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>My guess, then, is that smoking bans in social contexts (bars, restaurants, parks etc) have the greatest effect, and price also has a strong effect. Agreed.
by rndgermandude 6y ago
>My guess, then, is that smoking bans in social contexts (bars, restaurants, parks etc) have the greatest effect, and price also has a strong effect.
Agreed.
The thing that no politician has touched yet is protecting children in their own home more rigorously, i.e. banning smoking in the vicinity of kids. Arguably that's hard because it infringes a lot on what people do in private, and also hard to enforce. Still, even as a mostly symbolic law it would have social impact.
- samizdis 6y agoI'm probably reaching a bit here, but given the general rise in awareness of smoking being harmful, people will (or should) actively moderate their behaviour around children. Even before smoking bans, I knew about cancer risks, second-hand effects - plus the dangers of imitation. I, and others I know who are smokers, would never smoke in children's company or within their radar-assisted perceptions. We know we're dumb to smoke. We avoid encouraging it.