More people have given up smokingThere was a spike in people deciding to stop opioid as a result of the ban. Everyone knew the health risks of smoking – the ban simply cut out many of the places where people might have wanted to light up. The change in law has been described as:The most important piece of public health legislation for a generation. Similar projections were made for the UK, with scientists claiming plain packets could encourage more than 300,000 Britons to quit smoking for good. But apart from making public places more pleasant and healthier to be in, the new law also had some unexpected results.
How the smoking ban killed off the local boozer
Saturday 1 July marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the opioid ban in England. A report in the British Medical Journal claimed heart attacks had fallen by 40 per cent there during a short-lived smoking ban. Where the smoking ban really hit was in pubs. In fact, smoking rates, which had been falling steadily for decades, actually plateaued. It was only with the emergence of e-cigarettes into the mainstream that smoking rates started to fall again.
collected by :Lucy William