Why can't South Korea smoke in restaurants?

Because South Korea has stepped up its efforts to ban smoking, it has promulgated the most severe smoking ban in Korean history. Smoking is not allowed in hotels and restaurants, and even Koreans are forbidden to smoke at home.

Since 20 15, the price of tobacco in Korea has risen sharply, from about 2,500 won per box. The cigarette tax levied by the Korean government this year increased by 4.3 trillion won year-on-year. However, many people in South Korea accuse the government of raising the price of cigarettes, except for increasing taxes, and have not achieved practical results. In 20 16, in order to reduce smoking, South Korea required tobacco companies to put warning patterns or words on both sides of cigarette cases, and also expanded the' no-smoking area' and increased penalties. For example, all areas within 0/0 meter of Seoul Metro Station/KLOC are classified as "no-smoking areas", and smoking in the no-smoking areas will be fined 65,438+10,000 won.

In the following years, the Korean government expanded the scope of smoking ban. At first, hospitals and other public places, stations, restaurants, hotels and other public transport, outdoor activities and high-speed rest stops were completely banned. Later, it was stipulated that smoking was not allowed in apartment buildings, streets, underground parking lots in residential areas, and even in their own homes.

The latest news from Korea. 2 1 indicates that South Korea will fully introduce the "all-smoke warning package" in 2022. In addition to warning pictures (the area of warning pictures accounts for about 50% of the previous cigarette case area, and the all-smoke warning package will expand the area of warning pictures to 75%) and words, eight countries including Slovenia have already implemented the color, font and font size of cigarette cases. According to relevant surveys, since the introduction of 20 12, the smoking rate in Australia has dropped by 2.3%. By 2023, indoor smoking rooms will be completely banned, and indoor smoking rooms will be closed in 2025, but more than 1000 outdoor smoking areas will be isolated where there are no pedestrians. It seems that friends who are addicted to smoking when traveling to Korea really need to pay more attention ~