Smoking Restrictions
WHO and its Member States are distressed that children "consume" smoke even before they become consumers of tobacco in the traditional sense of the word.
Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General Emeritus, World Health Organization
The risks associated with the exposure to second hand smoke are well documented. (More on passive smoking).A growing number of countries are now implementing restrictions on smoking in public places such as restaurants and transport facilities. In some countries, such as the United States, some workplaces are also covered by public restrictions. The most obvious benefit of these restrictions is to nonsmokers, who are spared exposure to the health risks and nuisance of environmental tobacco smoke. A second effect of smoking restrictions is that they reduce some smokers' consumption of cigarettes and induce some to quit.
The World Bank Report
Restrictions on smoking in public and workplaces
Cochrane Review –Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group
Carefully planned and resourced, multicomponent strategies effectively reduced smoking within public places. Less comprehensive strategies were less effective.