However, smokefree bars and restaurants, along with other new smokefree areas, will be only one factor in determining tobacco consumption.
These could include smokefree schools, smokefree outdoor areas,[ 21] smokefree cars,[ 22] and media campaigns to change smokers' behaviours around children [ 23, 24].
Current regulation effectively eliminates advertising and sponsorship, requires indoor public areas to be smokefree, and mandates pictorial health warnings on packs.
Furthermore, the North West survey found that pubs which don't serve food, which will be exempt from the English Public Health White Paper smokefree legislation, will be concentrated in deprived areas [ 8].
Although the findings come from one country with relatively advanced tobacco control policies in some areas, the policymaker's views on smokefree options may be common to a number of other developed countries.
Many New Zealand local authorities have and are continuing to introduce relevant policy measures, such as smokefree parks and playgrounds so we focused on this area of activity.
Scotland was the first country in the UK to introduce a smokefree law in March 2006.
Smokefree policies implemented by worksites or communities prohibit smoking in workplaces and designated public areas.
Going further into the public domain, we found even more varied opinions about smokefree public parks and playgrounds.
It made it hard for us before to just [say], 'hey, you, go to the smoking area,'smokeke there,'dodo not drop your cigarettes in here.' One reason [for our smokefree front door policy] is that we've been talking about smoking [in the groups] for almost a year".
