Stricter legislation is now on the table to ban smoking even in public places.
This may mean that smokers can not even smoke in designated areas in restaurants. Smoking in vehicles where children are present, as well as smoking at workplaces, have already been targeted in previous legislation.
The draft legislation will soon be released for comment by the public.
Although the legislation seems drastic, the World Health Organization indicates that smoking causes nearly 7 million deaths a year, of which 900,000 are non-smokers who are exposed to secondary smoke inhalation.
Smokers are widely regarded as extremely selfish people who do not take into account bystanders with their smoking habits, and pollute the environment with the scattering of buts.
However, there is a great deal of criticism for the proposed smoking legislation, given that other crimes are not being tackled and thus criminals continue as long as they do not smoke.
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