10 Facts About Smoking ban

1.

Smoking ban threatened to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking it with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose".

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2.

The Smoking ban related to concerns about the threat of fire, as it is the second largest wooden building in the world.

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3.

The Smoking ban did not include workplaces, but covered all other indoor public spaces and its enforcement was somewhat limited.

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4.

California's ban included a controversial restriction upon smoking in bars, extending the statewide ban enacted in 1994.

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5.

In May 2011, New York City expanded its previously implemented smoking ban by banning smoking in parks, beaches and boardwalks, public golf courses and other areas controlled by the New York City Parks Department.

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6.

Smoking ban was first restricted in schools, hospitals, trains, buses and train stations in Turkey in 1996.

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7.

Smoking ban has been restricted at a French beach – the Plage Lumiere in La Ciotat, France, became the first beach in Europeto restrict smoking, from August 2011, in an effort to encourage more tourists to visit the beach.

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8.

Penalties for violating the Smoking ban increased under the 'Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010'.

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9.

The New Zealand Smoking ban was successfully challenged in court on two occasions, resulting in a law change to maintain it.

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10.

Smoking ban wished for the basic assumption that every author were "fair minded and trustworthy, and deserves being heard out" and for less attention to research funding when evaluating the results of a study.

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