By having these laws in place will make it clear that the particular institution does not support or encourage tobacco products. This will help diminish the social acceptability for social smoking. These regulations will also make it more difficult for smokers to light up a cigarette because they will not be able to freely smoke like they have in the past. Furthermore this will help decrease the number of cigarettes smoked per day while reducing emissions of secondhand smoke. These laws not only help to protect the nonsmoking bystanders by decreasing their chances of inhaling toxic chemicals from cigarettes but also help encourage the smokers to make an attempt to quit. A study was done on campuses that implemented smoke zones and “the results
