Petition Ban Smoking in Public

When people smoke, most of the smoke doesn't go into their lungs, it goes into the air around them anyone nearby can breathe it in. Secondhand smoke is dangerous.

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The evidence around the harmful impacts of smoking and passive smoking is endless, but here are some examples.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/stopping-smoking/reasons-to-stop/second-hand-smoke
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/tobacco-and-cancer/secondhand-smoke.html

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/smoking-and-cancer/what-is-passive-smoking

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48 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 48 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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