"Smoking bans" redirects here. For a list, see List of smoking bans.
An internationally recognizable "no smoking" sign
An internationally recognizable black "authorization to smoke" sign
Smoking bans, or smoke-free laws, are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in certain spaces. The spaces most commonly affected by smoking bans are indoor workplaces and buildings open to the public such as restaurants, bars, office buildings, schools, retail stores, hospitals, libraries, transport facilities, and government buildings, in addition to public transport vehicles such as aircraft, buses, watercraft, and trains. However, laws may also prohibit smoking in outdoor areas such as parks, beaches, pedestrian plazas, college and hospital campuses, and within a certain distance from the entrance to a building, and in some cases, private vehicles and multi-unit residences.
The most common rationale cited for restrictions on smoking is the negative health effects associated with secondhand smoke (SHS), or the inhalation of tobacco smoke by persons who are not smoking. These include diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The number of smoking bans around the world increased substantially in the late 20th century and early 21st century due to increased knowledge about these health risks. Many early smoking restrictions merely required the designation of non-smoking areas in buildings, but policies of this type became less common following evidence that they did not eliminate the health concerns associated with SHS.
Opinions on smoking bans vary. Many individuals and organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) support smoking bans on the basis that they improve health outcomes by reducing exposure to SHS and possibly decreasing the number of people who smoke, while others oppose smoking bans and assert that they violate individual and property rights and cause economic hardship, among other issues.
Smokingbans, or smoke-free laws, are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking...
Smokingbans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in certain spaces...
Smokingbans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in certain spaces...
health due to smoking in the United Kingdom it may be the first country to ban sales of cigarettes to people born after 2008. A smokingban in England,...
occasion, particularly outside urban areas. Tobacco control exists as smokingbans, but public enforcement is rare outside the most largest cities, such...
almost all airlines and by many governments around the world. The bans on inflight smoking have been imposed in a piecemeal manner around the world beginning...
smoking illegal in public institutions (schools, hospitals, municipal offices etc.) except in special smoking spaces. Restaurants and bars have a ban...
Australia bannedsmoking on domestic flights in December 1987, on international flights within Australian airspace in 1990, and in 1996 bannedsmoking on all...
Smokingbans in private vehicles are enacted to protect passengers from secondhand smoke and to increase road traffic safety, e.g. by preventing the driver...
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Smoking in India is one of the oldest industries and provides employment to more than five million people directly and indirectly. India is the second-largest...
their own legislation regarding smoking in public places, which range from relatively weak regulations to full smokingbans in all licensed premises, childcare...
Organization (WHO) report recommended that e-cigarettes be banned in indoor areas or where smoking is prohibited. This is because of their potential for non-users...
law bannedsmoking and the consumption of tobacco products by other means, in all work places, transport stations, taxis and passenger ships (smoking was...
Smoking in Canada is banned in indoor public spaces, public transit facilities and workplaces (including restaurants, bars, and casinos), by all territories...
Smoking in the United Kingdom involves the consumption of combustible cigarettes and other forms of tobacco in the United Kingdom, as well as the history...
Smoking in Ireland is banned fully in the general workplace, enclosed public places, restaurants, bars, education facilities, healthcare facilities and...
1977. After the King's Cross fire in 1987, smoking was banned in the Singapore MRT. On 1 July 2005, the ban was extended to bus interchanges and shelters...
Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke. The smoke may be inhaled, as is done with cigarettes, or simply...
largely banned from stadiums around the world, but some individual players and managers have continued to smoke. In the early 20th century, smoking by players...
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Smoking in Taiwan is regulated by the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (Taiwan). Tobacco advertising is banned, and smoking is banned in all indoor public...
Smoking in Italy has been banned in public places including bars, restaurants, discotheques and offices since 2005. A majority of Italians supported the...
Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals...
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cigarette packs, advertising bans, financial incentives, medical help for quitting, and complete smokingbans in public places. Smoking arrived in Korea through...
alcoholism and tobacco consumption. A much stronger smokingban was introduced on 1 February 2007. Smoking in enclosed public places such as offices, schools...
government to discourage smoking. Smoking is banned in most public places and tobacco advertising is prohibited. The overall daily smoking rate in Hong Kong...
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