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The smoking ban in New York City was credited with the reduction in adult smoking rates at nearly twice the rate as in the rest of the country, "and life expectancy has climbed three years in a decade". [81] In Sweden, use of snus, as an alternative to smoking, has risen steadily since that nation's smoking ban. [82]
Statewide smoking ban: On May 1, 2007, the Smoke Free Arizona Act (Proposition 201) went into effect after passage by 54.7% of voters the prior November, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of an entrance or exit of such a place, including bars and restaurants, only exempting private residences, retail tobacco ...
In 1969, consumer advocate Ralph Nader was among the first in the United States to call for a smoking ban on airlines. [1] [2] Pressure for an inflight smoking ban also came from flight attendants' unions, such as the Association of Flight Attendants. United Airlines created a nonsmoking section in 1971, the first airline to do so. [3]
The smoking ban applies to all public areas where non-smokers could suffer from second-hand smoke including open public areas like sport stadiums, arenas, open-air theatres, tram and bus stations etc. [65] [66] [67] On 10 September 2009 the regulations restricting smoking in bars and cafes in Croatia was partially repealed for a grace period ...
The beach city Tuesday became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings.
A 2004 smoking ban instituted in Massachusetts workplaces decreased workers' secondhand smoke exposure from 8% of workers in 2003 to 5.4% of workers in 2010. [109] A 2016 review also found that bans and policy changes in specific locations such as hospitals or universities can lead to reduced smoking rates.
Passive smoking, or secondhand smoking, which affects people in the immediate vicinity of smokers, is a major reason for the enforcement of smoking bans. These are laws enforced to stop individuals from smoking in indoor public places, such as bars, pubs and restaurants, thus reducing nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke.
The tobacco control field comprises the activity of disparate health, policy and legal research and reform advocacy bodies across the world. These took time to coalesce into a sufficiently organised coalition to advance such measures as the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and the first article of the first edition of the Tobacco Control journal suggested that ...