This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

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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