The idea behind the proposal is to make cigarettes nonaddictive
Australia now has smoking bans in workplaces, pubs, clubs, restaurants, educational institutions, entertainment venues, sports stadiums, patrolled beaches, playgrounds, cars carrying children, and on public transport
and a Swiss study estimated that anti-smoking laws could prevent the need for up to 41,000 hospital bed days, from the effects of passive smoking alone
Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, Moldova, Turkey, and the European Union have implemented similar bans
Of course, bringing it in had its challenges
The cooling sensation and reduced harshness of mentholated smoke leads consumers to perceive those cigarettes as posing a lesser health risk compared with non-mentholated cigarettes