Smoking or non-smoking? Everyone decides for himself. However, you must bear in mind that there are places where smoking is prohibited according to current legislation.
The prevalence of the habit leads to the fact that adolescents start smoking at the age of 11-12 years. What can this lead to? Even pregnant and lactating mothers do not deny themselves addiction. Parents smoke inside their apartments, on the balconies, without even thinking about the fact that they are shortening not only their lives, but also the lives of their children.
The main idea of the law is to use it to protect the health of the citizens of the country and to protect them against the negative consequences of inhaling cigarette smoke. According to statistical studies, a very high mortality rate is due precisely to this addiction. However, not only smokers suffer from smoking, but also the people around them.
List of places where smoking is prohibited by law
- Educational institutions, as well as institutions that are associated with the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and sports.
- cultural institutions.
- Premises of hospitals, polyclinics, sanatoriums and other sanatorium-resort areas.
- Long distance trains.
- Vessels that provide services for the delivery of passengers.
- Urban and interurban public transport.
- Hotel buildings and other premises for accommodation.
- In cafes and restaurants, you can only smoke on summer terraces or playgrounds.
- Places of congestion of people: the market, shopping malls, premises intended for the placement of social services.
- Buildings and territories of government bodies.
- Jobs and areas.
- Apartment building elevators.
- Territories of gas stations and aircraft.
- Games for children and public beaches.
Smoking ban areas may be determined at the discretion of the owner of the land or premises.
If desired, the owner can equip himself with a special place that will be intended for smoking. It can be outdoors or it can be indoors. In the second case, it will be necessary to take care of the installation of a ventilation system. The law defines special requirements for these places: in a room where smoking is prohibited, it is necessary to install a special sign, which will show a crossed out cigarette in a circle.
Smoking bans in different countries.
In most countries, stricter measures to combat smoking have been in place for a long time. In a first stage, each country implements measures to ban smoking in crowded places. In almost all countries, a significant fine is imposed on the violator for failure to comply with this law.
In the United States, by smoking a cigarette in the wrong place, the offender will have to pay an impressive fine. In the UK, this amount is even higher. In Greece, they are also actively fighting this addiction, for smoking in the wrong place a fine is imposed. In Japan, the fight against smoking is on a large scale, there is even a certain list of streets where smoking is completely prohibited.
The list of places in all countries where smoking is prohibited is almost the same. However, arriving in a foreign country, it is better to familiarize yourself with its laws separately. Smoking areas are usually marked everywhere with certain signs. Some countries even take steps to limit the sale of cigarettes. The most non-smoking country is the Vatican. Since 2002, smoking is completely prohibited there.
Most countries have focused their efforts not only on identifying non-smoking areas, but also on promoting healthy lifestyles. Defining no-go areas is humiliating for many smokers, as they now have to hide and go to places where smoking is possible. A person begins to feel a bit marginalized and, over time, looks for less and less places where he can smoke. With a favorable environment, all this leads to the fact that a person quits smoking.
Since the approval of the law, the statistical indicators have already improved significantly. Not only did the level of sale of tobacco products decrease, but positive changes in the birth rate began to be observed, the number of pathologies in newborns decreased. For the better, the statistics on mortality from lung and throat cancer have changed. This bad habit is a powerful weapon of mass destruction that claims more lives per year than any war that has ever taken place on the planet.
Currently, the state is trying not only to restrict smoking areas, to make cigarettes a luxury item (gradually increasing their cost), but is also actively fighting against cigarette propaganda in the media. It is not so often to see people smoking on television screens and in movies.