Public places are bars, restaurants, discos, toilets, sporting stadiums, cinemas, work, street, shops schools and transports. In some countries, smoking is already banned and in a few of these public places such as schools, cinemas and public transports.
The groups of people who smoke are now changing. Over 55% of all smokers are aged between 12 and 24, while in the 1960's; only 15% of the total smokers were aged between 12 and 24. About 46% of all males in the general world population smoke while less than 30% of women do. …