Smoking bans in countries with anti-smoking campaigns

1602, the Archbishop of London died of illness because he smoked, and people thought that his death was caused by smoking. So two years later (1604), King James I of England wrote "Attacking Tobacco" in Latin, cursing smoking as a bad hobby. The British government immediately took measures to enact anti-smoking laws to punish smokers and sellers, and increased tobacco tariffs by 40 times. Later, the king of England sent a nobleman named Walter Raleigh to the guillotine because he smoked. Another nobleman named Stuart was also punished by exile-because he wrote in the British Parliament that "all tobacco comes from heaven". 1634, the Russian czar issued a smoking ban, stipulating that smokers would be flogged, smokers would have their noses cut off, and those who refused to mend their ways would be exiled to Siberia or executed. 1696, tsar Peter I traveled to England and learned to smoke, so he cancelled the smoking ban and encouraged people to smoke. 17 14, Russia first built the world's first tobacco factory.

1635, the Swiss anti-smoking law stipulates that any restaurant or inn is prohibited from receiving smokers. Once found, they will be severely punished by flogging, burning and exile, and smokers caught will be sentenced to death. 16 15 years, tobacco was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese emperor ordered smoking ban. A large area of uncut tobacco was burned, and many tobacco farmers, tobacco dealers and smokers were fined, sentenced and even beheaded. In Turkey, some Islamic elites think that tobacco is an anesthetic and smoking is a bad thing, and demand that smoking be banned. 1623, Turkish Sultan Murad crull issued a smoking ban on hanging smokers and personally visited various places. Once found, they will be arrested and beheaded, and smokers will be publicly executed wherever they go. His punishment for soldiers who smoked on the battlefield included cutting off their hands and feet, beheading, hanging, dismembering, and even leaving them in the front line to be humiliated and killed by the enemy. At that time, thousands of smokers lost their heads and countless people lost their hands and feet. King Shasfield of Persia regarded tobacco as "ugly grass" and issued a decree in 1628, stipulating that all tobacco sellers should burn their throats with red-hot lead, and smokers should be punished with hard labor. 1640, North Korea also ordered a smoking ban: anyone who hides tobacco leaves will be put into prison, and those who weigh more than 0.5 kg will be beheaded. India also tortures smokers who break the rules by cutting off their noses. The Ming government in China also banned smoking. It was first stipulated that people who grow cigarettes privately should be sentenced to imprisonment, but it was later banned. 1639, Emperor Chongzhen ordered "smokers to die". With the development of science and technology, modern society has taken more actions against tobacco. Legally, countries are strictly restricting smoking places; From the perspective of health education, the medical knowledge of the harm of smoking is getting deeper and deeper, and the view that smoking is harmful to health has been recognized by the whole society; Economically, many countries impose heavy taxes on tobacco.