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2 de may. de 2024 · Become a Lung Health Insider. The Smokefree Air Challenge calls on all 50 states and the District of Columbia to pass laws prohibiting smoking in all public places and workplaces, including restaurants and bars.
2 de may. de 2024 · Reduce death and diseases associated with secondhand smoke. Motivate smokers to quit. Reduce the number of people who start smoking. See how we are taking steps to make sure everyone in all 50 states can enjoy clean, smokefree air.
Hundreds of cities – including large cities such as Mexico City, New York and Sao Paulo – have successfully prohibited smoking in all indoor public places and indoor workplaces. So have many countries, including Ireland, New Zealand, Panama, the United Kingdom and Uruguay. Their experience is revealing.
Adoption of smoke-free measures has been one of the central elements of tobacco control activity over the past 30 years. The past decade has seen an increasing number of countries and proportion of the global population covered by smoke-free policies to some extent.
1 de abr. de 2024 · The scientific evidence is clear: Secondhand smoke causes serious diseases and premature death among nonsmokers. That's why a growing number of states, cities and countries are enacting laws that require all workplaces and public places to be smoke-free. These laws protect everyone's right to breathe clean air.
The WHO European Region has made progress over the past few years in legislating to create more smoke-free public places. Within the Region, 21% of countries have passed complete smoke-free legislation. Educational and healthcare facilities are the most common places where smoking has been prohibited.
1 de jun. de 2021 · Conclusions. Implementation of an inner-city smoke-free zone was associated with a substantial decline in the number of smokers in the zone and an overall reduction of smoking in the larger area. Further research should focus on optimizing implementation of and compliance with outdoor smoke-free zones.
