Why expand smoke-free environments though, shouldn’t we focus on educating people?

Behavioural change requires more than education. The expansion of smoke-free environments is a vital component of a comprehensive tobacco control programme. Smoke-free environments can help by:

• reducing the visibility of smoking which contributes to smoking initiation;
• de-normalising smoking and especially smoking around children;
• supporting former smokers to remain smoke-free; and
• encouraging people to quit smoking.