Bans on Smoking in Public Areas

Please imagine everyone who dies each year in car accidents, fire, falls, poisoning accidents. If you add all this and quadruple the number, you can see the number of people who die of smoking every year. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. More than 480,000 people die every year from smoking. It is just one of the many reasons I think that this should ban smoking in public places. We will demonstrate this in three ways.

On March 26, 2006, Andy Kerr, then Minister of Health and Social Welfare, introduced the ban on smoking in public places in Scotland. Smoking was prohibited in all public places in the UK when the UK became the final region where the law came into force in 2007 (the age of purchase from 16 years old on October 1, 2007 to 18 years old The limit was also raised). On July 12, 1999, the District Court in Kerala State High Court in India declared that "public smoking is illegal in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and is the world's first illegal act" Ban smoking is prohibited.

Smoking in public places that are closed in the Australian Capital Territory is prohibited according to the All-Smoking Smoke Act of 2003 (ACT) ("All-smoking Act") 1. The blocking ratio is 75% or more. According to the law of 1994, smoking is prohibited in most closed public places (including restaurants and cafe dining areas), the Australian Capital Territory is the first jurisdiction prohibiting restaurant smoking in Australia . The jurisdiction is also the first jurisdiction to prohibit smoking. A closed area of ​​bars and clubs that carried out partial bans in these areas four years later. Smoking is strictly forbidden in the closed areas of bars and clubs on 1 December 2006. From December 9, 2010, smoking is prohibited in outdoor meal places (it is not permitted in outdoor smoking areas designated as franchise locations).

In January 1999 South Australia banned smoking in all indoor dining areas. As of December 6, 2004, due to amendment of the Tobacco Control Act (SA) in 1997, smoking in all closed public places, workplaces, and common areas ("Tobacco product management law"). From 1 November 2007, all closed areas of bars, clubs, and Adelaide casino are completely banned. Jurisdiction and Tasmania are the only jurisdictions in Australia where smoking in all closed areas of the casino is completely prohibited. In other states and regions, casino high rollers are provided with an indoor smoking ban (see Chapter 15, Section 15.4.1.5).